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NAU experts apply microbiome research to agricultural science to help increase crop yield

NAU experts apply microbiome research to agricultural science to help increase crop yield – NAU News May 13, 2020 Research & Academics NAU experts apply microbiome research to agricultural science to help increase crop yield The global demand and consumption of agricultural crops is increasing at a rapid pace. According to the 2019 Global Agricultural Productivity Report, global yield needs to incr...

Scientists collaborate across NAU’s research centers to create new physics-based technology for COVID-19 detection | Research One of the most challenging aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the lack of testing needed to detect and trace infections—and without adequate testing, government officials do not have the data…

Weekly Update With Dr. Crystal Hepp: Tracking Coronavirus In Wastewater Scientists at Northern Arizona University’s Pathogen and Microbiome Institute are tracking the coronavirus in an unusual way—by taking samples of sewage.

See what NAU evolutionary biologist Crystal Hepp hopes to learn by testing wastewater in northern Arizona communities to help determine the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. https://nau.edu/nau-research/wastewater-testing/ The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute NAU School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems TGen NAU College of the Environment, Forestry & Natural Sciences NAU College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences

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Weekly Update With Dr. Paul Keim: Herd Immunity Public health experts say the end of the coronavirus pandemic is tied to an idea called “herd immunity.” That’s when a large number of people are able to

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2020 Keim Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research (Keim Award) is NAU undergraduate, Kyle S. Ghaby! Kyle is a senior majoring both in biomedical science and chemistry and minoring in mathematics.

Find out more about Kyle and the Keim Award here: https://in.nau.edu/pmi/keimaward/

NAU researchers testing northern Arizona wastewater for COVID-19 Low numbers of tests conducted so far means no one knows exactly how large the outbreak of COVID-19 is in northern Arizona. But now, local researchers are looking to wastewater

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See how NAU mathematical epidemiologist Joe Mihaljevic and a team of scientists are creating computer modeling systems to predict outcomes of the spread of COVID-19 across four northern Arizona counties—Coconino, Navajo, Apache and Mohave. https://nau.edu/nau-research/covid19-models/ The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute NAU School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems

Arizona: Fleas test positive for plague near Flagstaff - Outbreak News Today By NewsDesk Health officials in Coconino County, AZ are reporting that fleas collected in the Baderville area, northwest of Flagstaff, have tested positive for plague (Yersinia pestis). Collecting and testing of fleas for the presence of plague was conducted by the Pathogen and Microbiom...

Find out why NAU scientists Greg Caporaso and Nicholas Bokulich are using microbiome sequencing methods to determine the composition of bacterial and fungal communities in the soil in agricultural systems: https://nau.edu/nau-research/crop-yield/
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