F1000Research (Nov 2020)
From research to rapid response: mass COVID-19 testing by volunteers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
- Ritobrata Ghose,
- Álvaro Aranguren-Ibáñez,
- Niccolò Arecco,
- Diego Balboa,
- Marc Bataller,
- Sergi Beltran,
- Hannah Benisty,
- Angèle Bénard,
- Edgar Bernardo,
- Sílvia Carbonell Sala,
- Eloi Casals,
- Ludovica Ciampi,
- Livia Condemi,
- Alberto Corvó,
- Marta Cosín-Tomás,
- Mirabai Cuenca-Ardura,
- Juan Manuel Duran Serrano,
- María Isabel Espejo Díaz,
- Marcos Fernandez Callejo,
- Antoni Gañez-Zapater,
- Raquel Garcia-Castellanos,
- Romina Garrido,
- Gil Henkin,
- Toni Hermoso Pulido,
- Xavier Hernandez-Alias,
- Jorge Herrero Vicente,
- Matthew Ingham,
- Wei Ming Lim,
- Sílvia Llonch,
- Elena Marmesat Bertoli,
- Irene Miguel-Escalada,
- Ariadna Montero-Blay,
- Cristina Navarrete Hernández,
- Maria Victoria Neguembor,
- Róisín-Ana Ní Chárthaigh,
- Natalia Pardo-Lorente,
- Laura Pascual-Reguant,
- Sílvia Pérez-Lluch,
- Reyes Perza,
- Martina Pesaresi,
- Daniel Picó Amador,
- Paula Pifarré,
- Davide Piscia,
- Marcos Plana-Carmona,
- Julia Ponomarenko,
- Leandro Radusky,
- Ezequiel Rivero,
- Malgorzata Rogalska,
- Guillem Torcal Garcia,
- José Wojnacki
Affiliations
- Ritobrata Ghose
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Álvaro Aranguren-Ibáñez
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Niccolò Arecco
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Diego Balboa
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Marc Bataller
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Sergi Beltran
- CNAG‐CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 4, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
- Hannah Benisty
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Angèle Bénard
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Edgar Bernardo
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Sílvia Carbonell Sala
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Eloi Casals
- CNAG‐CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 4, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
- Ludovica Ciampi
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Livia Condemi
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Alberto Corvó
- CNAG‐CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 4, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
- Marta Cosín-Tomás
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Mirabai Cuenca-Ardura
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Juan Manuel Duran Serrano
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- María Isabel Espejo Díaz
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Marcos Fernandez Callejo
- CNAG‐CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 4, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
- Antoni Gañez-Zapater
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Raquel Garcia-Castellanos
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Romina Garrido
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Gil Henkin
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Toni Hermoso Pulido
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Xavier Hernandez-Alias
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Jorge Herrero Vicente
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Matthew Ingham
- CNAG‐CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 4, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
- Wei Ming Lim
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Sílvia Llonch
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Elena Marmesat Bertoli
- CNAG‐CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 4, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
- Irene Miguel-Escalada
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Ariadna Montero-Blay
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Cristina Navarrete Hernández
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Maria Victoria Neguembor
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Róisín-Ana Ní Chárthaigh
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Natalia Pardo-Lorente
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Laura Pascual-Reguant
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Sílvia Pérez-Lluch
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Reyes Perza
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Martina Pesaresi
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Daniel Picó Amador
- CNAG‐CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 4, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
- Paula Pifarré
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Davide Piscia
- CNAG‐CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Baldiri Reixac 4, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
- Marcos Plana-Carmona
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Julia Ponomarenko
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Leandro Radusky
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Ezequiel Rivero
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Malgorzata Rogalska
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- Guillem Torcal Garcia
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- José Wojnacki
- Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona, 08003, Spain
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27497.1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed and is continuously posing enormous societal and health challenges worldwide. The research community has mobilized to develop novel projects to find a cure or a vaccine, as well as to contribute to mass testing, which has been a critical measure to contain the infection in several countries. Through this article, we share our experiences and learnings as a group of volunteers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, Spain. As members of the ORFEU project, an initiative by the Government of Catalonia to achieve mass testing of people at risk and contain the epidemic in Spain, we share our motivations, challenges and the key lessons learnt, which we feel will help better prepare the global society to address similar situations in the future.
