The coronavirus pandemic is global, and our lack of preparedness stems in large part, from insufficient support for fundamental research in virology, not only in the US, but elsewhere in the world as well. The following is an opinion piece by Bruno Canard, a French Structural Virologist, Director of Research at the Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Marseille.

(Translated by Emmanuel Margeat, Director of Research CNRS Montpellier – BPS member and member of the BPS Public Affairs Committee)

Learn about coronaviruses from Jonathan King, Melissa Kosinski-Collins, and Eric Sundberg. King and Sundberg have directed biomedical research projects on viruses and viral proteins supported by the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation. They are both members of the Public Affairs Committee of the Biophysical Society. Kosinski-Collins has led HHMI and AAU-funded research programs in Biology Education.