Parthemore and Weber, LA Times, Nov 12, 2020 By Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber The COVID-19 pandemic continues to prove that infectious diseases can devastate the United States and the world---killing and sickening millions, disrupting lives, crippling economies, and significantly…
Read More Pandemics and Bioweapons: A Path for the Biden Administration
By Christine Parthemore The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) would like to congratulate Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for receiving the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, announced on October 7th. This prestigious prize was awarded for their work developing…
Read More The Nobel Prize, CRISPR-Cas9 and Biological Threats
Data will be one of the central components of preventing future outbreaks from growing to pandemic proportions. This holds for natural disease outbreaks and for deliberate biological attacks. Our tools and methods for collecting, analyzing, and using data are incredible…
Read More Early Warning in Preventing Future Pandemics: Incredible Opportunity & Major Hurdles
The Council on Strategic Risks (CSR) has selected its inaugural class of the Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs. In this one-year program, five Fellows will work with leading experts from CSR’s team and network to generate ideas for ending the…
Read More CSR Announces Inaugural Class of its Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs
As the world continues to battle the novel coronavirus that leads to COVID-19, it is a stark reminder of the devastation biological threats can cause. And while this ongoing pandemic arose naturally, it once again proves the grave threat biological…
Read More Call for Applications: Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs
As the world continues to battle the novel coronavirus that leads to COVID-19, it is a stark reminder of the devastation biological threats can cause. And while this ongoing pandemic arose naturally, it once again proves the grave threat biological…
Read More Call for Applications: Fellowship for Ending Bioweapons Programs
As the world continues to grapple with the devastation of an ongoing pandemic from a novel coronavirus, the Council on Strategic Risks is doing all it can to help inform response decisions and mitigate future biological threats. To help advance this…
Read More CSR Receives Grant for Reducing Biological Threats
The Council on Strategic Risks and Sandia National Laboratories Help Set Vision to Reach Ambitious Goal Livermore, CA, March 3, 2020 — The coronavirus outbreak that began in China not long ago has already killed over 3800 people worldwide. This…
