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Latest news in “Zero-to-low-waste technology for simultaneous production of liquid biofuel and biogas from biomass” project.

It is hoped that Covid-19 will soon be measured in sewers

Water Research and Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory  (WREB) of RTU together with partners already developed methods and prove that it is possible to monitor wastewaters and detect the virus presence. Research takes place within the framework of the program “Multidisciplinary approach to monitoring, control and control of COVID19 and other future epidemics in Latvia” (COV-MITIGATE) funded by the State Research program for Mitigation of Consequences of Covid-19.

More information in Latvian Television program “Rīta Panorāma” video here.

A special robot is made to fight Covid-19

In cooperation with representatives of Riga Technical University (RTU), including Water research and environmental biotechnology laboratory (WREBL) scientists, and several other higher education and research organizations, a special cleaning robot is being created in Latvia, with the help of which it will be possible to disinfect various surfaces, thus fighting Covid-19, reports Latvian Television program “Rīta Panorāma”.
More information and video here.

Development of a new type of protective masks / respirators

More information and video here.

Presentations from the workhsop “Technologies for Covid-19 Risk Reduction in Healthcare and High Risk (National Research Program “Covid-19 Mitigation”)”

On 16.10.2020. the team of the National Research Program “Covid-19 Mitigation” project “Integration of Safe Technologies for Protection against Covid-19 in Healthcare and High-Risk Areas” held a seminar in Riga, Āzenes 12, on current issues related to SARS-CoV-2 and its prevalence. The main topics were related to epidemiology, vaccine development, disinfectants, self-protective equipment.

More information about the workshop and all presentations You can see here.

iWatermap project infodoodle

The iWatermap project has identified the self-assessment of the Latvian water sector and the main collected data have been visualized using an infodoodle.

More information about the project here.

Water sector self – assessment (pdf file in good quality).

 

Workshop “Technologies for Covid-19 Risk Reduction in Healthcare and High Risk (National Research Program “Covid-19 Mitigation”) ”

The team of the National Research Program “Covid-19 Mitigation” project “Integration of Safe Technologies for Protection against Covid-19 in Healthcare and High-Risk Areas” invites you to participate in a seminar on current issues related to SARS-CoV-2 and its prevalence, where information is planned only about the topicalities of the project, but topical issues in epidemiology and vaccine development.

The seminar will take place on October 16 this year from 9:00 to 14:00 (see the program here) in Riga, Āzenes 12 k.1-116.

On-site participation in the seminar will be possible only for a limited number of people, so the seminar will also take place on the Online ZOOM platform. All users registered for remote participation will receive information and instructions on the possibility to join the seminar the day before the seminar.

To participate in the seminar (just online) it is necessary to register (until October 12) here.

It will also be possible to receive certificates of membership!

RTU with Covid-19 mitigation support also builds a robot-cleaner (for disinfection)

Projects led by Riga Technical University (RTU) are developing new disinfection devices or robots and adhesive coatings, as well as secure e-environment solutions for remote work and education.

More information here.

Project “Multidisciplinary approach to monitoring, control and control of COVID19 and other future epidemics in Latvia”

Water Research and Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory  (WREB) of RTU together with partners realise the project “Multidisciplinary approach to monitoring, control and control of COVID19 and other future epidemics in Latvia” (COV-MITIGATE) funded by State Research programme for Mitigation of Consequences of Covid-19.  The overall aim of the project is to develop system for effective Covid-19 and other possible epidemics monitoring, mitigation and limitation using a multidisciplinary approach.  The Project is led by Uga Dumpis.

The WREB is responsible for implementation of wastewater based epidemiology approach in Latvia.

More information on the project and partners available here.

Second project partners meeting in State Research programme for Mitigation of Consequences of Covid-19

The second meeting of the partners of the project “Integration of safe technologies for protection against Covid-19 in health care and high-risk areas” implemented within the framework of the national research program was organized by the Institute of Electronics and Computer Science on the last Friday of August.

Work package managers and sub-taskers gave presentations on the work done, informing about the results achieved, follow-up actions and involving partners in discussions for better results.

More information about event You can find in project web-page: https://vppcovid.rtu.lv/