Dr. Sophie Colston and Jaimee Compton, research biologists from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, show off innovative DNA sequencer technology and guide visitors through a DNA activity at the April 26, 2025, Military Medical Innovation event at the National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Colston explains how DNA sequencing technology has developed over the years becoming more compact and portable. This allows military biologists to take lab equipment directly into the field to help find and identify diseases and bacteria affecting the warfighter.
Colston and Compton describe this complicated topic to the public using an activity to assemble a DNA strand for the Streptolysin O (SLO) gene. SLO is a bacterial toxin that can cause a variety of infections that affect our warfighters. This activity emphasizes the work of military biologists in protecting service members. (National Museum of Health and Medicine Photo by Kevin Sommer Giron)
| Date Taken: | 04.25.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 05.02.2025 13:38 |
| Photo ID: | 9010444 |
| VIRIN: | 250426-D-FY143-1049 |
| Resolution: | 6720x4480 |
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| Location: | SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND, US |
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