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Bay Area Researchers Develop New Rapid COVID-19 Test That Uses Smartphone Camera

Gladstone in the News January 15, 2021

Bay Area Researchers Develop New Rapid COVID-19 Test That Uses Smartphone Camera

ABC7 News—Gladstone Institute of Virology Director Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, and Graduate Student Parinaz Fozouni comment on the COVID-19 detection test they recently developed with Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD, and UC Berkeley Professor Dan Fletcher, PhD, using CRISPR and smartphone technology.

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Can CRISPR-Based COVID-19 Testing Using Smartphones Slow the Pandemic?

Gladstone in the News December 13, 2020

Can CRISPR-Based COVID-19 Testing Using Smartphones Slow the Pandemic?

Forbes—In an article about the need for rapid testing to monitor and curb the COVID-19 pandemic, Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, explains the advantages of the CRISPR- and smartphone-based detection platform she developed with Senior Investigator and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD, and UC Berkeley Professor Dan Fletcher, PhD.

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COVID Test May Be as Close as Your Smartphone, Say UC, Gladstone Researchers

Gladstone in the News December 11, 2020

COVID Test May Be as Close as Your Smartphone, Say UC, Gladstone Researchers

San Francisco Business Times—Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, discusses the rapid, smartphone-based Coronavirus detection assay her group recently described in the scientific publication Cell. The assay was developed by Graduate Student Parinaz Fozouni, in collaboration with the labs of Senior Scientist and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD, and of UC Berkeley Bioengineering Professor Dan Fletcher, PhD.

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Fast, Cheap, Accurate: Researchers Pin Hopes on Nobel Prize–Winning CRISPR Technology to Detect Coronavirus

Gladstone in the News October 28, 2020

Fast, Cheap, Accurate: Researchers Pin Hopes on Nobel Prize–Winning CRISPR Technology to Detect Coronavirus

USA Today—Senior Investigator and Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna, PhD, shares her view of CRISPR-based coronavirus detection kits and the possibility they might be deployed during the current pandemic. She and Senior Investigator Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, recently described the test they developed together in a publication posted on the electronic preprint platform bioRxiv.

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CRISPR Screening Identifies Human Host Pathways That Facilitate Coronavirus Infection

Gladstone in the News September 26, 2020

CRISPR Screening Identifies Human Host Pathways That Facilitate Coronavirus Infection

Life Science—The online science news hub Life Sciences highlights recent work from Senior Investigators Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, and Nevan Krogan, PhD, and their colleagues at BioHub and Synthego Corporation. The work describes the identification of host factors common to three coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-2, and could help bootstrap efforts to stem current and future coronavirus epidemics.

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The Biothriller That Wasn’t: A Cautionary Tale of Being a Virologist during an Epidemic

Gladstone in the News August 28, 2020

The Biothriller That Wasn’t: A Cautionary Tale of Being a Virologist during an Epidemic

Newsweek—In an article about researchers facing legal pursuits for practicing open science during an avian flu epidemic, Gladstone Institute of Virology Director Melanie Ott, MD, PhD, is quoted praising the spirit of collaboration and data-sharing that pervades current research on COVID-19.

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Inside SF’s New Biosafety Lab, Where Scientists Wrangle Live Coronavirus

Gladstone in the News July 31, 2020

Inside SF’s New Biosafety Lab, Where Scientists Wrangle Live Coronavirus

KQED—Mauricio Montano, director of Gladstone's new BSL-3 lab, and Melanie Ott, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, explain how scientists will use the high-level biosafety lab for COVID-19 research, and how they must gear up before getting in the door.

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