Executive summary: The Nucleic Acid Observatory (NAO) reports progress in wastewater sequencing, pooled individual sampling, nucleic acid tracers, and data analysis techniques for pathogen detection and surveillance.
Key points:
Expanded wastewater sequencing efforts with multiple collaborations, including analysis of airplane lavatory waste and municipal treatment plant samples.
Scaled up pooled individual sequencing via nasal swabs, with plans to sample indoors at MIT and Boston transit stations.
Received approval for nucleic acid tracer deposition experiments in wastewater systems.
Improved metagenomic sequencing pipeline and genetic engineering detection capabilities, reducing costs and false positives.
Organizational updates include new logo, additional lab space, and hiring of two new Research Scientists.
Ongoing development of novel pathogen detection methods, including reference-free detection and a metagenomic foundation model.
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Executive summary: The Nucleic Acid Observatory (NAO) reports progress in wastewater sequencing, pooled individual sampling, nucleic acid tracers, and data analysis techniques for pathogen detection and surveillance.
Key points:
Expanded wastewater sequencing efforts with multiple collaborations, including analysis of airplane lavatory waste and municipal treatment plant samples.
Scaled up pooled individual sequencing via nasal swabs, with plans to sample indoors at MIT and Boston transit stations.
Received approval for nucleic acid tracer deposition experiments in wastewater systems.
Improved metagenomic sequencing pipeline and genetic engineering detection capabilities, reducing costs and false positives.
Organizational updates include new logo, additional lab space, and hiring of two new Research Scientists.
Ongoing development of novel pathogen detection methods, including reference-free detection and a metagenomic foundation model.
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