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SecureBio Detection Updates, March 2026
It’s been a few months since our November Update and there is a lot to share: we have several new preprints on our wastewater work, scaled up our nasal…
 • Jeff Kaufman
The Nucleic Acid Observatory is now SecureBio Detection
The Nucleic Acid Observatory is getting a new name: SecureBio Detection.
 • Jeff Kaufman
New preprint: Metagenomic sequencing of composite airplane wastewater for surveillance of emerging viruses
This post describes work done with Olivia Hershey, Ari Machtinger, Dan Rice, Will Bradshaw, and collaborators from Ginkgo Biosecurity and the CDC.
 • Mike McLaren
Building a detection system for respiratory pathogens
What diseases are spreading through the air right now? We mostly don't know, but we could. To better track airborne viruses, we’ve built Zephyr: a new…
 • Simon Grimm
Our Research on Wastewater Sequencing Sensitivity Now in The Lancet Microbe
We’re pleased to announce the publication of our paper “Inferring the sensitivity of wastewater metagenomic sequencing for early detection of viruses: a…
 • Simon Grimm, Jeff Kaufman, Will Bradshaw, Mike McLaren, and Charles Whittaker
Scaling US pathogen detection
The President’s FY 2026 Budget proposes a $52M allocation to CDC for Biothreat Radar, a new pathogen detection system. Drawing on findings from the…
 • Simon Grimm, Lennart Justen, and Jeff Kaufman
The NAO is Hiring!
Open roles for Partnerships, Response, Virology, and Wet Lab Management
 • SecureBio and Jeff Kaufman
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