Peter Thielen, a molecular biologist in Johns Hopkins APL’s Research and Exploratory Development Department, works to sequence SARS-CoV-2 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in early March 2020. Credit: Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman

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Hayley DeHart, a genomics research scientist at APL, loads water samples into a sequencer while on board a ship during the team’s trip to Monterey Bay.

Enlisting eDNA to Understand Ecosystems

APL researchers are using genetic information to observe animals, plants, and microbes in their natural environments, and pioneering environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis methods to study marine ecosystems that the world relies on as the foundation of global food webs.

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Combat medics treat a notional casualty during a demonstration of lifesaving care

Fast Company Honors Johns Hopkins APL Innovation as ‘World Changing Idea’ May 14, 2024

Improving Patient Safety Outcomes With Precision Medicine Aug 1, 2023

Johns Hopkins APL researchers restore thermal sensation in phantom limbs

Johns Hopkins APL Restores Cold Sensation in Amputees’ Phantom Limbs Jul 27, 2023

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Combat medics with Headquarters Company, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, treat a notional casualty during a demonstration of lifesaving care

Medics and Machines: Developing Robotic Technologies to Provide Assured Care in the Field Jul 26, 2023

Peter Thielen works in the genomics laboratory at Johns Hopkins APL.

The Future of Pathogen Genomic Surveillance at Johns Hopkins APL May 16, 2023

From Lab to Sea, Johns Hopkins APL Genomics Researchers Bring DNA Sequencing Tools Into the Field Sep 1, 2022

The AR CPR coaching system with James Dean, Dr. Keith Kleinman and Blake Schreurs. Not pictured: Dr. Justin Jeffers, Dr. Therese Canares, Brandon Scott and Nick DeMatt

Johns Hopkins Uses Augmented Reality to Deliver High-Quality, Low-Cost Pediatric CPR Feedback Mar 31, 2022

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