Researchers in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory were the first to identify a new strain of avian metapneumovirus — a highly contagious disease that is currently causing significant problems for the U.S. poultry industry — and are now working toward developing a safe and effective vaccine.
A pair of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University researchers are modeling the flow of liquid argon through the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) being built a mile under South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã’s Black Hills.
Jun Huang, assistant professor in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to alleviate network efficiency and data privacy concerns related to wireless communications networks.
Looking at slides of blood cells, fecal matter and urine has taken on an entirely different perspective this school year thanks to new state-of-the-art equipment in the medical laboratory science lab at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University.
In July, the program received 28 microscopes and an innovative slide scanner as part of a $750,000 award from the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Department of Health, which was handling workforce development funds from the Centers for Disease Control, according to April Nelsen, the medical lab science clinical coordinator who put a proposal together for the health department.
South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University professor Xijin Ge has received a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to enhance ShinyGO, a widely used bioinformatics website for analyzing genomics data.
