Microbial Forensics

Microbial Forensics

Table of Contents:
1. The Kameido anthrax incident: a microbial forensic case study ARNOLD F. KAUFMANN AND PAUL KEIM 2. The FBI’s Amerithrax Task Force and the advent of microbial forensics R. SCOTT DECKER AND TERRY L. KERNS 3. Microbial forensic investigation of the anthrax letter attacks: how the investigation would differ using today’s technologies PAUL J. JACKSON 4. Foodborne outbreaks E.W. BROWN AND M.W. ALLARD 5. Forensic plant pathology JACQUELINE FLETCHER, NEEL G. BARNABY, JAMES BURANS, ULRICH MELCHER, DOUGLAS G. LUSTER, FORREST W. NUTTER, JR., HARALD SCHERM, DAVID G. SCHMALE, III, CARLA S. THOMAS, AND FRANCISCO M. OCHOA CORONA 6. Microbial source tracking: characterization of human fecal pollution in environmental waters with HF183 quantitative real-time PCR ORIN C. SHANKS AND ASJA KORAJKIC 7. Influenza forensics ANGELA CHOI AND ADOLFO GARCÍA-SASTRE 8. Forensic public health: epidemiological and microbiological investigations for biosecurity ALI S. KHAN, PHILIP S. AMARA, AND STEPHEN A. MORSE 9. Forensic analysis in bacterial pathogens PAUL KEIM, JASON W. SAHL, TALIMA PEARSON, AMY VOGLER, CHARLES H. WILLIAMSON, DAWN BIRDSELL, RICHARD T. OKINAKA, JEFFREY T. FOSTER, AND DAVID M. WAGNER 10. Genomic epidemiology and forensics of fungal pathogens DAVID M. ENGELTHALER AND ANASTASIA P. LITVINTSEVA 11. Forensic human identification using skin microbiome genetic signatures SARAH E. SCHMEDES, AUGUST WOERNER, AND BRUCE BUDOWLE 12. Using microbiome tools for estimating the postmortem interval HEATHER DEEL, SIBYL BUCHELI, AERIEL BELK, SAM OGDEN, AARON LYNNE, DAVID O. CARTER, ROB KNIGHT, AND JESSICA L. METCALF 13. Select methods for microbial forensic nucleic acid analysis of trace and uncultivable specimens RACHEL E. KIESER AND BRUCE BUDOWLE 14. The use of host factors in microbial forensics STEVEN E. SCHUTZER 15. Toxin analysis using mass spectrometry THOMAS A. BLAKE, SUZANNE R. KALB, RUDOLPH C. JOHNSON, AND JOHN R. BARR 16. Ricin forensics: comparisons to microbial forensics JEFFREY T. FOSTER, ROBERT L. BULL, AND PAUL KEIM 17. Proteomics for bioforensics ERIC D. MERKLEY, BROOKE L. DEATHERAGE KAISER, DAVID S. WUNSCHEL, AND KAREN L. WAHL 18. Rapid bacterial typing in the postgenomic era: developments in computational methods HECTOR F. ESPITIA-NAVARRO, LAVANYA RISHISHWAR, LEONARD W. MAYER, AND I. KING JORDAN 19. Genomics TOM SLEZAK, JONATHAN ALLEN, AND CRYSTAL JAING 20. Design of genomic signatures for pathogen identification and characterization TOM SLEZAK, BRADLEY HART, AND CRYSTAL JAING 21. Collection and preservation of microbial forensic samples JENIFER A.L. SMITH 22. Assessment of the threat JENIFER A.L. SMITH AND DAVID R. HODGE 23. Scientific testimonial standards for microbial forensic evidence STEPHAN P. VELSKO 24. Inferential validation and evidence interpretation STEPHAN P. VELSKO 25. Microbial forensic investigations in the context of bacterial population genetics PAUL KEIM, TALIMA PEARSON, BRUCE BUDOWLE, MARK WILSON, AND DAVID M. WAGNER 26. Use of microbial forensics data in scientific, legal, and policy contexts CHRISTOPHER A. BIDWELL AND RANDALL MURCH 27. Lessons for expert witnesses STEPHEN A. SALTZBURG 28. Select agent regulations STEPHEN A. MORSE AND BERNARD R. QUIGLEY 29. Biorepositories and their foundation FRANK P. SIMIONE, RICHARD R. VINES, AND TED D. MULLINS 30. The National Bioforensic Analysis Center JAMES BURANS, JENNIFER S. GOODRICH, ROBERT L. BULL, AND NICHOLAS H. BERGMAN 31. An international microbial forensics research strategy and its collaborative pursuit is needed RANDALL MURCH AND BRUCE BUDOWLE 32. Education and training in microbial forensics STEVEN B. LEE, DEETTA K. MILLS, STEPHEN A. MORSE, STEVEN E. SCHUTZER, BRUCE BUDOWLE, AND PAUL KEIM 33. Microbial forensics: what next? STEPHEN A. MORSE, BRUCE BUDOWLE, AND STEVEN E. SCHUTZER

About the Author :
Dr. Budowle has a lengthy CV and career. Some of his efforts over the last 15 years also are in counter terrorism, including identification of victims from mass disasters and in efforts involving microbial forensics and bioterrorism. Dr. Budowle was an advisor to New York State in the effort to identify the victims from the WTC attack. In the area of microbial forensics, Dr. Budowle has been the chair of the Scientific Working Group on Microbial Genetics and Forensics, whose mission was to set QA guidelines, develop criteria for biologic and user databases, set criteria for a National Repository, and develop forensic genomic applications. He also has served on the Steering Committee for the Colloquium on Microbial Forensics sponsored by American Society of Microbiology, an organizer of four Microbial Forensics Meetings held at The Banbury Center in the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and on steering committees for NAS sponsored meetings. Dr. Budowle has published approximately 600 articles, made more than 720 presentations (many of which were as an invited speaker at national and international meetings), and testified in well over 250 criminal cases in the areas of molecular biology, population genetics, statistics, quality assurance, and forensic biology. In addition, he has authored or co-authored books on molecular biology techniques, electrophoresis, protein detection, and microbial forensics. Steven Schutzer, MD is a physician-scientist who trained and was on the faculty at Cornell University Medical College, New York Hospital, and Rockefeller University, before joining New Jersey Medical School. His research has focused on the interface of the immune system and microbes. Particular areas of research interest are Lyme and Tick diseases, neuroimmunology, and immunology. Dr. Schutzer is board certified in Internal Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and Clinical Laboratory Immunology. Dr. Schutzer’s research is funded by the National Institutes of Health and other organizations. Dr. Morse attended graduate school at the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he received his M.S.P.H. (’66) in environmental chemistry and biology and a Ph.D. (’69) in microbiology. In 1984, he joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as Director of the Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Research Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID); and in 1996, became the Associate Director for Science of the newly created Division of AIDS, STDs and Tuberculosis Laboratory Research. From 1999 - 2007, he served as the Associate Director for Science, Division of Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response where he worked on national and international bioterrorism-related issues. In 2008, he became the Associate Director for Environmental Microbiology, CDC. He has published 325 peer reviewed articles, books and chapters.