Bioinformatics Support Of Pathogen Diagnostics And Forensics

Tom Slezak, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Stevenson Hall 1300
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

A bioinformatics team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been computationally designing pathogen DNA signatures since the summer of 2000. These signatures were used for biosecurity at the 2002 Winter Olympics, as well as for national security purposes since October 2001. This talk will discuss the LLNL team’s involvement with these efforts and various outbreaks (SARS, monkeypox, Avian Influenza, Exotic Newcastle Disease, etc.)