Biology for Security (BIOSEC)
Abstract
The Biology for Security (BIOSEC) program investigated novel approaches to address the DoD need for rapid detection of unknown and/or emerging biological threats. This program investigated approaches for identifying pathogens based on specific behaviors, or phenotypes, such as niche finding or cell toxicity. Unlike current methods, which rely on a priori knowledge of the pathogen and cannot detect or otherwise analyze unknown threats, this approach handles scenarios involving engineered or undiscovered bacterial pathogens that do not have known hallmarks. Advances in this area have produced completely new capabilities to assess the emergence of pathogens and to detect pathogens that evade detection by traditional methods. Resulting systems can now be used to alert deployed military personnel operating around the world to new biothreats, or in response to a U.S.-based discovery, outbreak, or pandemic.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 918463da972d01813f59701f91be80a1