String of firsts in forensic proteomics for ricin detection
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - 08:00
in Physics & Chemistry
As the first author of her first publication, Isabelle O'Bryon developed the first forensic proteomics method to more quickly detect ricin, a lethal toxin that is often crudely made in home laboratories. With this method, forensic scientists can detect ricin and better account for the clumsy methods would-be terrorists use to concentrate the toxin.