News and Events
IBBIS Takes the Stage at the 2024 Paris Peace Forum
IBBIS celebrated the culmination of a year in the Paris Peace Forum Scale Up Program with a talk and poster presentation.
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November 11, 2024
IBBIS talks DNA synthesis screening at Dutch Biosecurity Knowledge Day
Exploring the biosecurity implications of the convergence of artificial intelligence and DNA synthesis
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November 7, 2024
IBBIS Leads Synthesis Screening Workshop at iGEM Responsibility Conference
IBBIS hosted a two-hour interactive workshop at the iGEM Responsibility Conference, including a predictions exercise, expert panel, and screening game.
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October 24, 2024
OECD Workshop on the governance of AI and SynBio convergence
IBBIS participated in an OECD forward-looking technology assessment exercise for these important dual-use capabilities
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October 22, 2024
Global Biofoundary Alliance annual meeting
IBBIS supports the Global Biofoundary Alliance in addressing biosecurity concerns through DNA synthesis screening
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October 11, 2024
Second IBBIS Foundation Council Meeting
The IBBIS Foundation Council held its second meeting in 2024 in Washington DC, USA
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September 23, 2024
Biosecurity Game Changers workshop
IBBIS welcomes a new Fellow and contributes to efforts to build next generation biosecurity expertise in Africa
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September 5, 2024
IBBIS Joins International Gene Synthesis Consortium
IBBIS is proud to announce its membership in the International Gene Synthesis Consortium.
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August 28, 2024
IBBIS participates in Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit 2024
A global gathering to transform the world’s ability to respond quickly and equitably to the next Disease X threat
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July 30, 2024
IBBIS talks nucleic acid screening at SynBioAfrica
Piers Millett delivered a keynote speech at SBA 3.0, the International Synthetic Biology, AI, and Biosecurity Conference in Africa.
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July 29, 2024
Common Mechanism highlighted in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Weiwen Zhang and Leifan Wang write that scientists are the best judge of research risks, but need tools like the Common Mechanism to support risk assessment.
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June 12, 2024
Confronting synthesis screening challenges at the Global Health Security Conference
One biologist who frequently orders synthetic DNA said the sequence screening exercise gave him new appreciation for the difficulty faced by "the other side".
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June 10, 2024