Future. On highway 1 near pacifica, devon, kpix 5. A crash killed a man today in pleasant hill. It happened on taylor boulevard north of withers avenue. The chp says a woman lost control of a toyota mini van, veered to the left and hit a lexus, the impact partially ejected a passenger from the lexus, even though he was wearing a seat belt. He died from head trauma. Two other people in the lexus were hurt. In neighboring walnut creek one intersection has seen dozen of serious crashes over several years. Kpix 5 is at the spot on ignacio valley road where there have been lots of wrecks. Hey brian, of all of the accidents in recent years, 8 of them happen at this busy intersection. And this is not the only trouble spot here. Ignacio valley road, the busiest and most dangerous road. Traffic gets really going. A study produced for the Apple Law Firm and shared with the Bay Area News Group looks at the 800 plus accidents in walnut creek from 2010 to 2015. 65 of those happen at the intersectio
OHIO students gain incomparable experience researching new ways to battle COVID amid pandemic Published: February 24, 2021 Author: Samantha Pelham Graduate Student Md. Ismail Hossain works in Dr. Jennifer Hines Lab.
When six Ohio University students began their educational careers, none of them thought that before entering the workforce they would be faced with one of the world’s biggest challenges – a global pandemic.
As in-person learning turned virtual, experiential learning in labs seemed to be a faraway opportunity, however, in a few short months these students would not only be back in a lab safely researching, but helping publish an important study on ways to battle COVID.
Ben Siegel/Ohio University From left, From left, Hannah Boesger, Emily Marino, Mason Myers, Ali Aldhumani, Dr. Jennifer Hines, Ismail Hossain, and Emily Fairchild.
While the world awaits broad distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, researchers at Ohio University just published highly significant and timely results in the search for another way to stop the virus by disrupting its RNA and its ability to reproduce.
Dr. Jennifer Hines, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, along with graduate and undergraduate students in her lab, published the first structural biology analysis of a section of the COVID-19 viral RNA called the stem-loop II motif. This is a non-coding section of the RNA, which means that it is not translated into a protein, but it is likely key to the virus s replication.