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The CDC Officially Launches the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics
By: Dr. Ryan Duncombe Last week, a puzzling new monkeypox outbreak appeared in the United States after new cases popped up in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, and Canada. As of May 20, there are now a total of over 70 confirmed cases in multiple countries. Public health officials are working hard to understand how…
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Biosecurity at The Global Synthetic Biology Conference
By Lillian Parr From April 12–14, Built with Biology hosted The Global Synthetic Biology Conference, an annual event that features expert speakers and provides networking opportunities for members of the synthetic biology community. The conference highlighted some exciting new biotechnologies, from novel DNA synthesis techniques to AI-enabled drug discovery, and demonstrated the rapid pace of…
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DEADLINE EXTENDED – Call for Applications: Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons (2022 – 2023)
As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the devastation that biological threats can cause is clearer than ever. Whether biological threats arise naturally, by accident, or through a deliberate effort to weaponize infectious diseases, they pose grave risks to international security and stability, and significantly impact the welfare and health of people…
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Event Summary: How are Biological Threats Evolving?
By Lillian Parr On February 18, the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) hosted a webinar entitled How are Biological Threats Evolving? in a World with COVID-19. Given that we have entered a third year dealing with a relentless global pandemic, this event paid particular attention to how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the nature and…
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RELEASE: The Council on Strategic Risks Selects Dr. Yong-Bee Lim as Deputy Director of the Janne E. Nolan Center for Strategic Weapons
February 14, 2022 – Today the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) announced it has selected Dr. Yong-Bee Lim as its new Deputy Director of the Janne E. Nolan Center for Strategic Weapons (The Nolan Center). Dr. Lim had previously served as a Fellow at the Nolan Center. Prior to joining CSR, he worked in different…
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Event: How are Biological Threats Evolving?
By Lillian Parr On Friday, February 18 from 12:30pm – 2:00pm EST, join the Council on Strategic Risks as we host How are Biological Threats Evolving in a World with COVID-19, a webinar featuring a keynote address from Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) Deborah Rosenblum and discussion from a panel of experts. RSVP here. This…
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RELEASE: Top Experts Release Handbook for Ending Catastrophic Biological Risks
December 20, 2021, Washington, DC – In a time of daily confusion in the public discourse on the current pandemic, the Janne E. Nolan Center on Strategic Weapons, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks (CSR), is releasing A Handbook For Ending Catastrophic Biological Risks: How The United States Can Prevent Future Pandemics and…
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BRIEFER: Key U.S. Initiatives for Addressing Biological Threats Part 6
By Dr. Rohit Chitale, Dr. Yong-Bee Lim, and Lillian Parr Today the Nolan Center, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, is releasing its sixth briefer in its series Key U.S. Initiatives for Addressing Biological Threats, which focuses on the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). COVID-19, the disease caused…
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Yong-Bee Lim Selected for Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ Editorial Fellows Program
The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) is pleased to share the announcement that Nolan Center Fellow, Dr. Yong-Bee Lim, has been selected as one of seven fellows to be a part of the inaugural class for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Editorial Fellows Program. During his time in the fellowship, Yong-Bee will work closely…
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Beyond the Lab-Leak Question: Focusing on Global Efforts to Address Biological Threats
By Jackson duPont and Yong-Bee Lim On June 29th, U.S. Senators asked Senate Leaders Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell to delay the State Department confirmations for Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins and C. S. Eliot Kang. Their reason? To ascertain the nominees’ thoughts and knowledge on the “lab leak hypothesis” — the question of whether COVID-19 emerged…