In this second and final part of Biosecurity: Changing the Game's discussion of genomic surveillance, Dr. Dinah Nasike and guests from Ginkgo Bioworks - Joshua Griffin Dunn who is the Senior Director, Computational Biology and Head of Design; and Mitchell Wolfe who is the Vice President for Global Engagement and Governance at Ginkgo - explore one of the most powerful tools we have for preventing the next pandemic or bioterror event."It’s a story about technology, intelligence, and trust — and how sequencing tiny bits of genetic code can help us detect threats early, attribute their origins, and even deter malicious actors."
This episode of Biosecurity: Changing the Game is all about genomic surveillance — one of the most powerful tools we have for preventing the next pandemic or bioterror event. It’s a story about technology, intelligence, and trust — and how sequencing tiny bits of genetic code can help us detect threats early, attribute their origins, and even deter malicious actors. Dr. Dinah Nasike explores this topic with guests from Ginkgo Bioworks - Joshua Griffin Dunn who is the Senior Director, Computational Biology and Head of Design; and Mitchell Wolfe who is the Vice President for Global Engagement and Governance at Ginkgo.
In the conclusion of Dr. Dinah Nasike's conversation with her guest, Dr. Julius Lutwama, a virologist and expert in viral hemorrhagic fevers, they continue their discussion on the increasing number of infectious disease threats in the world and how to prepare for future outbreaks.
Dr. Dinah Nasike and her guest, Dr. Julius Lutwama, a virologist and expert in viral hemorrhagic fevers, discuss the increasing number of infectious disease threats in the world and how to impact preparedness for future outbreaks.
In this episode of Biosecurity: Changing the Game, Dr. Dinah Nasike presents a narrative of a case study on Unit 731 to wrap up the Biological Weapons Covention series. Unit 731 was a secret biological weapons research operation unit operated by the Imperial Japanese Army that was responsible for large-scale biological and chemical warfare research.Links for more information: The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
In the third and final part of this conversation, Dr. Dinah Nasike, Dr. Alex Kyabarongo (a veterinarian, former Political Affairs Intern at the Biological Weapons Convention, and currently a Masters of Biodefense Candidate at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University) and Sandra Matinyi (Biosecurity Game Changers Fellow and the Executive Director of Nuo Bioscience, Uganda) conclude their discussion of the Biological Weapons Convention.Links for more information:ScienceDirectSiege of CaffaBritish Forces in North AmericaGermany's Anthrax HorsesJapan’s Unit 731 (1930s–1945)Rajneesh Cult and SalmonellaWhat is dual-use research of concern?The German BW ProgramThe Japanese BW ProgramThe Soviet Biological Weapons Program and Its Legacy in Today’s RussiaU.S. Biological Warfare and Biological Defense ProgramsThe Impact of Biological Warfare in the Cold War Era - AMO1925 Geneva Protocol – UNODANuo BioscienceThe Youth for Biosecurity Initiative – UNODADual-Use Research | NIH Office of Intramural ResearchMirror Life ScienceThe BWC Confidence-Building MeasuresRevolutionizing the Biological Weapons Convention: Integrating Science Diplomacy for Global Security | Science & DiplomacyImplementation Support Unit – UNODABiowarfare, bioterrorism and biocrime: A historical
In the second part of this conversation, Dr. Dinah Nasike, Dr. Alex Kyabarongo (a veterinarian, former Political Affairs Intern at the Biological Weapons Convention, and currently a Masters of Biodefense Candidate at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University) and Sandra Matinyi (Biosecurity Game Changers Fellow and the Executive Director of Nuo Bioscience, Uganda) continue their discussion of the Biological Weapons Convention.Links for more information:ScienceDirectSiege of CaffaBritish Forces in North AmericaGermany's Anthrax HorsesJapan’s Unit 731 (1930s–1945)Rajneesh Cult and SalmonellaWhat is dual-use research of concern?The German BW ProgramThe Japanese BW ProgramThe Soviet Biological Weapons Program and Its Legacy in Today’s RussiaU.S. Biological Warfare and Biological Defense ProgramsThe Impact of Biological Warfare in the Cold War Era - AMO1925 Geneva Protocol – UNODANuo BioscienceThe Youth for Biosecurity Initiative – UNODADual-Use Research | NIH Office of Intramural ResearchMirror Life ScienceThe BWC Confidence-Building MeasuresRevolutionizing the Biological Weapons Convention: Integrating Science Diplomacy for Global Security | Science & DiplomacyImplementation Support Unit – UNODABiowarfare, bioterrorism and biocrime: A historical overview
