Biology and the Built Environment Center

08/21/2020

Our latest publication on SARS-CoV-2:

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07/29/2020

https://youtu.be/R2Eq1lp3sjA

COVID19, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus, Building Testing, Contact Tracing, Building Operations, Ventilation, HVAC, K-12 Schools, Higher Education; This i...

07/29/2020

Our research!! In the Wall Street Journal!!

The pandemic is challenging long-held conventions for offices to be cool, dry, shaded from direct sunlight and mostly sealed off from outside air.

07/29/2020

Check us out on Good Morning America!!

Testing offices or schools could be faster and easier than testing people.

07/29/2020

We have a new paper out!!

Previous studies demonstrate an exchange of bacteria between hospital room surfaces and patients, and a reduction in survival of microorganisms in dust inside buildings from sunlight exposure. While the transmission of microorganisms between humans and their local environment is a continuous exchang...

07/09/2020

we have a new preprint!!! Read this paper regarding SARS-CoV-2 in HVAC systems!

Available information on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission by small particle aerosols continues to evolve rapidly. To assess the potential role of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in airborne viral transmission, this study sought to de...

07/04/2020

Our work is being featured on Good Morninv America!!! I’ll post the date/time when I know it.

06/28/2020

We have another publication on the way!!!

Available information on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission by small particle aerosols continues to evolve rapidly. To assess the potential role of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in airborne viral transmission, this study sought to de...

05/18/2020

Working hard this weekend processing environmental swabs looking for and -19 🤘

05/14/2020

Our work is receiving national attention. Learning more about the spread of and -19 every day!!!

"When a virus is caught up in an air stream, it has the potential to move much further than six feet," Professor Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg said.

05/14/2020

Researchers from the University of Oregon found air flow can make a big difference in the spread of viruses like COVID-19 when people are inside closed spaces.