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Alexa Sauvagere

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Harnessing genome editing for Covid-19 drug discovery

A plaque, or area of destroyed cells in a cell culture shows the presence of an active SARS-CoV-2 infection. (Image courtesy of Mike Norris) A University of Florida research team is harnessing the power of genomic editing to illuminate druggable targets in human cells for the fight against…

Needed: a national tick strategy

Findings from a first-ever nationwide survey of tick management methods reveal the most significant roadblocks to creating a uniform, national tick strategy.

Autopsies of Covid-19 Victims Reveal Blood Vessel Damage

A UF virologist assisted a team of medical researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City with interpreting microscopic images of tissue samples from COVID-19 victims. The researchers found extensive damage to small blood vessels, and they propose a mechanism linking vessel injury with biological pathways that lead to an immune system in overdrive.

EPI’s COVID-19 forecast model: May 5, 2020

New EPI model measures the effect of testing, contact tracing and household quarantining on second-wave scenarios of the COVID-19 epidemic once social distancing measures are relaxed.

EPI delivers: high capacity Covid-19 testing lab built in 10 days

Behind the scenes in mid-March, a group of researchers, students and lab technicians across campus came together and built a high throughput testing lab in the Emerging Pathogens Institute in just 10 days. “The timeline was so compressed, something like this would normally take at least a month,” says UF molecular biologist Tony Maurelli.