Theme 3: Diagnostics
The ability to rapidly and accurately identify organisms present in a biosecurity sample is critical to an effective biosecurity system. The Diagnostics theme aims to develop and implement fast, cost-effective, generically applicable, reliable and accurate diagnostic methods and tools.
Current priorities for this B3 theme include:
- Development of new diagnostic technologies; and
- Adaptation of technologies that have been advanced in different disciplines so that they can be used for diagnostic applications.
Current research in this theme includes:
- Applications of bar-coding in biosecurity;
- Assessment of sequence-based technology for identification of important biosecurity threats and for diagnosis in multi-taxa formats;
- Linking taxonomic identification to pathogenicity;
- Using combined trace element, isotope and DNA analysis to infer natal origins of exotic threat populations; and
- Scanning for and assessing the potential of new and emerging technologies.
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