Firepower in the lab : automation in the fight against infectious diseases and bioterrorism / Scott P. Layne, Tony J. Beugelsdijk, and C. Kumar N. Patel, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Layne, Scott P., editor.

Beugelsdijk, Tony J., 1949- editor.

Patel, C. Kumar N., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical laboratories--Automation--Congresses.

Medical laboratories.

Medicine--Research--United States.

Medicine.

Laboratories--Technological innovations--United States.

Laboratories.

Bioterrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Joseph Henry Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It's about keeping the faith. Growing up poor in 1953 in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia doesn't bother Lydia Hawkins. She treasures her tight-knit family. There's her loving mama, now widowed; her whip-smart younger brother BJ, who has cystic fibrosis; and wise old Gran. But everything falls apart after Gran and BJ die and Mama is jailed unjustly. Suddenly Lydia has lost all those dearest to her. Moving to a coal camp to live with her uncle William and aunt Ethel Mae only makes Lydia feel more alone. She is ridiculed at her new school for her outgrown homemade clothes and the way she talks, and for what the kids believe her mama did. And to make matters worse, she discovers that her uncle has been keeping a family secret#151;about her. If only Lydia, with her resilient spirit and determination, could find a way to clear her mother's name. . . .

Contents:

Cover

Front Matter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

1 Where the Bucks Stop: A Case for Intermediate-Scale Grants

2 Tackling Grand Challenges with Powerful Technologies

PART I INFECTIOUS DISEASES

3 The Application of Mathematical Models in Infectious Disease Research

4 Expanding the Worldwide Influenza Surveillance System and Improving the Selection of Strains for Vaccines

5 Addressing Emerging Infectious Diseases, Food Safety, and Bioterrorism: Common Themes

6 Laboratory Firepower for AIDS Research

7 Input/Output of High-Throughput Biology: Experience of the National Center for Biotechnology Information

8 Applications of Modern Technology to Emerging Viral Infections and Vaccine Development

9 Next Steps in the Global Surveillance for Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance

10 Antibiotic Discovery by Microarray-Based Gene Response Profiling

11 Sequencing Influenza A from the 1918 Pandemic, Investigating Its Virulence, and Averting Future Outbreaks

PART II FOOD SUPPLY

12 Ensuring Safe Food: An Organizational Perspective

13 Foodborne Pathogen and Toxin Diagnostics: Current Methods and Needs Assessment from Surveillance, Outbreak Response, and Bioterrorism Preparedness Perspectives1

14 Food Safety: Data Needs for Risk Assessment

PART III BIOTERRORISM AND BIOWARFARE

15 Biological Weapons: Past, Present, and Future

16 National Innovation to Combat Catastrophic Terrorism

17 Flow Cytometry Analysis Techniques for High-Throughput Biodefense Research

18 Forensic Perspective on Bioterrorism and the Proliferation of Bioweapons

19 Biological Warfare Scenarios

PART IV FURTHER APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES

20 Integration of New Technologies in the Future of the Biological Sciences

21 New Standards and Approaches for Integrating Instruments into Laboratory Automation Systems.

22 High-Throughput Sequencing, Information Generation, and the Future of Biology

23 Summary and Next Steps

APPENDIXES

APPENDIX A CONTRIBUTORS

APPENDIX B AUTOMATION IN THREAT REDUCTION AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH NEEDS AND NEW DIRECTIONS Agenda of the April 1999 Colloquium

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780309504430

0309504430

9780309172349

0309172349

OCLC:

70747071