UNH: On the front lines of COVID-19 testing

NH UnionLeader.com DURHAM — Kelly Thomas is at the forefront when it comes to studying and tracking the virus that causes COVID-19.

The professor of molecular, cellular and biomedical sciences, and director of the Hubbard Center for Genome Studies at the University of New Hampshire is tracking how the coronavirus behaves, and its offshoots like the delta and omicron variant.

“The thing that is completely amazing is watching it change,” Thomas said during an interview Friday.

His lab in Durham, which was set up during the summer of 2020 when COVID was raging, has now completed over a million tests to detect and monitor the coronavirus, according to the university.