UCSB, Cottage Health Launch Research Projects to Track Coronavirus Variants in the Community
UC Santa Barbara researchers and Cottage Health have complementary research projects to track and better understand novel coronavirus variants in the community
UC Santa Barbara graduate student Zach Aralis uses equipment to sequence novel coronavirus samples as part of a research project to track virus variants in Santa Barbara County. (Jennifer Smith / UCSB photo ) By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
March 8, 2021
| 5:22 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara researchers and Cottage Health both recently launched research projects to analyze local novel coronavirus samples to track and better understand the threat of virus variants in the community.
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By Sonia Fernandez for UCSB
March 1, 2021
| 1:30 p.m.
In an effort to get ahead of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its variants in Santa Barbara County, UC Santa Barbara, Cottage Health and Santa Barbara County Public Health Department (SBCPHD) have launched parallel, collaborative COVID-19 virus variant surveillance projects.
The goal is to determine which recently emerged variants of concern might be present in the local community, and to understand how their distribution changes over time.
“In addition to just basic science interest, knowing more about these variants could also influence our testing strategies, and that could also impact what you could expect about vaccine effectiveness,” said UCSB biologist Stuart Feinstein, who is at the helm of the campus’s asymptomatic COVID-19 testing effort.
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In an effort to get ahead of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its variants in Santa Barbara County, UC Santa Barbara and Cottage Health have launched parallel, collaborative COVID-19 virus variant surveillance projects. The goal is to determine which recently emerged variants of concern might be present in the local community, and to understand how their distribution changes over time.
“In addition to just basic science interest, knowing more about these variants could also influence our testing strategies, and that could also impact what you could expect about vaccine effectiveness,” said UC Santa Barbara biologist Stuart Feinstein, who is at the helm of the campus’s asymptomatic COVID-19 testing effort.
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