Convergence : facilitating transdisciplinary integration of life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, and beyond

BioWatch PCR assays : building confidence, ensuring reliability

Potential risks and benefits of gain-of-function research : summary of workshop

Science needs for microbial forensics : initial international research priorities

Toward precision medicine building a knowledge network for biomedical research and a new taxonomy of disease

Sequence-based classification of select agents a brighter line

Considerations for ensuring safety and efficacy of vaccines and therapeutic proteins manufactured by using platform approaches summary of a workshop

An astrobiology strategy for the exploration of Mars

Understanding interventions that encourage minorities to pursue research careers summary of a workshop

Overcoming challenges to develop countermeasures against aerosolized bioterrorism agents appropriate use of animal models

Proposed framework for evaluating the safety of dietary supplements

Technologies to enable autonomous detection for BioWatch : ensuring timely and accurate information for public health officials : workshop summary

Linkages between arctic warming and mid-latitude weather patterns : summary of a workshop

Stem cell therapies : opportunities for ensuring the quality and safety of clinical offerings : summary of a joint workshop

Perspectives on research with H5N1 avian influenza : scientific inquiry, communication, controversy : summary of a workshop

Developing capacities for teaching responsible science in the MENA Region : refashioning scientific dialogue

Thinking evolutionarily evolution education across the life sciences : summary of a convocation

Evaluation of the updated site-specific risk assessment for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas

BioWatch and public health surveillance evaluating systems for the early detection of biological threats

Life sciences and related fields trends relevant to the biological weapons convention

Challenges and opportunities for education about dual use issues in the life sciences

The role of theory in advancing 21st-century biology catalyzing transformative research : report of the Committee on Defining and Advancing the Conceptual Basis of Biological Sciences in the 21st Century

A framework for assessing the health hazard posed by bioaerosols

The limits of organic life in planetary systems

Community colleges in the evolving STEM education landscape summary of a summit

Meeting critical laboratory needs for animal agriculture : examination of three options

Evaluation of a site-specific risk assessment for the Department of Homeland Security's Planned National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing summary of a workshop

A survey of attitudes and actions on dual use research in the life sciences a collaborative effort of the National Research Council and the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Transforming glycoscience : a roadmap for the future

Protecting the frontline in biodefense research the Special Immunizations Program

Animals as sentinels of environmental health hazards Committee on Animals as Monitors of Environmental Hazards, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.