Biodefense in the Age of Synthetic Biology

June 19, 2018

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We were part of the committee sponsored by the Defense Department that examined the risk impact of advances in synthetic biology.

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Targeted amplification for enhanced detection of biothreat agents by next-generation sequencing

We led a team of researchers who demonstrated the utility of targeted sequencing for cost-effective pathogen detection.

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Axiom Microbiome Array, the next generation

microarray for high-throughput pathogen and

microbiome analysis

February 12, 2019

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Beginning in 2006, Tom Slezak led a team at LLNL who developed pan-microbial microarrays to detect all sequenced pathogens. In 2014 a new high-throughput (24 or 96 samples) array format became available which has been commercialized as the Affymetrix Axiom Microbial Detection Array: Read the article

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Learn about 24 and 96 array product

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Axiom Microbiome Array for Research

February 5, 2018

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We have commercialized a pan-microbial detection microarray designed by a team we led for 10 years.

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Read about the array here.

This product won an R&D 100 Award in 2017!