Megan O’Connor

Nov 12, 2024 | time.com | Megan O’Connor

by Megan O’ConnorNovember 12, 2024 6:14 AM ESTMegan O’Connor founded Nth Cycle in 2017 to address two problems: a growing volume of electronic waste, and a limited domestic supply of critical minerals needed for the energy transition. Fast forward to 2024, and her company has become the first in the United States to extract nickel and cobalt on a commercial scale from scrap and refine it to be used in clean technologies.

Apr 19, 2023 | journals.plos.org | Megan O’Connor |David W Hawman |Rocky Mountain Laboratories |PLOS Pathogens

The repRNA-CoV2S vaccine affords durable protection from SARS-CoV-2 induced clinical disease and pathologyWe next evaluated the ability of the vaccine to protect from clinical disease and lung pathology. Animals were comprehensively evaluated by trained research staff for evidence of disease including reduced appetite, lethargy, respiratory distress, and general appearance. The most common clinical observations among unvaccinated animals were lethargy, abnormal respiration, and nasal discharge.