IBBIS Executive Director pdmillett is speaking at the launch of the new organization which is dedicated to safeguarding the tools of modern bioscience and biotechnology from deliberate or accidental misuse. Learn more about IBBIS. 👉 bit.ly/3HYELu3

Are you passionate about addressing the challenges facing humanity? NTI's summer 2024 internship program is your chance to contribute! Work closely with our experts, expand your knowledge, and advance your career. Apply by Feb. 25! 👉 bit.ly/3UL4zkL

Learn more about the International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science. ▶️ ibbis.bio

Looking for some spicy takes on what people are getting wrong in biosecurity? Anemone Franz and I anonymously interviewed experts on common misconceptions in biosecurity, particularly among people working on global catastrophic risks.

Alonso Flores shares iGEM's efforts to enable and promote safe and responsible synthetic biology research in the panel on "Anticipatory Governance and Responsible Innovation" with Fanny E, Sophie Peresson, Eefje Cuppen and Isabel Webb at the OECD Global Forum on Technology

The White House Synthesis Screening Framework just dropped! * requires providers to follow 2023 HHS guidance * biofoundries, cloud labs, core facilities and CROs count as nucleic acid providers * adherence via self-attestation

I'm so excited that v0.1.0 of the the Common Mechanism is now available for everyone to use! Let me know what you need from v0.2, and what else you want to see our new international biosecurity organization tackling.

Proud and grateful to be part of this year's cohort!!

The 2024 #Youth4Biosec Fellowship is in full swing! This week, our third online session was all about safeguarding bioscience from misuse and ensuring compliance with the #1972BWC. Thank you to @meganjpalmer, IBBIS, iGEM Headquarters, and Tianjin University for speaking to the Y4B Fellows!

In 2 months, anyone funded by the US will have to order DNA from providers who do synthesis screening. Join RTX, Aclid, National Institute of Standards and Technology, IBBIS & others to learn how to comply with the new US Framework for Nucleic Acid Synthesis Screening. Register here: fastna.myshopify.com/pages/complyin…

🏆Winners of the 2024 Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition have been announced! Congrats to John Hurst 🇺🇸, James Kimber 🇦🇺, and Pierce 🇵🇭 #NextGen4Biosecurity Learn more 👇 buff.ly/3WFkdO1

The #Youth4Biosec fellowship continues this afternoon United Nations Geneva with a design-thinking training organized by our partners Global Health Security Fund Fellows are getting ready to turn their ideas into projects and realities!

Today the #Youth4Biosec Fellows are visiting Spiez Laboratory 🇨🇭. A key visit to: ☑️ Understand how a high containment facility works #BSL4 ☑️Learn about the lab's contribution to the #1972BWC ☑️Gain insights on biological emergency response teams Thank you to SwitzerlandUN Swiss MFA

Delighted to be visiting Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator this morning with the #Youth4Biosec 2024 cohort where fellows are taking part in a synthetic biology diplomacy simulation game designed specifically for them. Thank you GESDA for supporting the Fellowship!

After🔟days of visit United Nations Geneva, the 2⃣0⃣2⃣4⃣ #Youth4Biosec Fellowship ended last week! Thank you to the fellows for the engagement, enthusiasm & for their commitment to a strengthened #1972BWC Thank you EU at the UN - Geneva #MultilateralismMatters Global Health Security Fund Swiss MFA for the continued support!

Synthesis screening amounts to two questions: 1. Is this sequence dangerous? 2. Should this customer be trusted with it? The second is a hard sociology question. The first is perhaps more straightforwardly technical— but, as you'll read in the piece, it's not easy either!

In the October edition of GCBR org updates (assembled with Anemone Franz): * multimodal virology benchmark * how to comply with the US framework on synthesis screening * wikipedia page and path forward on far-UVC * risk index for AI-enabled biological tools * & more!

We’re participating in iGEM Headquarters’s Responsibility Conference as part of the Grand Jamboree in 🇫🇷 to highlight how youth can play a key role in promoting biosecurity & biosafety. Great to be joined by Kirsten Angeles on the panel to hear her experience as a 2024 #Youth4Biosec Fellow.