Glasgow University science hub set up to screen Covid-19 drugs A new science hub is to be created at Glasgow University to screen treatments for coronavirus. The £2.5 million facility, named Crush (Covid-19 Drug-Screening and Resistance Hub), will investigate promising drugs for the virus. It will also provide drug screening for other dangerous and deadly viruses in its high containment facilities. Scientists at the hub will look to identify any possible drug and immune-resistant virus variants. Research charity LifeArc has given £2 million to the project, with additional funds provided by the Medical Research Council. It will be based at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (CVR) in partnership with the University of Dundee Drug Discovery Unit.