Cactus Communications launches platform to unify researchers across disciplines in fight against COVID-19

covid19.researcher.life is a platform that leverages CACTUS’s AI and concept extraction capabilities, along with its large editorial team and network of subject specialists.

The site not only offers researchers access to the latest research and information on COVID-19 but also allows them to collaborate and share potential hypotheses and challenges with researchers from other disciplines.

Abhishek Goel, Co-founder and CEO of CACTUS, said, “At this time, when we are facing a global pandemic, we need all hands on deck. Across the world, researchers in many disciplines are working hard to find solutions that will shepherd the world out of this crisis: epidemiologists, virologists, immunologists, biostatisticians, emergency and internal medicine specialists, pulmonologists, public health researchers, pharmacologists, pathology researchers, geneticists, cell biologists, social scientists…the list goes on.

Yet, for the first time, we are faced with a crisis that necessitates researchers who normally work in siloed disciplines to tap into each other’s expertise and adopt a multidisciplinary approach. And we want to help them do this.”

The COVID-19 platform will help researchers from various disciplines easily access and digest this information, supported by expert opinion.

The platform collates research and datasets from different countries, irrespective of the language in which they were published; allows researchers to ask questions and pose hypotheses to other researchers; and curates expert-driven editorial content that simplifies and explains the latest research. Going forward, the platform will allow webinars, podcasts, and a crowdfunding platform for research.

Goel adds, “Imagine the power of a platform where researchers across disciplines are coming together to learn from each other and find solutions to the pandemic collaboratively.”