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Appendix A: Committee Member Biographies
Pages 133-138

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... is professor of biochemical pharmacology at the William Harvey Research lnstitute, Barts, and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.
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... Dr. Flower served on the NRC Committee for the lnternational Outreach Activities on Biosecurity: A Workshop on Building Bridges Between the Scientific and Policy Communities and also on the organizing committee for a 2006 Royal SocietylAP-ICSU workshop on developments in the life sciences and potential implications for the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.
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... She is past chair of the National Institutes of Health's Center for Scientific Review Study Section HIBP (Host Interactions with Bacterial Pathogens) , which reviews bacterial-pathogenesis submissions to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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... Dr. Otim Onapa has published widely and has had additional professional training in various areas including strategic management, molecular diagnostic polymerase chain reaction training, laboratory diagnosis of avian influenza, among others.
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... His research focuses particularly on the generation of new technologies for modern protein research, biomarker discovery and identification, complex biochemical pathways and molecular networks, integration and modeling for systems biology, and clinical applications of proteomics. He is a member of the Royal Society Standing Committee on Scientific Aspects of International Security (2007-present)
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... He led a diverse portfolio of research studying semiconductor, organic, and biomolecular nanostructures, their use in novel functional surfaces, and their integration into advanced sensor systems for national security applications. In addition to leading research at NRL, Dr.
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