March 9, 2021
Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory technician Morgan Mahlum, a biology major, left, uses a pass-through box to give materials to Amy Rhoad, who loads samples into the robotic testing machine in the UW Biocontainment Facility. Rhoad received her Ph.D. at UW with Associate Professor Kerry Sondgeroth in veterinary sciences. (UW Photo)
The director of the laboratory testing University of Wyoming COVID-19 samples was describing how the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory (WSVL) came to be testing 2,500 samples a day when he stopped midsentence and changed facial expressions.
“Let me just step back a minute,” said Will Laegreid, a professor in the Department of Veterinary Sciences.