In this episode, Dr. Dinah Nasike is joined by: Dr. Alex Kyabarongo, a veterinarian, former Political Affairs Intern at the Biological Weapons Convention, and currently a Masters of Biodefense Candidate at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University; and Sandra Matinyi, Biosecurity Game Changers Fellow and the Executive Director of Nuo Bioscience, Uganda. Together, they discuss the Biological Weapons Convention: what is it, why was it created and for whom, and how is it holding up in today's world of rapidly developing science and the escalating risk of epidemics?Links for more information:ScienceDirectSiege of CaffaBritish Forces in North AmericaGermany's Anthrax HorsesJapan’s Unit 731 (1930s–1945)Rajneesh Cult and SalmonellaWhat is dual-use research of concern?The German BW ProgramThe Japanese BW ProgramThe Soviet Biological Weapons Program and Its Legacy in Today’s RussiaU.S. Biological Warfare and Biological Defense ProgramsThe Impact of Biological Warfare in the Cold War Era - AMO1925 Geneva Protocol – UNODANuo BioscienceThe Youth for Biosecurity Initiative – UNODADual-Use Research | NIH Office of Intramural ResearchMirror Life ScienceThe BWC Confidence-Building MeasuresRevolutionizing the Biological Weapons Convention: Integrating Science Diplomacy for Global Security | Science & DiplomacyImplementation Support Unit –...
In part two of "A Rising Tide: The Escalating Wave of Global Infectious Disease Outbreaks," Dr. Dinah Nasike continues her discussion with biosecurity experts Beth Cameron and Wilmot James, both Senior Advisors to Brown University's Pandemic Center, and Peter Babigumira, a Senior Technical Advisor at Makerere University’s Infectious Diseases Institute and an Epidemic Intelligence Analyst at the Uganda Ministry of Health.Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA)Africa CDC Biosafety and Biosecurity InitiativeThe Joint External Evaluation (JEE)The International Health Regulations (IHR 2005)Biosecurity Game Changers Fellowship ProgramThe Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
In this episode of Biosecurity: Changing the Game, "A Rising Tide: The Escalating Wave of Global Infectious Disease Outbreaks," Dr. Dinah Nasike is joined by biosecurity experts Beth Cameron and Wilmot James, both Senior Advisors to Brown University's Pandemic Center and Peter Babigumira, a Senior Technical Advisor at Makerere University’s Infectious Diseases Institute and an Epidemic Intelligence Analyst at the Uganda Ministry of Health.Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA)Africa CDC Biosafety and Biosecurity InitiativeThe Joint External Evaluation (JEE)The International Health Regulations (IHR 2005)Biosecurity Game Changers Fellowship ProgramThe Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
In this follow up to the previous episode of Biosecurity: Changing the Game, Dr. Dinah Nasike and her guest, Darlington Akogo (Founder and CEO, minoHealth AI Labs; AI4Radiology Chair, United Nations ITU & WHO Focus Group on AI For Health) continue their discussion on the use of AI in the field of biomedical research in Africa.Links: WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in BerlinThe WMDP Benchmark: Measuring and Reducing Malicious Use With Unlearning | CAISBULL Database – Spanish Basin attributes for Unravelling Learning in Large-sample hydrology | Scientific DataFMEA vs Hazard Analysis: Definitions, Differences, and RelationshipWelcome to the Moroni Lab - Biofabrication for MedicineMRC Uganda | LSHTMInternational Development Innovation AllianceAfrican Union Champions AI for Africa’s Socioeconomic TransformationGUDRAFocus Group on "Artificial Intelligence for Health"About ITUKaraAgro AI – Precision Agriculture PlatformminoHealth AI labsNTI - The Convergence of Artificial Intelligence and the Life SciencesDigital Diagnostics for Africa NetworkDHIS
