The LANL Bioscience Division (B) comprises a diverse group of experimentalists and computer scientists who work closely with other interdisciplinary scientists across the Laboratory. Their work serves the nation by developing science and technology to reduce natural and deliberate threats to human and animal populations, their way of life, and the global environment. Los Alamos scientists are researching how living things function and interact; understanding environmental systems and predicting climate effects; developing new approaches to vaccines and therapeutics; creating competitive biofuels from algae and plants; sensing and stopping disease threats before they spread. Focus Areas include: Advanced biofuels; Chemical and Biological Forensics; Biosurveillance Therapeutics and Countermeasures.