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Cathy Gwin
Senior Director, Communications
Jaime Yassif called on government leaders to take urgent steps to strengthen biosafety and biosecurity policy and practices during a hearing convened by the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
NTI | bio hosted an event on Capitol Hill to discuss how Congress and other key decisionmakers can take action to provide necessary oversight to safeguard biotechnologies, without stifling innovation in the field.
A new NTI | bio report describes the status of benchtop DNA synthesis devices, explains the risks for biosecurity, and recommends action and oversight by governments, industry, and the scientific community.
NTI | bio supported the development of a new report from Stanford University’s Bio Policy & Leadership in Society Initiative that highlights the importance of sharing biosecurity and biosafety best practices for life science research.
NTI | bio experts contributed to the 9th Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference in Geneva.
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