In this edition of Biosecurity: Changing the Game, Dr. Dinah Nasike and her guest, Darlington Akogo (Founder and CEO, minoHealth AI Labs; AI4Radiology Chair, United Nations ITU & WHO Focus Group on AI For Health) discuss the use of AI in the field of biomedical research in Africa.Links: WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in BerlinThe WMDP Benchmark: Measuring and Reducing Malicious Use With Unlearning | CAISBULL Database – Spanish Basin attributes for Unravelling Learning in Large-sample hydrology | Scientific DataFMEA vs Hazard Analysis: Definitions, Differences, and RelationshipWelcome to the Moroni Lab - Biofabrication for MedicineMRC Uganda | LSHTMInternational Development Innovation AllianceAfrican Union Champions AI for Africa’s Socioeconomic TransformationGUDRAFocus Group on "Artificial Intelligence for Health"About ITUKaraAgro AI – Precision Agriculture PlatformminoHealth AI labsNTI - The Convergence of Artificial Intelligence and the Life SciencesDigital Diagnostics for Africa NetworkDHIS
This episode is the second half of Dr. Dinah Nasike's discussion with a group of next generation leaders who have decided to get involved in taking biological threats off the table by pitching a powerful proposal to the world on the 100 Days Mission: The Biosecurity Emerging Leaders Declaration at the 61st Munich Security Conference.This episode's guests include:Yorgo El Moubayed: Program Coordinator, International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) Foundation; Technical Consultant, IBBISKirsten Angeles: Independent Biosecurity Governance Researcher; NTI | bio BWC delegate 2023, Southeast Asia BiosecurityThokozani Liwewe: Lilongwe District Health Office, Ministry of Health, MalawiJosé Garza Martínez: Researcher/Lecturer, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Instructor, Center of AI Safety; NTI | bio BWC delegate 2023Yuhan Bao, Liaison Officer, International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) FoundationLinks: Biosecurity Emerging Leaders Declaration at the 61st Munich Security ConferenceiGEMMunich Security ConferenceIPPS - 100 Days MissionCEPIThe Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
In this episode, Dr. Dinah Nasike brings together a group of next generation leaders who have decided to get involved in taking biological threats off the table by pitching a powerful proposal to the world on the 100 Days Mission: The Biosecurity Emerging Leaders Declaration at the 61st Munich Security Conference.This episode's guests include:Yorgo El Moubayed: Program Coordinator, International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) Foundation; Technical Consultant, IBBISKirsten Angeles: Independent Biosecurity Governance Researcher; NTI | bio BWC delegate 2023, Southeast Asia BiosecurityThokozani Liwewe: Lilongwe District Health Office, Ministry of Health, MalawiJosé Garza Martínez: Researcher/Lecturer, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Instructor, Center of AI Safety; NTI | bio BWC delegate 2023Yuhan Bao, Liaison Officer, International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) FoundationLinks: Biosecurity Emerging Leaders Declaration at the 61st Munich Security ConferenceiGEMMunich Security ConferenceIPPS - 100 Days MissionCEPIThe Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
In the second part of this edition of Biosecurity: Changing the Game, Dr. Dinah Nasike and her guests discuss the 100 Days Mission - an ambitious initiative developed after the Covid-19 pandemic meant to ensure that vaccines, diagnostics and treatments are developed, produced and distributed within 100 days of a major disease outbreak.Guests: Thokozani Liwewe, Biosecurity Game Changers Fellow and Clinical Lead for the District Health Office under the Ministry of Health in MalawiYorgo El Moubayed, Program Coordinator at the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) Foundation and Technical Consultant at the International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS).Edyth