Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines

Francisco Basile

Kent J Voorhees

The present invention relates to a method for the detection of biological agents and, in particular, biological agents that may present a health hazard. In one embodiment, the invention identifies the unidentified biological agent, assesses the reliability of the identification, and if determined to be reliable, outputs the identification. Initially, data that relates to the biological composition of an unidentified biological agent is received. The data is then analyzed with a machine learning procedure to identify the unidentified biological agent in the sample. The reliability of the identification is then assessed with, for example, an analysis of MS/MS data on the unidentified biological agent. If the identification is found to be reliable, the identification is output.

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Golden, CO, United States of America

Francisco Basile