![Peter Thielen works in APL’s sequencing lab.](/sites/default/files/2023-06/AvianInfluenza_PeterThielen.jpeg)
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Jun 30, 2023
Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Take Steps to Rapidly Characterize Emerging Biothreats
Responding to a human infection with highly pathogenic bird flu, a collaboration between APL and the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge rapidly turned patient samples into data, informing community response in near real time. APL leads similar efforts around the world to sequence and characterize pathogens as they emerge, with the goal of preventing new pandemics.
![Kristine Frohman](/sites/default/files/2023-07/20230629-kristine-frohman.jpg)
Press Release
Jun 29, 2023
Johns Hopkins APL Names Kristine Frohman as Head of Talent Services and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
APL has named Kristine Frohman as head of the Talent Services Department and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, effective June 5.
![Logos for Johns Hopkins APL, CU Boulder, and the University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics overlaid on an image of a person signing a paper.](/sites/default/files/2023-06/20230623-APL-CUBoulder-Collab.jpg)
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Jun 23, 2023
Johns Hopkins APL, University of Colorado Boulder Ink Research Collaboration Partnership
Researchers from APL and the University of Colorado Boulder are teaming up on a project to better understand and eventually predict wear and damage affecting thermal protection systems.
![An APL team developed a pipeline for converting 2D MRI imagery (left) into 3D visualizations (right) to help surgeons place implants that help restore motor control to people with spinal cord injuries.](/sites/default/files/2023-06/202306_Matelsky_RASCI_large.jpg)
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Jun 21, 2023
A Stimulating Option for Spinal Cord Injury Relief
Spinal cord injuries are among the most devastating that a person can live with — as well as the most difficult to effectively treat. Johns Hopkins APL researchers are applying machine-learning techniques to enable existing technology to help restore autonomy and dignity to people who live with spinal cord injuries.
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News
Jun 21, 2023
Johns Hopkins APL Designs Framework for a Digital Red Cross
In times of armed conflict, the Red Cross emblem protects the people who wear it and the buildings or vehicles that display it — but not their assets in cyberspace. APL is working with the International Committee of the Red Cross to create an equivalent of the emblem in cyberspace that would provide humanitarian and medical operations with legal protection from cyberattacks.
![Dave Jansing](/sites/default/files/2023-06/202306-Dave-Jansing.jpg)
Press Release
Jun 20, 2023
Out to Innovate Names Johns Hopkins APL’s Jansing LGBTQ+ Engineer of the Year
APL’s Dave Jansing has been named the 2023 Out to Innovate™️ LGBTQ+ Engineer of the Year.
![Kyle Zittle](/sites/default/files/2024-02/20230619-Kyle-Zittle.jpg)
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Jun 19, 2023
AIAA Fosters Connection, Feedback and Innovation for Johns Hopkins APL’s Zittle
AIAA, or the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is the world’s largest technical society dedicated to the aerospace profession, with more than 30,000 members worldwide. APL’s Kyle Zittle has been involved with the society since his student days at the University of Maryland and was recently named the director of AIAA Region 1.
![Panelists at APL Research Frontiers Forum](/sites/default/files/2024-05/Research-Frontiers-Forum-2023-Panelists.jpg)
News
Jun 16, 2023
Five Key Takeaways From the 2023 Research Frontiers Forum: Climate Change + National Security
On June 8, leaders from government, industry and academia gathered at Johns Hopkins APL for the latest installment of the Research Frontiers Forum to discuss climate change and national security. Read about some of the biggest takeaways from the event and watch the panels online.
![Bart Paulhamus and Benjamin Rodriguez](/sites/default/files/2023-06/20230615-Paulhamus-Rodriguez.jpg)
Press Release
Jun 16, 2023
Paulhamus, Rodriguez Named Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals Chairs
The Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering recently selected Johns Hopkins APL’s Bart Paulhamus and Ben Rodriguez as Engineering for Professionals program chairs.
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Jun 15, 2023
NASA Taps Johns Hopkins APL to Lead Lunar Exploration Research Team
APL leads one of five teams that NASA recently selected to collaborate on lunar science and lunar sample analysis research, as part of the agency’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI).