Bio
Junko is a Senior Information Scientist at CAS. She has been with CAS since 2003, and in her current role she helps to build and maintain the CAS Thesaurus and CAS REGISTRY focusing on enzymes and pharmacology. She graduated from Washington State University with a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Washington State University-Vancouver and Oregon Health & Science University before joining CAS.
Drug Discovery
Taking aim at COVID-19’s most wanted targets
In support of ongoing research efforts to identify additional drugs for COVID-19, a team of CAS scientists analyzed published scientific information and created a comprehensive report focusing on proteins involved in COVID-19 and potential corresponding drug candidates.