May 6, 2020 Rushika Perera named American Chemical Society young investigator

Rushika Perera was chosen as a 2020 ACS Infectious Diseases Young Investigator.

April 13, 2020 Antiviral compounds against COVID-19 tested in secure labs at CSU

Rushika Perera is using BSL-3 labs to test compounds for companies.

April 2, 2020 CSU researchers rapidly developing treatments, drugs and vaccines for COVID-19

Rushika Perera is partnering with companies to test COVID-19 drugs.

February 27, 2020 Dream Lab: Undergraduate research transforms students into scientists

Kirty Krieger got the experience to grow as a scientist with the help of Dr. Rushika Perera.

December 9, 2019 Outstanding Grad: Kirty Krieger, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Outstanding grad Kirty Krieger explains how she fell in love with Microbiology.

October 10, 2019 Biochemical networks mapped in midgut of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

The Perera lab is working to understand how to block mosquito from transmitting viruses.

October 6, 2019 Research team advances low-cost, low-tech Zika virus surveillance tool

CSU researchers, including the Perera lab, are using advancing Zika surveillance technology.

October 5, 2019 Boettcher Foundation awards biomedical grants to two CSU researchers

Dr. Rushika Perera’s received the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards through the Boettcher Foundation.

October 4, 2019 Dancing through the lab? No, but science requires fancy footwork

Dr. Rushika Perera expalians the similarities between her dance and her research.