Dr. Myron Sasser’s past accomplishments and pioneering work in the development of multiple bacterial identification technologies. This work has included collaborations with leading US teaching hospitals and government agencies, including CDC, FDA, NIH, USDA, US Army, Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic & Brigham and Women’s (Harvard).
 

• 1980-1990

         Dr. Sasser created the world first automated bacterial ID technology with Hewlett-Packard (Sherlock GC) in the mid-1980s during his 2 decades as a University of Delaware Plant Pathologist. Sherlock  GC has been cited 7,500 times.
 

• 1990-2000

         Dr. Sasser collaborated with researchers at major teaching hospitals and to adapt the Sherlock GC for bacterial disease prevention. Clostridium group (in the Advertorial)

• Dr. Sasser co-developed the first bacterial ID technology to use DNA sequencing with Applied Biosystems. MicroSeq is still the global standard for bacterial ID today.
   

• 2000-2010

Dr. Sasser collaborated with US Army researchers at Fort Detrick, MD to adapt Sherlock GC for biodefense (in 2000). Sherlock Biodef was used to help identify the strain and source of the 2001 Anthrax attacks.

• Dr. Sasser developed the Sherlock TB System with Johns Hopkins and Mayo Clinic. Sherlock TB was the first automated system for tuberculosis identification used in the US.
   

• 2010-2020

Dr. Sasser collaborated with the USDA in Beltsville, MD to adapt the Sherlock GC to measure soil fatty acids (PLFA) and improve crop productivity worldwide. Sherlock PLFA was recognized as the Gold Standard for Soil bacterial Health.