Biosafety

Early mRNA Vaccines Against Avian Flu Show Promise in Animal Trials

cms_colbt — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 21:27:04 +0000

March 7, 2025

Research at the CDC and elsewhere continues to advance, including human trials that to study safety and immunogenicity of an H5N1 mRNA vaccine.

November 2021 CEP Preview

Karen Simpson — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 16:43:51 +0000

November 13, 2021

Check out this month's SBE special section, plus an open-access article on battling future pandemics, and much more from the world of chemical engineering.

SBE Special Section: Biosafety and Biosecurity

Karen Simpson — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 22:23:05 +0000

Complete Biosafety and Biosecurity special section: Anticipating Biosecurity Needs: No easy task; Introduction to Biosafety and Biosecurity; Ensuring the Responsible Use of Synthetic DNA; Synthetic Biology and Biosecurity Policy; Defending against Future Pandemics.

November

2021

Synthetic Biology and Biosecurity Policy

Karen Simpson — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:20:28 +0000

Biosecurity policy initiatives are ill-equipped to keep pace with the risks, threats, and vulnerabilities associated with recent synthetic biology research and innovations.

November

2021

Introduction to Biosafety and Biosecurity

Karen Simpson — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:20:28 +0000

Biotechnology research is advancing at a rapid pace. Scientists must seriously consider biosecurity and biosafety concerns that may arise in their work.

November

2021

Ensuring the Responsible Use of Synthetic DNA

Karen Simpson — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:20:28 +0000

DNA synthesis companies must ensure that the synthetic DNA they create is used only in responsible research. Continued investment in biosecurity will be critical as synthetic biology technologies advance.

November

2021

Anticipating Biosecurity Needs: No Easy Task

Karen Simpson — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:20:28 +0000

As researchers continue to make advances in biotechnology, industry and governments must ensure that proper biosafety and biosecurity measures are in place to mitigate biothreats.

November

2021

Defending Against Future Pandemics

Karen Simpson — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 18:56:35 +0000

High-biocontainment labs carry out ongoing research on lethal diseases to prepare the U.S. for potential outbreaks.

November

2021

Innovative Face Mask Detects COVID-19

Karen Simpson — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 19:45:44 +0000

August

2021

At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), engineers have created a face mask that can detect COVID-19 within 90 min of being worn.

CEP: News Update

Karen Simpson — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:35:59 +0000

Could Cell-Based Meat Replace Factory Farming?; Using Microfluidics to Detect COVID-19; 91��˶��Ƶ Engineers Develop Plastics Upcycling Method; Researchers Discover Flaw in Biological Cybersecurity Systems

January

2021

Biosecurity, Biosafety, and Bioethics Conference

Idell Bryan — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 12:41:25 +0000

December 3, 2020 to December 4, 2020

VIRTUAL

This conference will touch upon hot topics in the realm of biosafety, biosecurity, bioethics in the synthetic biology community.