Since 2006, CSTSP has hosted a monthly biosecurity meeting series that brings together interested and engaged staff from federal agencies, Congress, local universities, and DC-based non-governmental organizations to discuss current issues in science and security. This series is a community effort; CSTSP staff host meetings based on topics that are identified by Center staff or suggested by attendees. Meetings are designed to encourage interactive discussion between speakers and participants, feature new and interesting projects that attendees or academic experts are pursuing, expand the network of experts involved in science and security policy discussions, and highlight new developments in science and security policy.
2013
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Decision-Making in Nuclear Security
U.S. Bioengagement in Iraq: Experiences from the Field
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: A Decade of Biosecurity Philanthropy
Dual Use Life Sciences Research: For Pathogens Only?
Moving Cautiously: Testing Medical Countermeasures with and for Children
Threat Assessment and Mitigation Strategies: A Dialogue about Biological Weapons
Out of Isolation: The Future of Iraqi Life Science
Advances in Biotechnology and the Biological Weapons Convention
A New Job for iPADs - High Containment Laboratory Assessments
2012
Building a More Engaged and Resilient Society
Biological Weapons Convention: Its Importance in the Coming Years=
Emerging Zoonoses: Preventing the Next Pandemic
Brain Research and the Military in the 21st Century
Biosurveillance – What is it and what does it mean for the U.S. Government
Synthetic Biology and Biosecurity – Current Capabilities for Creation of Synthetic Viruses and Bacteria
Context Matters: Early Warning and Characterization of Infectious Disease Outbreaks
Innovative Technologies for Point-of-Care Diagnostics
2011
Do-It-Ourselves Biology: Science, Security, and the Public
Synthetic Biology: New or Existing Risk? Impressions of the Presidential Commission on the Study of Bioethical Issues Synthetic Biology Recommendations
Integrated Veterinary and Medical Education in Uganda: Practicing One Health
Forecasting Failure and Planned Adaptation: Some Implications of Uncertainty for Managing Risks and Benefits of Emerging Technologies
Science and Security: Friends or Foes?
Looking Forward: Seventh Review Conference of the Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention
Biosurveillance: New Science for Security Needs
Alternative Educational Tools for Teaching Biosecurity Concepts: Interactive Table Top Exercises
Controlling Infection in Special Populations: Special Considerations for Medical Countermeasure Research and Development
Testing the Effectiveness of Medical Countermeasures: Non-Human Model Systems
Crowd-Sourcing for Outbreak and Agent Identification
2010
Communicating Research with Dual Use Potential
Forecasting the 2009 H1N1 Outbreak
Teaching Law Enforcement about Biology: Building the Expertise
The 2010 Bioterrorism Risk Assessment
The Future of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism
Biorisk Management: International Standards for Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity
International Health Regulations 2005: How will Countries know they are in Compliance?
“Does Increased Laboratory Biosecurity Make Us Safer?”
Synthetic Genomics and the Select Agent List: DNA sequence as an indicator of danger?
Global Health Security: The Intersection Among Science, Health, and Security
Science and Security: Leveraging Science and Health Activities to Address Security Concerns
Beyond Mass Casualty: Health, Economic, and Environmental Effects of Biological Incidents
2009
Research in the Current Age of Biodefense: Implications for Diplomacy and Security
Future Cooperative Threat Reduction Efforts in Russia
The Select Agent Program: Research and Review
Quarantine: Lessons from SARS
Sustaining Biodefense and Biosecurity Initiatives
Effects of Security Policies towards National Security and/or Scientific Advancement and Public Health
Medical countermeasures against CBRN attacks
Coordinated Response among The Public and Private Sectors
The 2009 Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of Experts
Implementing Personnel Reliability Programs
Microbial Forensics: Where We Are and Where We Need To Be
The Science of Microbial Risk Assessment: A Critical Component of the Risk Analysis Paradigm
2008
Environmental Surveillance of Biological Agents
2008 Biodefense Priorities of the Homeland Security Council
U.S. Initiatives for Bio- Cooperative Threat Reduction
One Health: Tackling Human and Animal Health to Protect the Public from Natural or Intentional Outbreaks
Global Health Security: Overcoming the barriers among the public health, scientific and security communities
Opportunity to Comment: NIH’s National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program
The Threat of Synthetic Biology
The State Department’s Bioengagement Programs
The 2008 Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of Experts
Comprehensive Infectious Disease Surveillance Systems
Emergency Response to a Bioterrorism Attack
Biodefense Priorities during the Transition
2007
Dual-Use Research
Education of Dual-Use Research and Academia
Oversight of Dual-Use Research and Academia
Biosecurity and Nanotechnology
Implementation of the Revised International Health Regulations
Legal Issues Surrounding Dual-Use Research
The International View of Science and Public Health
Medical Countermeasure Research & Development
Draft BARDA Strategic Plan
A Comparison of U.S. and German Approaches to Biosecurity
2006
Issues in Bioproliferation Prevention, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism
Measures of Success for Threat Reduction
NBACC and the Science & Technology R&D Programs
Summary of the Royal Society Interacademy Meeting on New Science & Technology Relevant to the BWC