Bats Help Solve the Marburg Mystery 06.14.2018 | Courtesy Video Could bats help cure diseases? New research suggests it's possible! Exploring the difference between bat and human antiviral response, researchers...
2017 CBD S&T Conference Wrap-Up 02.02.2018 | Courtesy Video The 2017 CBD S&T Conference brought 1,400 scientists, program managers and leaders together from across the globe to make the world safer by...
DTRA 20th Anniversary Legacy Video 01.22.2018 | Video by Jessica Lewis DTRA's history begins with the #ManhattanProject, which then split into the Atomic Energy Commission and the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project...
Rickey Smith 2017 CBD S&T Conference Keynote... 11.29.2017 | Courtesy Video Mr. Rickey Smith Deputy Chief of Staff, G-9 U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command The 2017 CBD S&T Conference brought 1400 scientists,...
Dr. Robert Kadlec 2017 CBD S&T Conference Keynote... 11.29.2017 | Courtesy Video Dr. Robert Kadlec Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response U.S. Department of Health & Human Services The 2017 CBD S&T Conference...
Special Session: “It’s All About the Warfighter Panel” 11.29.2017 | Courtesy Video Senior warfighters discussed chemical and biological-related operational and capability challenges and how to address them through innovation. A...
Prof. S. James Gates, Jr. 2017 CBD S&T Conference... 11.29.2017 | Courtesy Video Prof. S. James Gates, Jr. Department of Physics Brown University Prof. Gates speaks about inspiration, innovation and collaboration. The 2017...
The Chem/Bio Defense S&T Portfolio - Neil Jensen, Ph.D. 11.28.2017 | Courtesy Video A panel of DTRA CB division chiefs give an overview of their division’s portfolio. 2017 CBD S&T Conference brought scientists, program managers...
Oasis of Data in the SAHARA 07.17.2018 | Courtesy Story Ninety percent of all data was created in the last two years — and that percentage continues to grow as the world becomes more interconnected...
A Second Skin for the First Layer of Defense 07.17.2018 | Courtesy Story Providing approximately 20 square feet of protection, the skin is a human’s first layer of defense. But for warfighters, this isn’t enough....
Before the Battlefield: Competition Spurs... 07.17.2018 | Courtesy Story Warfighter success begins long before the battlefield. Merging training, talent and creativity, the tools researchers develop today will be...
Bat Detectives: Solving the Marburg Mystery 06.27.2018 | Courtesy Story In 1967, a mysterious illness spread across Germany, infecting 31 people and resulting in seven deaths. Fifty years later, the virus that caused...
Blurring Science And Data Offers Clear Results in... 06.27.2018 | Courtesy Story Since the mother of bioinformatics Margaret Oakley Dayhoff first published her comprehensive, computerized collection of protein sequences in...
Trading Lab Coats and Goggles for MOPP Suits and... 06.27.2018 | Courtesy Story They traded test tubes and keyboards for fighter jets and robots. They awoke at dawn to start their day not with coffee, but with emergency...
A Breath of Fresh Air: Botulism Antidote in Development 05.23.2018 | Courtesy Story Odorless, tasteless and difficult to detect, botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are some of the most toxic poisons on earth. A teaspoon of pure BoNT...
Preparedness In A Patch: Therapeutic Delivery in a CLIP 05.23.2018 | Courtesy Story Delivering therapeutics can be tricky under the best circumstances – needles need to be administered precisely either subcutaneously,...
JSTO in the News - 07.17.2018 Oasis of Data in the SAHARA, A Second Skin for the First Layer of Defense, Before the Battlefield: Competition Spurs Warfighter Innovations
JSTO in the News - 06.27.2018 Bat Detectives: Solving the Marburg Mystery; Blurring Science and Data Offers Clear Results in the Field, Trading Lap Coats and Goggles for MOPP...
JSTO in the News - 05.23.2018 A Breath of Fresh Air: Botulism Antidote in Development; Preparedness In A Patch: Therapeutic Delivery in a CLIP; Brain Teaser: How Do We Defend...
JSTO in the News - 04.26.2018 The Butterfly Effect: Vapor Detection Takes Flight; On the Leading EDGE of Innovation; Creating Generation STEM
JSTO in the News - 03.15.2018 The Trial is Out: Trials Advance Ebola Vaccine, Resistance is Futile: Defeating Antibiotic Overuse
JSTO in the News - 02.16.2018 Of Mice to Men: First Melioidosis Vaccine on the Horizon, New Recipes for Decontamination
JSTO in the News - 01.12.2018 Following the Paper Trail to Identify Threats, Practical & Tactical: Form Follows Function to Undermine Threats
JSTO in the News - 12.12.2017 Epidemic Control On the Double, What CANDO Can Do for the Warfighter, Safely Transporting Our Fallen with Honor, Dignity and Respect
Oasis of Data in the SAHARA 07.17.2018 | Courtesy Photo The Climate SOM Process within SAHARA, including mapping and training phases. The training phase includes interim steps which feedback to...
Bat Detectives: Solving the Marburg Myster 06.27.2018 | Courtesy Photo 1968 F. A. Murphy; Cynthia Goldsmith This colorized negative stained transmission electron micrograph (TEM), captured by F.A. Murphy in 1968,...
A Breath of Fresh Air: Botulism Antidote in Development 05.23.2018 | Courtesy Photo A single dose of Cyto-111 provides protection in mice at times refractory to antitoxin treatment. Mice lethally intoxicated with 2x LD50 BoNT/A...
The Butterfly Effect: Vapor Detection Takes Flight 04.26.2018 | Courtesy Photo Notional image illustrating how light reflected from butterfly wing scales results in unique data when in the presence of different vapors....
The Verdict is Out: Trials Advance Ebola Vaccine 03.15.2018 | Courtesy Photo Amy Shurtleff, Ph.D., works in a biosafety level 4 laboratory at USAMRIID. Shurtleff is part of a team that evaluated the protective efficacy of...
New Recipes for Decontamination 02.16.2018 | Courtesy Photo Starting challenge was 1 g/m^2, so approximately 2 mg. test conditions were 60 min age, 30 min dwell time for the decontaminants, passive water...
Following the Paper Trail to Identify Threats 01.12.2018 | Courtesy Photo The analyte (red) potentially in a complex matrix such as blood and urine. The paper itself could be used to directly collect samples from the...
What CANDO Can Do for the Warfighter 12.12.2017 | Courtesy Photo CANDO has a convenient web browser/Jupyter notebook interface that allows computational chemists to write programs to construct molecules. It also...
