Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, New Mexico State University faced many unprecedented challenges. While a few factors remain uncertain, a new partnership has created several positive outcomes, along with future opportunities that will help faculty and students involved in research.
This summer, Albuquerque-based TriCore Reference Laboratories established a branch lab at NMSU. To date, it has processed more than 15,000 COVID-19 tests.
Because of the partnership with TriCore, this fall NMSU was also able to initiate large-scale testing for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 as part of a random sample study by a group of interdisciplinary researchers seeking to understand the prevalence of the virus in the campus community.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, New Mexico State University faced many unprecedented challenges. While a few factors remain uncertain, a new partnership has created several positive outcomes, along with future opportunities that will help faculty and students involved in research. Volunteers conduct COVID-19 testing for a random sample study by a group of New Mexico State University interdisciplinary researchers seeking to understand the prevalence of the virus in the campus community. The tests were processed at the NMSU TriCore branch lab as part of a partnership with Albuquerque-based TriCore Reference Laboratories. (NMSU photo by Josh Bachman) This summer, New Mexico State University partnered with TriCore Reference Laboratories to establish a branch lab at Foster Hall on the NMSU campus. (Courtesy photo)