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Frequent and accurate RT-PCR–based testing is essential for preventing and managing SARS-CoV-2 infection; however, active infection surveillance is still often limited by time or resources. Cleary et al. demonstrate that considering population-level viral prevalence and individual viral loads allows for efficiency gains upon pooled testing with minimal loss of sensitivity, both theoretically and as validated in vitro using human swab and sputum samples. Barak et al. show that pooled testing of...

University of Louisiana Monroe The National Institutes of Health awarded $1.65 million to fund cancer research being done by Seetharama Jois, Ph.D., a professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the School of Basic Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Sciences at the University of Louisiana Monroe College of Pharmacy.    The research will be carried out in collaboration with Yong-Yu Liu, M.D., Ph.D., a cancer pharmacologist at the ULM College of Pharmacy, and a lung-cancer researcher from the Mayo Clin...

LaWanna Gilbert-Bell named director of ULM Office of Sponsored Programs and Research facebook like button Published March 16, 2021 The University of Louisiana Monroe announces LaWanna Gilbert-Bell, M.Ed., has been named director of the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research.     Bell has been with OSPR for more than 12 years, most recently as associate director. As the director, Bell will continue to focus on the research needs of faculty, staff, ...

What WVU Learned from the Pandemic Mineral Daily News-Tribune WVU Today MORGANTOWN - Under the quiet surface of near-stilled campuses over the past year, West Virginia University researchers, faculty and administrators have scrambled to learn more about COVID-19 and mitigate its spread, calculated how to teach online and hybrid classes and figured out how to better ensure people on those campuses could remain safe from the virulent disease that has killed more than 500,000 U. S. citizens to dat...

Abu Dhabi University students create groundbreaking technology for people of determination ABU DHABI, 7th March, 2021 (WAM) -- Along with the support of Abu Dhabi University’s Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) and Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC) Electrical and Computer Engineering students at Abu Dhabi University (ADU) worked together to design and implement an integrated system ‘D1Cart’ to provide people of determination with shopping assistance, making it an ...

Legal Affairs search seeks new vice chancellor A search committee has been appointed to identify candidates to serve as the next vice chancellor for legal affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Raymond Taffora, UW–Madison’s vice chancellor for legal affairs, announced in January that he plans to retire later this summer. Taffora was appointed by Chancellor Rebecca Blank in September 2013. The search committee is being chaired by Mark Sidel, Doyle-Bascom professor of law and publ...

IOWA CITY — Iowa’s public universities for years have touted the billions they bring to the state through research and innovation; student, visitor and alumni spending; new jobs; and inbound migration — citing those boons in seeking improved state support. But the Legislature has continued to cut appropriations and, with campus leaders again re-upping pleas for more money, GOP lawmakers this session are seeking more evidence and oversight of the Board of Regents’ boasts through propose...

Dr. John Sutherlin named ULM Chief Innovation and Research Officer facebook like button Published Feb. 8, 2021 University of Louisiana Monroe President Ronald Berry, D.B.A., announces the appointment of John W. Sutherlin, Ph.D., as Chief Innovation and Research Officer (CIRO).     Sutherlin, a Professor of Political Science in the College of Business and Social Sciences, served as Director of ULM’s Office of Sponsored Programs and Research for ...

Central Maine business briefs: Rangeley Lakes Chamber announces 2021 Board of Directors People & Places: Kennebec Valley Council of Governments names new executive director. Share The 2021 Executive Board from left includes Sue Damm, secretary; Ken McDavitt, member at large; Joanne Dunlap, president; Margie Jamison, vice president; and Linda Dexter, treasurer. Contributed photo The Rangeley Lakes Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting Jan. 27. The meeting was conducted via Zoom because o...

News No Comments The year 2020 was a year unlike any other, where the University of Arkansas at Little Rock faced major challenges that included a global pandemic that has redefined the education landscape.  “Throughout the year, we faced all of these challenges with determination and unprecedented levels of collaboration and collegiality no matter how exhausted we were,” Chancellor Christina Drale said during the Jan. 28 Board of Trustees meeting for the University of Arkansas. “That�...