6 scientists in Singapore who have pivoted to Covid-19 related work
Prof Stephan Schuster: Analysing air and surface samples to find virus traces PHOTO: NTU SINGAPORE Professor Stephan Schuster is an environmental detective. Like his crime-solving counterparts, the professor at the Nanyang Technological University's (NTU) School of Biological Sciences looks for what is unseen to the naked eye. This has come in useful during the Covid-19 pandemic, as humanity battles an invisible foe. His work involves taking samples from the air and surfaces, and analysing them to find traces of genetic material of organisms like viruses. Both environments are ultra-low biom...