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ASU’s Biodesign Institute. Innovative. Impactful.

Watch this 3-minute video to learn about the Biodesign Institute, a premiere research institute devoted to translating complex nature-inspired science into technology that is resilient, adaptive and deployable now and into the future.

Impact

On the path of a killer

Rapid public health response helped blunt the spread of SARS CoV-2

COVID-19

Covid shutdowns threaten building health

ASU researcher joins study to understand how extended shutdowns affect water quality in buildings

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Nimble ASU events crew supports dozens of COVID-19 saliva-testing sites

As the COVID-19 pandemic began to make a stronghold in Arizona, Arizona State University employees began fighting back — by answering urgent calls for help and, often, by taking on completely new roles.

COVID-19

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In response to the pandemic crisis, we have converted our state-of-the-art research infrastructure into a fully FDA-approved and clinically certified lab capable of performing thousands of COVID-19 tests per day.

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saliva testing

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Biodesign
Europe

Research intensification plan:
summer 2020