Parker, Biosecurity Game Changers Fellow and Team Lead for Bioinformatics at the Institute of Genomics and Global HealthKirsten Angeles, Biosecurity Policy Researcher and NTI | bio BWC delegate 2023, Southeast Asia BiosecurityJon Arizti Sanz, Biosecurity Game Changers Fellow at the Pandemic Center and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardLinks:UNODA – United Nations Office for Disarmament AffairsiGEMMunich Security ConferencePlatform TechnologyPMC: mRNA PlatformsNature: CRISPR-based genetic sequencingEuropean Medicines Agency (EMA)U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationIPPS - 100 Days MissionCEPI
In this edition of Biosecurity: Changing the Game, Dr. Dinah Nasike and her guests discuss the 100 Days Mission - an ambitious initiative developed after the Covid-19 pandemic meant to ensure that vaccines, diagnostics and treatments are developed, produced and distributed within 100 days of a major disease outbreak.Guests: Thokozani Liwewe, Biosecurity Game Changers Fellow and Clinical Lead for the District Health Office under the Ministry of Health in MalawiYorgo El Moubayed, Program Coordinator at the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) Foundation and Technical Consultant at the International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS).Edyth Parker, Biosecurity Game Changers Fellow and Team Lead for Bioinformatics at the Institute of Genomics and Global HealthKirsten Angeles, Biosecurity Policy Researcher and NTI | bio BWC delegate 2023, Southeast Asia BiosecurityJon Arizti Sanz, Biosecurity Game Changers Fellow at the Pandemic Center and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardLinks:UNODA – United Nations Office for Disarmament AffairsiGEMMunich Security ConferencePlatform TechnologyPMC: mRNA PlatformsNature: CRISPR-based genetic sequencingEuropean Medicines Agency (EMA)U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationIPPS - 100 Days MissionCEPI
In this continuation and conclusion of the conversation that began last episode, Dr. Dinah Nasike dives into the history and evolution of biosecurity: what biosecurity is; how it started; how it has evolved to become what we know as biosecurity today; and the events in the historical timeline that acted as tipping points and caused major shifts in global discourse around biosecurity.Dr. Nasike’s guests are biosecurity experts Beth Cameron and Wilmot James, both Senior Advisors to Brown University's Pandemic Center and Peter Babigumira, a Senior Technical Advisor at Makerere University’s Infectious Diseases Institute and an Epidemic Intelligence Analyst at the Uganda Ministry of Health.Links: Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (GPWMD)Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA)Africa CDC Biosafety and Biosecurity InitiativeThe Joint External Evaluation (JEE)The International Health Regulations (IHR 2005)The International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for ScienceBiosecurity Game Changers Fellowship ProgramThe Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
In the inaugural episode of the podcast, Dr. Dinah Nasike dives into the history and evolution of biosecurity. This conversation explores: what biosecurity is; how it started; how it has evolved to become what we know as biosecurity today; and the events in the historical timeline that acted as tipping points and caused major shifts in global discourse around biosecurity.Dr. Nasike’s guests are biosecurity experts Beth Cameron and Wilmot James, both Senior Advisors to Brown University's Pandemic Center and Peter Babigumira, a Senior Technical Advisor at Makerere University’s Infectious Diseases Institute and an Epidemic Intelligence Analyst at the Uganda Ministry of Health.Links: Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (GPWMD)Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA)Africa CDC Biosafety and Biosecurity InitiativeThe Joint External Evaluation (JEE)The International Health Regulations (IHR 2005)The International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for ScienceBiosecurity Game Changers Fellowship ProgramThe Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)