Report seeks changes to U.S. drug dispersal plan | Plumbing the mysteries of Plum Island | Army sees greater role in anti-WMD activities | CDC statement on improper storage of children’s vaccines | Internal cellular sensors make Salmonella dangerous | Senate bill disappoints NIH advocates | Domino effect key to unlocking shigella mysteries | Biological defense funding curbs seen in Obama FY2013 budget | Finalist essays from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security | UC center for lab safety launches worldwide survey of researchers | Lab on a bubble: SERS on spheres | Updates on CDC’s polio eradication efforts
See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics like polio eradication, NIH funding, anthrax outbreaks, shigella research, vaccine storage issues and more…
Report seeks changes to U.S. drug dispersal plan (GSN)
Plumbing the mysteries of Plum Island (CBS News)
Army sees greater role in anti-WMD activities (GSN)
CDC statement on improper storage of children’s vaccines (CDC)
Internal cellular sensors make Salmonella dangerous, Yale researchers find (Yale News)
Senate bill disappoints NIH advocates (Nature)
Domino effect key to unlocking shigella mysteries (Food Safety News)
Biological defense funding curbs seen in Obama FY2013 budget (GSN)
Finalist essays from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security (HSDL.org)
UC center for lab safety launches worldwide survey of researchers (UCLA Newsroom)
Lab on a bubble: SERS on spheres (Spectroscopy Now)