January 28, 2016, Filed Under: collaborators, DIY Research, MosquitoDIY funded by Gates GCE Grant for Mosquito Diagnostics Undergraduate researchers at the University of Texas at Austin are creating diagnostics to test mosquitos for blood-borne pathogens. These diagnostics will combine a simple mosquito-processing device by Paratus Diagnostics with molecular technology to transduce the presence/absence of pathogens into a chemical signal for reading on a common pregnancy test strip. Freshman… read more
March 6, 2015, Filed Under: 2014, DIY ResearchSpring 2014 In the Spring 2014 semester, 34 freshmen along with 7 upper-division mentors completed a series of skill development exercises that produced authentic data on a wide range of topics including the diversity of the student’s oral microbiome, the public health of the creek on UT campus, and the diagnostic potential… read more
