One of the greatest challenges for many colleges and universities during the COVID-19 pandemic has been holding in-person labs. While virtual labs eliminated the risk of spreading COVID-19, they also eliminated the opportunity to learn lab skills that would help students be competitive when applying for internships and jobs post-graduation (neither of which stopped due to COVID-19). Luckily, going completely virtual was not an option for our campus. Using lessons learned from working in tissue culture, master’s courses in Homeland Security Agricultural Biodefense, as well as a large toolbox of experience in laboratory management, holding in-person labs became a successful test of risk mitigation planning, implementation, and assessment.

Resilience: Withstanding the adversity of being in-person.

ACS Fall 2021

The official archive and repository for all ACS Meetings & Expositions abstracts and select posters or presentations.