Data scientists invent new tools to analyze the spread, evolution of novel coronavirus

(Scripps Research Institute) Scripps Research is collaborating with Johns Hopkins University and UCLA to develop better statistical models and visualization software for COVID-19. The project has won a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, with operations based out of the Scripps Research-led Center for Viral Systems Biology. The funding supplements an initial $15 million NIH grant that enabled Andersen to launch the center in 2018, with the goal of helping eradicate infecti...