Summary
This IRES project will provide an annual cohort of six US students with the opportunity to conduct research for eight summer weeks at Toyohashi University of Technology (TUT) in Japan. The overarching theme of the project is to develop portable point-of-care testing (POCT) devices for efficient detection of infectious pathogens including the coronavirus. Participating students will be recruited with an emphasis on underrepresented groups from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and local universities in Nebraska including native Indian tribal colleges. As pre-departure preparation trainin
