biothreat

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DOE funds pandemic tracking software

December 14, 2022 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — The Department of Energy has awarded $5 million to create tools to increase the nation’s level of preparedness for biological threats — including an infection rate tracking program for COVID-19 developed by a Sandia National Laboratories team in 2020. Jaideep Ray and Cosmin Safta developed an approach...

Categories: Computing

Topics: biothreat, computing, COVID-19, pandemic, Sandia National Laboratories

New instrument will quickly detect botulinum, ricin, other biothreat agents

April 2, 2013 • LIVERMORE, Calif.— Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are developing a medical instrument that will be able to quickly detect a suite of biothreat agents, including anthrax, ricin, botulinum, shiga and SEB toxin.[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" captio…

Categories: Homeland security, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: biothreat, National Institutes of Health, national laboratories, Sandia, toxin