Science needs for Microbial Forensics: Developing an International Science Roadmap Professor Alemka Markotić, MD, PhD University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia Associate member Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Science needs for Microbial Forensics:
Developing an International Science Roadmap
Professor Alemka Markotić, MD, PhD
University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia
Associate member
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Committee membersJohn D. Clements (Chair), Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of MedicineMunirul Alam, Senior Scientist, International Center for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B)Bruce Budowle, Director, Institute of Investigative Genetics and Vice-Chair, Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science CenterJongsik Chun, Associate Professor of Biology, Seoul National UniversityRita R. Colwell, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland at College Park;, Distinguished University Professor, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthNancy D. Connell, Professor of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University; Director, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Center for BiodefensePaul Keim, Cowden Endowed Chair in Microbiology and Arizona Regents Professor, Northern Arizona UniversityJuncai Ma, Assistant Director of Institute of Microbiology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Deputy Chairman of the Expert Committee on CAS DatabasesAlemka Markotić, Hedd of the Research Department, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia, and professor at the Medical School, University of Rijeka, CroatiaGeoffrey Smith, Professor of Pathology and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow, Emmanuel College, Cambridge University
BLS, NAS, NRC driving forces
• Fran Sharples, PhD
Director, Board on Life
Sciences
Acting Director, Institute for
Laboratory Animal Research
National Research Council,
National Academy of Sciences
• Jo Husbands,
Scholar/Senior Project
Director
Board on Life Sciences
National Research Council,
National Academy of Sciences
MICROBIAL FORENSICS…
…relatively new scientific discipline used to analyze
possible bioterrorism attacks, or inadvertent
microorganisms or toxins release.