LLNL COVID-19 Research and Response

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is fully committed to helping protect the U.S. from COVID-19 and to speed the recovery of those affected. As a world-class research institute, we have considerable infrastructure, unique research capabilities and a dedicated team of scientists and engineers supporting the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since the emergence of the pandemic, we have been supporting the research and medical communities with tools and information to better understand COVID-19. For example, we released predicted structures of a key COVID-19 viral protein to help the research community accelerate development of potential medical treatments. A summary of our initial research efforts is also available, as is information about our participation in the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium. LLNL is also a part of the Department of Energy’s collective response to the pandemic.

The Laboratory is a highly collaborative organization, and we welcome partnerships with academia and industry. Our COVID-19 research and response activities are focused on four broad areas: High Performance Computing, Detection, Medical Countermeasures and Medical Equipment. The Laboratory is also leveraging our unique capabilities and infrastructure to support the fight against COVID-19, as well as creating and maintaining a COVID-19 data portal to expedite access to our modeling results. Our Innovation and Partnerships Office has identified technologies and capabilities that are currently available under free, temporary non-exclusive licenses. For technical inquiries and collaborative opportunities, please contact the Laboratory’s Biosecurity Center at biosecurity [at] llnl.gov (biosecurity[at]llnl[dot]gov). More information about our current activities can be found on the following pages.