UAlbany Spearheads Pooled Saliva Testing on Students and Staff

An RNA Institute team member analyzes saliva samples from the University's pooled surveillance testing program. Photo by Patrick Dodson.

Reddy Lab joins team for UAlbany COVID-19 pooled surveillance testing program.

Andrew Berglund, director of the University’s RNA institute, says they teamed up with UAlbany’s School of Public Health to provide pooled surveillance testing to all their students and staff.

“In this building we have biologists, chemists; by bringing together all different researchers, it tends to move the science forward faster,” Berglund said.