Biosecurity preparedness includes monitoring the environment for potential biothreats—in air, soil, plants, animals, food, wastewater, and people—detecting and mitigating threats when they arise, and predictive modeling to anticipate outcomes. Los Alamos scientists apply their established expertise in environmental surveillance, genomics, bioinformatics, protein engineering, analytics, computational and epidemiological modeling to protect the nation from biological threats.
National Security Life Sciences – Biosecurity Preparedness
Los Alamos develops enduring capabilities to solve grand challenges in the biosciences
Our science enables national preparedness and response to infectious diseases and biosecurity threats by harnessing life sciences along with other innovative scientific approaches.
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