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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
IBBIS launches the Common Mechanism at SynBioBeta
IBBIS was proud to launch its Common Mechanism for DNA Synthesis Screening on 8 May 2024 at SynBioBeta, in San Jose, California, USA
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May 9, 2024
Developing a Common Global Baseline for Nucleic Acid Synthesis Screening
Released in April 2024, a new paper outlines the current barriers to the adoption of DNA synthesis screening and how the Common Mechanism helps overcome them.
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May 3, 2024
IBBIS Executive Director testifies to UK Parliament
On 30 April 2024, Piers Millett provided oral evidence on the biosecurity implications of engineering biology to the Lords Science and Technology Committee
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April 30, 2024
IBBIS participates in launch of Asia Centre for Health Security
IBBIS Executive Director, Piers Millett, helps celebrate the launch of this important new regional initiative
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April 25, 2024
Commentary: Five Things Not to Do When Discovering a Biosecurity Vulnerability
Anyone finding ways to circumvent gene synthesis screening needs to be responsible in how they share the knowledge.
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April 22, 2024
Progress and Prospects for a Nucleic Acid Screening Test Set
A new paper describes a prototype DNA synthesis screening test dataset, establishing a baseline for comparing screening system accuracy.
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April 8, 2024
New International Biosecurity Organization Launched to Safeguard Bioscience
IBBIS is a first-of-its-kind organization to strengthen international biosecurity governance.
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February 15, 2024
IBBIS Executive Director chairs Biosecurity panel at SynbiTECH 2023
IBBIS Executive Director Dr. Piers Millett chaired the opening panel of SynbiTECH 2023 in London, UK on December 5
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December 15, 2023
IBBIS Accepted to Paris Peace Forum Scale Up Program
IBBIS selected as one of 10 initiatives to receive support from the Paris Peace Forum community to accelerate its efforts to strengthen biosecurity norms.
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December 1, 2023
How the Scientific Community can Move Beyond Taxonomic Lists for Biosecurity
Piers Millett is a lead author on a journal article for Health Security that examines how to move past using lists of organisms for biosecurity controls.
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October 20, 2023
Dr. Piers Millett Authors Editorial for Science Magazine
Dr. Piers Millett argues for greater safeguards to protect the dangerous pathogens kept in labs around the world in a new Science Magazine editorial.
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October 19, 2023