University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA) uses Atos supercomputer to accelerate research against COVID-19

Paris, June seventeen, 2020

Atos, a international chief in digital transformation, right now announces that the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA)’s supercomputer, named ROMEO, is now currently being made use of to search for new molecules able of neutralizing the virus that will cause COVID-19. The supercomputer is based mostly on Atos’ BullSequana architecture.

ROMEO is currently being made use of as aspect of the HT-Covid plan, initiated by Reims Molecular Chemistry Institute (ICMR), joint study device URCA/CNRS, and chosen by the French Countrywide Research Agency (ANR) to take part in the struggle in opposition to Covid-19. Established up in just just one 7 days, this huge-scale multi-disciplinary virtual screening undertaking aims to determine, in excess of the upcoming eighteen months, molecules that could inhibit the SARS CoV-two virus.

ROMEO’s computing ability enables researchers operating on this undertaking to test thousands of molecules for every working day. Dependent on the 3D structure of the molecule and the focus on protein, ROMEO is in a position to simulate at substantial-pace the action that the molecule could have on the protein, and thus determine which molecules would be in a position to bind to the focus on protein. These probable ‘candidates’ will then be synthesized, purified and analyzed beneath ‘real conditions’.

With ROMEO, GENCI’s supercomputer mounted at CINES (Countrywide Computer Centre for Larger Schooling) and that of the IN2P3 Computing Centre of the CNRS (French Countrywide Centre for Scientific Research), researchers have presently succeeded in screening pretty much extra than one.five billion molecules.

Guillaume Gellé President of URCA, said: “We’re happy to be aspect of this study undertaking to aid help the international struggle in opposition to COVID-19.  With ROMEO’s huge computing ability researchers have presently been in a position to test amongst 200,000 and 300,000 molecules. We hope that these final results coupled with the virus awareness of biologists and doctors will direct to the progress of a remedy that will gradual the distribute of the epidemic.”

 Helene Bringer, Director Huge Knowledge & HPC at Atos in France, additional: “These supercomputers mixed have tens of thousands of processors that operate together to execute advanced calculations and method and review huge quantities of info employing AI algorithms. We’re happy that our BullSequana supercomputer, ROMEO, can lead to the discovery of a overcome for this pandemic by preserving precious time for researchers and researchers.”

 The HT-Covid undertaking is funded by the (CNRS) and the Grand Est (departmental location in the east of France).

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About Atos

Atos is a international chief in digital transformation with one hundred ten,000 workers in seventy three nations around the world and once-a-year revenue of € twelve billion. European quantity just one in Cloud, Cybersecurity and Significant-Functionality Computing, the Team presents end-to-end Orchestrated Hybrid Cloud, Huge Knowledge, Company Programs and Digital Workplace answers. The Team is the Globally Information and facts Technological innovation Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Game titles and operates beneath the brands Atos, Atos|Syntel, and Unify. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), stated on the CAC40 Paris stock index.

The purpose of Atos is to aid style the upcoming of the information room. Its abilities and expert services help the progress of awareness, education and learning and study in a multicultural tactic and lead to the progress of scientific and technological excellence. Across the globe, the Team enables its clients and workers, and members of societies at huge to reside, operate and acquire sustainably, in a safe and sound and safe information room.

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About URCA

The University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne is acquiring a scientific undertaking about 4 big centres with robust scientific abilities. A multidisciplinary centre with an worldwide dimension in agro-sciences, atmosphere, biotechnologies and bio-economy, having into account, in a location with a robust agricultural and wine-producing economy, the agriculture of the upcoming a Wellness centre, presenting scientific niches of excellence and a loaded and diversified assortment of health care and paramedical training a digital and engineering sciences centre focusing on substantial-effectiveness computing and business 4. business, components and technological transformations and a Human and Social Sciences cluster with, in certain, the progress of a new emphasis on the carrying out arts federated by the development of a Maison des Sciences Humaines. It offers an appealing multidisciplinary training offer that satisfies existing and upcoming socio-economic requirements and aims to deliver college students to the greatest amount of education and learning.

The University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne in figures: 27,five hundred college students, two,five hundred workers, 5th major employer in Champagne-Ardenne, thirty study laboratories, fourteen parts, extra than 120 diplomas.

www.univ-reims.fr – @universitereims

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