LSU Professor Snags $1.5 Million Award for Gulf Oyster Research
Louisiana State University Professor Zhiqiang Deng received an award totaling $1.5 million from NASA and the Louisiana Board of Regents for a project which aims to provide oyster harvesters a way to detect if oyster beds are infected with norovirus and Vibrio vulnificus.
The project, dubbed “Satellite-Assisted Forecasting Environment for Improving Oyster Safety (SAFE Oyster)” was chosen for the federal award from NASA’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Program Office.
Deng will use NASA satellite-based information products to enhance the forecasting of norovirus and vibrio risks of oysters harvested along the Gulf Coast...
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