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Scientists Identify Virus-Cell Interaction That May Explain COVID-19’s High Infection Rate

Lehigh researchers quantify the interaction between the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—with the ACE2 receptors in human cells.

Wonpil Im Featured in Wired Italia

The bioengineering professor discusses his work on the first open source model of the coronavirus spike protein.

Scientists Produce First Open Source All-Atom Models of COVID-19 'Spike' Protein

Wonpil Im creates the program where the models can be accessed.

Immunotherapy for Deadly Bacteria Shows Early Promise

Researchers design a compound that triggers an immunological response to Gram-negative bacteria.

CHARMM-GUI Provides a Close-up Look at Bacteria

Wonpil Im’s web-based graphical user interface, CHARMM GUI, eases modeling of complex biomolecular systems, possibly paving the way for better understanding of drug-resistant bacteria.

Wonpil Im Wins Prestigious German Research Honor

The Bessel Award will support his use of computational biophysics to fight drug-resistant bacteria.

Finding new drugs to fight bad bugs

A Lehigh scientist hopes to speed the process with biomolecular systems simulation.