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1. The Correlation Between SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Wastewater and Rising COVID-19 Vaccination Rates, in Los Angeles California

   03 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Lauren Holm¹, Keely Rodriguez²

   1. Los Altos High School 2. University of Nevada, Reno

   The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly impactedeveryone around the globe. In 2020, manycountries entered into a lockdown, transformingdaily lifestyles into isolation. The SARS-CoV-2 virusthat causes...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3668/?v=1

2. When tests disagree, how do I know if I have COVID-19?

   09 Jan 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Holly Basta¹, Sean Coleman², Iglika V. Pavlova³, Aparna Shah⁴

   1. Rocky Mountain College 2. Wartburg College 3. University of North Carolina Greensboro 4. Virginia Tech

   Students will learn about infectious disease and the immune response to infection by investigating different types of tests (PCR, antigen, and antibody tests) to detect the SARS-CoV-2 viral genetic...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3616/?v=1

3. A discussion on SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance efforts with Amanda Cauble

   05 Jul 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Amanda Cauble¹, Megan Seifert²

   1. Central Conta Costa Sanitary District 2. Headwaters Science Institute

   In this episode of LWS, we had Amanda Cauble, an associate engineer at Central San. She discusses what Central San is and the methods of surveilling SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater. This talk was recorded...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3427/?v=1

4. Evaluating the potential for immune escape: how likely is an antibody to protect against a specific SARS-CoV-2 variant?

   10 Jun 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Sandra Porter¹, Uwe Hilgert², Erica Lannan³, Michelle Stieber⁴

   1. Digital World Biology 2. Bio5 Institute 3. Prairie State College 4. Cerritos College

   Commercial antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein have been successfully used to treat people with COVID-19. Unfortunately, as the SARS-CoV-2 virus evolves, new variants have appeared that can...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2913/?v=1

5. Nextstrain adaptations for Understanding COVID-19

   20 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Keith A. Johnson

   Bradley University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

   This resource introduces students to the use of Nextstrain and Nextclade to visualize the phylogeny of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and variants of interest. Terminology and an introduction to...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2545/?v=1

6. Statistics with epidemiology of COVID-19

   20 Jun 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Maria Shumskaya¹, Shakira Benjamin¹, Matthew G Niepielko¹, Nicholas Lorusso¹

   Kean University

   Introduction into heat maps, non-parametric t-test and GIF (optional) in R using an original dataset on COVID-19 infections from different counties of New Jersey, USA. Suitable for students who...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2439/?v=1

7. Drugging SARS-CoV-2

   15 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Mallory Bliss¹, Alexzandria Khan¹, Nandni Verma¹, Kasandra Jean-Louise Riley¹

   Rollins College

   This case study leads students through the process of proposing a drug for a novel protein. The Mpro protease of SARS-CoV-2 is explored in detail within the PDB. Aligns with first semester...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1928/?v=1