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Biochemical Science Division
Pages 12-15

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... The recent Program Opportunities Task Force has attempted to tie these excellent pieces together via a small set of overarching research objectives that would increase cross-fertilization and leverage to meet larger unmet measurement needs, ideally in conjunction with the findings of the USMS study. These goals might impact about 20 percent of the research agenda, still allowing for the majority of the portfolio to be 12
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... The program on DNA damage and repair measurements demonstrates excellent research that has resulted from years of contribution addressing challenging problems; it is even more valuable today than was anticipated at the outset. The program on DNA forensics represents excellent and important research on fundamental questions important to application needs.
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... Directed research cannot, of course, occur without a fundamental understanding of the challenges and trade-offs in the underlying science, but the BSD would be well-served to explicitly link its more basic research investments to the potentially important measurement-related outcomes that are envisioned for its research. Senior leaders at CSTL could provide greater context and vision to both postdoctoral staff and more junior staff on how their basic research efforts will impact NIST's mission in the long term -- that is, the business value of the standards linked to their more basic efforts.
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... New program goals will probably necessitate additional staff if the division is to keep pace with the rapid expansion of the biochemical sciences in the United States and the world. CONCLUSIONS BSD is clearly undergoing considerable revitalization, both organizationally and strategically.
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