With the city deserted after Hurricane Katrina and buildings in varying states of damage, evacuated Tulane scientists returned to the New Orleans area to see whether any of their research could be saved from floodwaters, wind and power outages. In some cases, decades’ worth of research was rescued thanks to the individuals who searched through the J. Bennett Johnston Health and Environmental Research Building downtown and manned the Tulane National Primate Research Center in Covington, Louisiana throughout the storm and the difficult days and weeks after it passed. Hear the podcast with John Clements, PhD, and Andrew Lackner, DVM, PhD, below.
