Bioscience Division, B

B-7 Strives to Understand Emerging and Engineered Health Threats

This group specializes in studying methods to protect humans and other organisms from pathogens and disease – both naturally occurring ones and those that could be used as biothreat agents. Research areas include host-pathogen biology, microbial pathogenesis, molecular signaling, structural biology, innate immunity, bioforensics and security analysis. These research efforts can be applied to biothreat reduction and biodefense, protection of nuclear worker health and safety, advances in pharmaceuticals and general public health measures.

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Elizabeth Hong-Geller Invited to Write Review of Chronic Beryllium Disease

Chronic Beryllium Disease (CBD) is a debilitating lung disorder in which exposure to beryllium causes the accumulation of beryllium-specific CD4+ T cells in the lung and formation of pulmonary granulomas.  Elizabeth Hong-Geller (B-7) was invited to write a review, “A Role for Cell Adhesion In Beryllium-Mediated Lung Disease” for a special edition on physiological effects of beryllium in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene.  Read more...

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B-7 Teams

• Environmental Assessment
• Forensics
• Host & Pathogen Biology
• Security Analysis & Applications
• Signature Design and Computation

Focus on Research

Links / Resources

• National Institutes of Health