The session is designed to inform the public about current Bioscience Division research activities, including a proposal to add a Biosafety Level 3 laboratory. A poster display session was held in Los Alamos, and another is planned for April 24 at the Española Convento.
In addition to biothreat reduction, other posters will describe research currently being conducted at Los Alamos to develop new methods for identifying bacteria from complex samples and databases of pathogenic organisms. Posters on the proposed Biosafety Level 3 laboratory and LANL's biosafety program also will be featured.
Los Alamos' Bioscience Division was formed in October 1999 to bring together biologists, chemists, physicists and computer scientists to create and discover frontier science and technology that benefits public health, the environment and national security.
Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, a team composed of Bechtel National, the University of California, The Babcock & Wilcox Company, and Washington Group International for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.
Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns.