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Collin Schairer, a student researcher at the Luminosity Lab, studies electrical engineering.
Highlights of how ASU researchers are tackling the pandemic
Rapid diagnostic testing In just two weeks, ASU’s Biodesign Institute, with a grant from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, created a clinically approved and certified COVID-19 testing center, a swab test kit production facility that is capable of assembling 2,000 kits per day and supporting area hospitals’ drive-through testing. The team also began work on a simple blood test for all seven strains of coronavirus, including SARS-CoV-2, to aid vaccine development, help detect asymptomatic carriers and help understand why some people get very sick and others have no symptoms.
1K tests a day ASU began using a robotic system to speed testing results. It can run 1,000 samples daily.
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PPE Response Network Luminosity Lab’s PPE Response Network links university and community resources, such as 3D printers and disposable face shields, to health care providers in need. It also helps contributors print, sterilize and deliver personal protective equipment (PPE) to those on the front lines of the COVID-19 response.
Are you a local health care provider seeking PPE? Have a 3D printer and want to help? Reach out at pperesponse network.asu.edu
New digital teaching tools quickly launch and train thousands of nurses for ICU Experts at EdPlus, ASU’s digital teaching and learning unit, and the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation joined forces with Sana Labs to create a program to cross-train nurses for critical care. New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital had an immediate need, so the fast-track program rolled out to 35 NYC nurses — and is now available to thousands more. LUMINOSITY LAB, ASU NOW
