Biosecurity: Changing the Game

• Germ-Wars, Treaties, and Global Trust: Demystifying the Biological Weapons Convention

  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 –...

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• Part II - A Rising Tide: The Escalating Wave of Global Infectious Disease Outbreaks

  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)

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• Taking Biological Threats Off The Table Through Next-Generation Global South Leadership (Pt. II)

  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)

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• Taking Biological Threats Off The Table Through Next-Generation Global South Leadership

  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)

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• The 100 Days Mission (Pt. II)

  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

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