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ARS and DWFP: The Virtual Laboratory. Dan Strickman National Program Leader Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology USDA Agricultural Research Service. What ARS is. Intramural research program of USDA Oriented toward solving problems Dedicated to science and impact
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ARS and DWFP: The Virtual Laboratory Dan Strickman National Program Leader Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology USDA Agricultural Research Service daniel.strickman@ars.usda.gov
What ARS is • Intramural research program of USDA • Oriented toward solving problems • Dedicated to science and impact • Natural resources, crops, human nutrition, livestock daniel.strickman@ars.usda.gov
What DWFP wants • Deployed warfighter • Disease pathogen carrying arthropods • Protection as net result • Innovativeproducts • Toxicants • Personal protection • Application technique daniel.strickman@ars.usda.gov
What ARS has to give • Discovery • Innovative • Chemistry infrastructure • Engineering • Evaluation • Bioassay based on biology • New targets • Broad insect culture capability • Development • Intellectual property • Industrial relations • Focus on the market daniel.strickman@ars.usda.gov
Thanks!for the confidence in us to help defend the Nation daniel.strickman@ars.usda.gov