Update May 29: Guidelines for the safe return to campus and COVID-19-related research by Department faculty members.
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Update May 20: Personal travels and vacations, extension of probationary period for tenure, CE, and research tracks, CEO townhall and seminar on healthcare innovation during COVID-19.
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Update May 14: Strategies to safeguard patients and staff, phased research resumption plan, resources around online learning, and a visit from Gritty!
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Update May 7: "One of the nicest things to come out of our new situation is that I get a chance to interact with many of our colleagues from the Department in new ways."
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Update May 4: COVID-19 Clinical Testing Oversight Committee, FAQs around patient resurgence, and residents' efforts to produce viral transport media (VTM) to create collection kits.
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Update April 29: Limitations of commercial antibody tests, new scientific articles, a new update frequency, and a note of gratitude.
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Update April 28: Updated SARS-COV-2 test ordering information, new FAQs for SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Testing, and Dr. Carl June elected to National Academy of Sciences.
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Update April 27: Resumption of research activities, SEPTA changes, reports on commercial antibody tests, and an Air Force flyover.
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Update April 24: The end of Lab Week this year, regional health system responses, and free Systematic Review software for COVID-19 research.
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Update April 23: Resilience that creates real communities, more debates around serological testing, and some local news articles worth your while.
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Update April 22: New research project on RNA FISH to visualize SARS-CoV-2 for diagnostics and CRISPR screening for therapeutics, a drone light show, and grandmas' tips on getting through lockdown.
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Update April 21: A thank-you to all the medical laboratory professionals and this year's Saul Winegrad Outstanding Dissertation Award in Immunology.
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Update April 20: The 45th annual Medical Laboratory Professionals Week celebrates the essential role of medical laboratory professionals.
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Update April 17: Our residents are making viral transport media for collection kits, more resources for your physical and mental well-being, and clinical operations updates.
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Update April 16: Research resumption strategies and the loss of our colleague Madlyn Abramson, co-founder of the Abramson Cancer Center and Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute.
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Update April 15: A fascinating 3D-simulation on why social distancing is necessary, a web-based model for COVID-19 hospital planning, and the "Nothing Else Matters" video.
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Update April 14: Finding meaning amid misfortune, helping our staff through the Employee Assistance Fund, and a new digital behavioral health platform.
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Update April 13: Emerging COVID-19 NIH funding opportunities, identifying COVID Opportunity Facilitators, and an investigation into the obstacles that academic laboratories ready and able to run diagnostics currently face.
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Update April 10: Investigative study looking for COVID-19 recovered plasmapheresis donors, a message from the Penn President, and more information around blood test for antibodies against SARS-CoV-2.
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Update April 9: COVID-19 research funding opportunities, evidence for the use of face masks in public, and the recipe for the perfect sourdough pancakes!
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