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‘Lab-on-a-Chip’ Can Tell the Difference Between COVID and the Flu

Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, accurate testing remains a challenge, even more so as the virus has mutated over time, becoming more contagious with symptoms that are hard to tell apart from other illnesses. A new diagnostic device that can differentiate between COVID-19 and the flu, developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, seeks to solve this problem while providing better and more portable care options for people who are without access to medical centers.

John Schreck

John joined Texas Instruments in 1981 in the NOR Flash Department. He worked his way from Productization Manager to co-managing the DRAM design department as a whole. TI’s memory business was then acquired in 1998 by Micron where John spent the majority of his professional career. At Micron, he held many senior titles, including the VP of DRAM Engineering and in 2019, Senior VP of DRAM and 3DXP Engineering. John retired from Micron in 2021. In 2022, John was called upon personally by President Hartzell and Dean Roger Bonnecaze to lead the Texas Institute for Electronics.

Carlos Torres-Verdín

Dr. Torres-Verdín currently holds the Brian James Jennings Memorial Endowed Chair in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering and the Zarrow Centennial Professorship in Petroleum Engineering, at the University of Texas at Austin Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering.

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