Ever since NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope successfully launched on Christmas morning, Texas A&M University astronomer Casey Papovich has been looking forward to Christmas in July a milestone moment marking the official end of the telescope’s
COVID-19 variant related to UK variant discovered after Texas A&M student tests positive, researchers say
“It has all the mutations that make the UK variant spread faster,” Texas A&M virologist Dr. Ben Neuman said.
Credit: Texas A&M College of Science Author: Ariel Plasencia Updated: 8:30 AM CDT April 21, 2021
COLLEGE STATION, Texas Scientists at the Texas A&M University Global Health Research Complex (GHRC) said they have identified a variant of the COVID-19 virus.
The newly discovered variant is called BV-1. “BV” stands for “Brazos Valley,” the seven-county region of Texas where the university is located. Researchers believe BV-1 is related to the variant first found in the United Kingdom.
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Maureen Hayden ’21 has always had her sights firmly set on a career as a scientist and the possibilities that lie ahead. For the longest time, it was about the only thing she could see clearly.
Hayden, a graduate student at Texas A&M University working toward her doctorate in marine biology, is legally blind. She was born with retinopathy of prematurity, an eye disorder that primarily affects premature infants. Because the retina in her right eye is completely detached, the vision Hayden does have is limited to her left eye and clinically classified as 20/400.
Navigating through her day-to-day responsibilities studying the effects of plastic pollution on Texas beaches as a member of marine biologist Mary Wicksten’s laboratory in the Texas A&M Department of Biology often amounts to a tedious and time-consuming process.