Science needs for Microbial Forensics:

Developing an International Science Roadmap

Professor Alemka Markotić, MD, PhD

University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia

Associate member

Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Committee membersJohn D. Clements (Chair), Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of MedicineMunirul Alam, Senior Scientist, International Center for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B)Bruce Budowle, Director, Institute of Investigative Genetics and Vice-Chair, Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science CenterJongsik Chun, Associate Professor of Biology, Seoul National UniversityRita R. Colwell, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland at College Park;, Distinguished University Professor, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public HealthNancy D. Connell, Professor of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University; Director, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Center for BiodefensePaul Keim, Cowden Endowed Chair in Microbiology and Arizona Regents Professor, Northern Arizona UniversityJuncai Ma, Assistant Director of Institute of Microbiology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Deputy Chairman of the Expert Committee on CAS DatabasesAlemka Markotić, Hedd of the Research Department, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia, and professor at the Medical School, University of Rijeka, CroatiaGeoffrey Smith, Professor of Pathology and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow, Emmanuel College, Cambridge University

BLS, NAS, NRC driving forces

• Fran Sharples, PhD

Director, Board on Life

Sciences

Acting Director, Institute for

Laboratory Animal Research

National Research Council,

National Academy of Sciences

• Jo Husbands,

Scholar/Senior Project

Director

Board on Life Sciences

National Research Council,

National Academy of Sciences

57 scientists, 22 countires, 5 continents

MICROBIAL FORENSICS…

…relatively new scientific discipline used to analyze

possible bioterrorism attacks, or inadvertent

microorganisms or toxins release.

Thank you!

Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts