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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…

Dec 18, 2025 • Simon Grimm

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NAO Updates, November 2025

Since July, we’ve made major strides in scaling CASPER, expanding Zephyr, and automating our analysis systems.

Nov 12, 2025 • SecureBio

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…

Oct 23, 2025 • 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…

Sep 23, 2025 • Simon Grimm, Lennart Justen, and Jeff Kaufman

The NAO is Hiring!

Open roles for Partnerships, Response, Virology, and Wet Lab Management

Aug 26, 2025 • SecureBio and Jeff Kaufman

NAO Updates, July 2025

Note: This post has been updated to correct that the event with Ginkgo will occur July 31st, not 29th.

Jul 10, 2025 • SecureBio

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