Tag: John Cirrito

The Transdisciplinary Institute in Applied Data Sciences (TRIADS) has announced its newest crop of seed grant recipients, with eight teams of researchers receiving funding. Featuring faculty from four different WashU schools (Arts & Sciences, Brown School, McKelvey School of Engineering, and the School of Medicine), these projects leverage data science to address pressing societal issues. Each research […]

Chakrabarty, Cirrito to develop test with $3.6 million grant from Flu Lab

Test results available in less than a minute

Now that the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, scientists are looking at ways to surveil indoor environments in real time for viruses. By combining recent advances in aerosol sampling technology and an ultrasensitive biosensing technique, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have created a real-time monitor that can detect any of […]

Alzheimer’s proteins rise sharply in response to stress in female mice

Alzheimer’s researchers, aerosol engineer team up to develop rapid screening tools