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Homeland Security

DHS S&T Issues BAA for Bioterror Forensics

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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for a research program to develop algorithms and or analytical tools that will assist investigators of bioterrorism events by providing provision and statistical power to inferences concerning the degree of relatedness among organisms or samples used in a bioterrorist events. The focus of this effort will be on research in the areas of microbial ecology, population dynamics, host- pathogen interaction, genetic stability,…

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