AOAC SPADA Meeting

SPADA  in silico Analysis WG : Real‐time PCR assay development  pipeline

Jeffrey Koehler, PhD Principal Investigator Diagnostic Systems Division, USAMRIID

United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Biodefense solutions to protect our nation

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Disclaimers • The opinions, interpretations, conclusions, and recommendations contained herein  are those of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the U.S. Army. • This research was primarily funded through DTRA. • Animal research was conducted under an IACUC approved protocol in compliance  with the Animal Welfare Act, PHS Policy, and other Federal statutes and regulations  relating to animals and experiments involving animals. The facility where this  research was conducted is accredited by the Association for Assessment and  Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International and adheres to principles  stated in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, National Research  Council, 2011. • Use of commercially obtained human specimens described here has been approved  by an Institutional Review Board and granted a waiver of informed consent as it was  deemed to have minimal risk to human subjects. 

United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Biodefense solutions to protect our nation

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