Colorado State University and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host a two-day conference in Fort Collins on Aug. 30-31, the first such event in a series at six universities around the country.
Computer science students are creative, flexible and bring an arsenal of problem-solving skills to interdisciplinary competition.
The research has implications for the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, said CSU's Dr. Sue VandeWoude.
Building on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Colorado State University has received a $2 million commitment from The Anschutz Foundation to further the development of new solutions for building resilience and agility in stopping infectious disease transmission among animals and people.
The teams were selected from a competitive pool of applicants to pursue significant issues in our society using research partnerships to create new opportunities and solutions.
The team has licensed their viral RNA-testing platform to Quara Devices, a startup company specializing in diagnostic biosensors.
Over the last two months, a team at CSU tested samples from 462 healthcare workers in Colorado.
New research shows that plague bacteria not only survive, but thrive and replicate once ingested by an amoeba.