Researchers with the University of Wisconsin – Madison are teaming with Madison-based company FluGen and Hyderabad, India-based Bharat Biotech.
UW-Madison scientists developing coronavirus vaccine
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April 7, 2020
Research
Milky Way may have 100 faint satellite galaxies
Tech Explorist
An effort led by the others in the DES team, including former KIPAC students Alex Drlica-Wagner, a Wilson Fellow at Fermilab and an assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago, and Keith Bechtol, an associate professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and their collaborators produced the crucial final step: a model of which satellite galaxies are most likely to be seen by current surveys, given where they are in the sky as well as their brightness, size, and distance.
Human Trials of Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 Nasal-drop Vaccine to Begin in 4 Months M
News 18 India
In India, Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer, Bharat Biotech, which has been working on developing a intra-nasal drop vaccine for COVID-19, has initiated testing in the US in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and vaccine developer FluGen, CNBC-TV18 reported.
Labs throughout Wisconsin could significantly increase COVID-19 testing — if they could get the needed chemicals
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
UW Health has an automated instrument capable of processing about 1,200 COVID-19 tests a day, or roughly four times the number that its lab now typically does.
The instrument has yet to be used for a single COVID-19 test.
UW Health’s lab, like others throughout the state, has been unable to get the chemicals, or reagents, needed to process specimens on the instrument.
Higher Education/System
Financial Hits Pile Up for Colleges as Some Fight to Survive
The New York Times
The University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, each expect losses of about $100 million, and that’s assuming campuses reopen by this fall.
Campus life
Live: What To Know April 7 About COVID-19 In Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio
It’s the latest in a series of efforts to isolate people who may have come into contact with the new coronavirus. Last week, the University of Wisconsin-Madison opened up the Lowell Center, an on-campus hotel, to people who have suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19.
State news
Wisconsin election poll workers fear catching, spreading coronavirus as thousands will congregate to vote Tuesday
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: For Alyssa Birkeland, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying political science and business, volunteering as a poll worker was an easy decision.
“I felt like it was my duty to volunteer, and hopefully relieve the stress,” she said.
But Birkeland, 21, still worried about the risk of contracting the coronavirus as people flock to the polls.
“It’s definitely a little bit of a concern, but I’m probably one of the best people to be put in that position,” she said. “I rather it be me than someone else.”
Health
UW employees help produce protective equipment to combat shortages
Badger Herald
Director of the UW Division of Information Technology’s Digital Publishing and Printing Services Geoff Larson got the idea to print face shields when discussing the PPE shortage with his wife.
Opinion
Cafeteria workers are risking their health to feed vulnerable students
USA Today
The pandemic has shown us just how important “lunch ladies” are, and we owe it to them to remember this lesson when school is back in session.
-Jennifer Gaddis is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Society & Community Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of The Labor of Lunch: Why We Need Real Food and Real Jobs in American Public Schools.
UW Experts in the News
Wisconsin is scheduled to vote today. How will the pandemic affect turnout?
The Washington Post
On Tuesday, April 7, Wisconsin is scheduled to vote. With the coronavirus still raging, state lawmakers of both parties have for weeks been urging voters to cast ballots early or absentee to help contain the pandemic.
-Michael Wagner, Katerine Cramer, Dhavan Shah, Lewis Friedland
When stress hits you like a slap in the face, how do you respond?
MarketWatch
“Build in cues to remind yourself to be intentional about practicing mindfulness,” said Richard Davidson, director of the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Examples include glancing at a photo of loved ones on your desk or sticking an inspiring phrase (“I’ve got this!”) on your computer monitor.