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Tyler Laird (Fed)

Publications

Innocent Until Proven Guilty: The Case for Limiting 'Sequences of Concern' to Those with Demonstrated Pathogenic Function

Author(s)
Gene D. Godbold, Krista Ternus, Kevin Flyangolts, Nicole Wheeler, Michael Parker, Jacob Beal, Peter Carr, KEMPER TALLEY, Caitlin Jagla, Bryan Gemler, Craig Bartling, Rebecca Mackelprang, India Hook-Barnard, James Diggans, Samuel Forry, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Tyler Laird, Todd Treangen, Tessa Alexanian, Gregory Koblentz, Kevin Esvelt, Joshua Gil
Screening synthetic nucleic acid orders for sequences of concern is a necessary part of a healthy biosecurity regime, but it exacts costs for nucleic acid

NIST 2025 Rapid Microbial Testing Methods Workshop Report

Author(s)
Jason Kralj, Kirsten Parratt, Tyler Laird, Stephanie Servetas, Nancy Lin, Dawn Henke, Scott Jackson
In 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-led Rapid Microbial Testing Methods (RMTM) Consortium was established to develop standards

Inter-tool analysis of a NIST dataset for assessing baseline nucleic acid sequence screening

Author(s)
Tyler Laird, Kevin Flyangolts, Craig Bartling, Bryan Gemler, Jacob Beal, Tom Mitchell, Steven T. Murphy, Jens Berlips, Leonard Foner, Ryan Doughty, Felix Qunitana, Michael Nute, Todd J. Treangen, Gene D. Godbold, Krista Ternus, Tessa Alexanian, Nicole Wheeler, Samuel Forry
Nucleic acid synthesis is a dual-use technology that can benefit fields such as biology, medicine, and information storage. However, synthetic nucleic acids
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Created June 5, 2024, Updated September 16, 2025
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