NIST Develops Yeast Material for Training First Responders on Biothreats

Researchers based the material on baker’s yeast because it is harmless and a living biological material.   

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PDF) Guide for the Selection of Biological Agent Detection Equipment for Emergency First Responders, Guide 101-04, Vol. I & II, NIST

Biosystems and Biomaterials Division

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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on LinkedIn: #bioscience #standards #firstresponders #publicsafety

Standards to Support Biothreat Detection

Biomaterials Group

SPIN Workshop Microbial Genomics @NIST

omation mbers - SLAS

Evaluation of microbial qPCR workflows using engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae - ScienceDirect

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Living Yeast Cell Reference Material (RM 8230)

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A robust yeast biocontainment system with two-layered regulation switch dependent on unnatural amino acid