Month: September 2014
Drs. Elke Mühlberger and John Connor submitted a rebuttal letter to the New York Times entitled “Transmission of Ebola: Two Microbiologists Weigh In” in response to an Op-Ed piece published on September 12, 2014. Read this article.
A BUSM/NEIDL study in ACS Nano published by Dr. John Connor and collaborators has been referenced in an article entitled “The Dire Need for a Rapid Diagnostic Ebola Test in West Africa” on Forbes.com.
Dr. Barbara Nikolajczyk has been selected to receive the 2014 Evans Center Research Collaborator Award. The award will be presented during the Evans Day Gala Dinner, October 2014. Congratulations, Barb!
Dr. John Connor from Boston University School of Medicine and BU’s National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratories is researching ways to quickly detect diseases and viruses using portable devices and LED lights. They are currently awaiting federal approval to test this method on #Ebola: http://usat.ly/1t2VzBw
Read complete article at WIRED: http://wrd.cm/1slinMr #ebola
Findings from a new study led by Dr. Thomas Kepler and colleagues at Boston University School of Medicine, in collaboration with researchers at Duke University School of Medicine, has significant implications for an HIV vaccine: http://bit.ly/1oM5Pid #HIV