SYRACUSE, NY -- Defense contractor SRC Inc. is transferring its bioforensics assets and staff to the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) at Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences.
Bioforensics involves examining traces of biological agents as part of investigations into bioterrorism acts or the inadvertent releases of toxins, and determining the origin of the substances.
SRC, according to its website, uses bioforensics "as a means of determining where someone or something has been."
SRC Inc. is based in Cicero. It was founded in 1957 at SU as the Syracuse University Research Corp. In 1975,amid Vietnam War protests, SU officials asked the company to stop military work. Instead, the not-for profit ended its affiliation with SU and reorganized as Syracuse Research Corp.
Under an agreement between SU and SRC, three SRC scientists will become SU employees, continuing their research in Lyman Hall and joining the 10 faculty already teaching at the FINSII.
The SRC/FNSSI team will be led by David Knaebel, whose expertise includes molecular biology and ecology. The institute will acquire nearly $1 million in biochemical research equipment, in addition to specialized research materials, inventions that include at least nine patents and other scientific expertise.
The agreement will also enable SRC and SU to jointly bid on contracts, said Rob Enslin, a spokesperson for the FINSII.
FNSSI Executive Director James T. Spencer says the transfer was prompted by SRC's decision to shift its focus to other areas.
"SRC has developed considerable expertise and capabilities in bioforensics research," said Spencer, who also serves as the college's associate dean for science, mathematics and research. "The timing of the transition couldn't be better, given the growing need for methodologies involving bioterrorism threats, chemical detection and analysis, and sample provenance and origin.
Spencer says that all of FINSII's work is non-classified. From SRC, the FNSSI will gain state-of-the-art DNA capabilities, as well as expertise in worldwide biological systems, including research tools that determine the geospatial origins of things such as heroin, cocaine and other plant-based materials.
Syracuse University's FNSSI was officially formed two years ago as a research and teaching center, though similar teaching and research involving forensic science had been taking place at Syracuse for the last six to eight years, said Spencer.
SU's FINSII is the nation's first program to comprehensively focus on scholarship in forensic and national security sciences at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Contact Dave Tobin at 470-3277, dtobin@syracuse.com or via Twitter: @dttobin
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