Basic Research in Bioforensics - in FY13 this effort moves to Life Sciences and Chemical Sciences
Abstract
Focuses on understanding how microbes adapt to complex and changing environments. The long term goal of this research is to discover and characterize the genetic, proteomic, and metabolic changes in response to a given environment, enabling the ability to determine where microbes originated, how closely related they are, and their recent growth environment. This research could ultimately reveal the identity and feasibility of bacterial signatures that could be used to trace the history of an organism to provide a means of tracking the cause, potential danger, and source of a biological event, whether naturally occurring or nefarious. In FY13 research activities and associated funding moves to Life Sciences and Chemical Sciences sections.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Source ID
- 61ce37151a5c7529a054cc1e0972adbf