This week started off with the new arrival of our beads! Finally, with new materials in tow, we can continue our laboratory research on developing the test strip. After weeks of paperwork and digital writing, our team was itching to get back into the lab. Monday morning, we checked up on our old antibodies with […]
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Week 3: A Calling from Salone
Heavily involved in the I-Corps program, our team was preparing for interviews. After reaching out to Mr. Sankoh of SHAFS, we had a string of interviews arranged to push us towards our goal of 20. Starting at 8 AM, we set up our Zoom link and began interviews with the staff of SHAFS. We had […]
Week 2: A Microscopic Movie
What does blood lysis look like under a high-powered microscope? Has our lysis procedure been effective in releasing hemoglobin? While our materials are shipping, we decided to do some visualizing of our lysis procedure. Using our newly obtained BSL2 training, we accessed the large microscope in HST. With some short training from Professor Cheng’s PhD. […]
Week 1: Mountaintop Pilot
This week kicked off the Mountain Top Summer Experience program where SicklED is looking to make major leaps in device development and fieldwork preparation. To start the week, we had orientation where each team laid out plans and goals for this summer. Afterwards, we regrouped in HST where we began to lay out a complete […]