This was a ‘proudly GMO’ event, exhibiting fun, cutting-edge #biotech from plantable pencils and buffet biosamplers to GM meals and GM probiotics to prevent hangovers.

Thoroughly enjoyed @drewendy.bsky.social’s ‘parade of awesomeness’ at the inaugural Bio Leadership Summit this week at Stanford’s @hooverinstitution.bsky.social

An added bonus: engaging with the smart and vibrant next gen Middlebury and CNS community.

My central point: AI does not magically turn pathogens into weapons. The bigger challenge is a world in which biology is increasingly digital, data-rich and entangled with surveillance, targeting and more selective forms of disruption.

Grateful for the opportunity to join CNS conference on #AI and nuclear + biological weapons risks, alongside over 100 experts from AI labs, US national labs, industry, govt and universities. Important discussions at a critical time. tinyurl.com/3y9a85c5

Some of the inspiring @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social students taking my Science, Weapons & Arms Control class over the last 10 wks. Good luck for your exciting, next steps—I know you’ll all go on to do great things!

What can biosecurity learn from cybersecurity? A lot. Measures meant to mitigate human-made biological risks remain anchored in conceptual frameworks like arms control agreements and export controls. These are increasingly misaligned with the challenges ...

Biosecurity still thinks like nuclear policy. But today’s risks look like #cyber: persistent, distributed, hard to attribute. We need resilience, continuous monitoring, risk management--not just prevention. My latest with @warstudieskcl.bsky.social colleague @tcstvns.bsky.social

Foreign disinformation: “the new warfare and open liberal democracies are sitting ducks” - Committees - UK Parliament Report: Disinformation diplomacy

Good to see UK Foreign Affairs Committee report on #DisinformationDiplomacy out today stressing the need to prioritise fighting #disinformation. Our evidence submission to the inquiry focused on #CBRN threats and #HealthSecurity: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/138038/pdf/

My key message: #Biosecurity was built for labs and materials. Biology today is digital, distributed and global. Our governance hasn’t caught up—and international partnerships must now be viewed as infrastructure, not optional nice-to-haves.

Congratulations to the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) team for convening top US biosecurity minds these past couple of days at Livermore Lab. An absolute privilege to be included. cgsr.llnl.gov/workshops

Enhancing resilience against biological threats in the Nordic and Baltic countries (BIO-NORD) The overall aim of this project is to strengthen the preparedness against the full spectrum of biological threats, by increasing awareness and best practices for effective and harmonised total defence...

A privilege to keynote today's inaugural meeting of #BioNord 🇳🇴🇩🇰🇸🇪🇫🇮🇱🇹 and to be invited onto their advisory board. So much good work to come from these guys on #biothreats in Nordic and Baltic countries! www.fhi.no/en/nva-proje...

An indulgent couple of days at Milan’s university and surrounding coffee shops discussing health sovereignty and securitisation

#1972BWC #biosecurity

Always rewarding to link up with @dgisselsson.bsky.social and Swedish colleagues—this time to talk #biosecurity #GreyZone and #BiotechPowerStruggles

#BestTeam

Learning about Inuit heritage, contemporary culture, and colonial legacies in Canada, as an important aspect of pan-Arctic health security

An extraordinary week of fieldwork in the Canadian High North as part of our NORTHERN SHIELD project on global health security in the Arctic—with Gemma Bowsher and Fawzia Fall

Good morning from Yukon 🇨🇦

A privilege to be working with the European Union and @gpwmd.bsky.social @gp-wmdctrdisinfo.bsky.social to bring a training session on #InformationIntegrity and #FIMI to new #1972BWC National Contact Points

Good to engage with #1972BWC national contact points in Geneva today. Thanks to BWC ISU for hosting and the European Union for funding 🇪🇺🇺🇳

New publication🚨Need a big-picture intro to how current trends in the life sciences are challenging traditional #biosafety and #biosecurity governance? Gemma Bowsher and I have got you covered:
perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org/content/earl...

Good to engage with @GPWMDofficial partners and @GPctrDisinfo steering group members to strategise on countering #CBRN #disinformation.

Speaking on global trends in biology and what they mean for our security at the G7 @gpwmd.bsky.social meeting in Paris this week

The one-week #1972BWC working group meeting has just gotten underway this morning. Watch it live here:
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Failing crops, mystery deaths and no warning: How a bioweapon attack would unfold British preparedness is strongest where science is concerned and weakest where systems meet politics

Biowarfare does not guarantee decisive military advantage but in hybrid era can exploit ambiguity and weaken societies. Are we prepared? My thoughts, ahead of #1972BWC mtg this week in Geneva. inews.co.uk/opinion/fail...

Lovely to host a commemorative seminar for pioneering activist scientist against chemical and #biologicalweapons, Prof Steven Rose, yesterday. Warm thanks to everyone who came for their inspiring tributes and thoughtful reflections.

The @thebulletin.org Doomsday Clock this week said #MirrorLife studies, #AI-enabled pathogen design, #bioweapon risks and fragile health systems raise global #biosecurity concern. Read in full here: thebulletin.org/wp-content/u...

Come ski with me, said @beafihn.bsky.social, and we can talk #Bioweapons and #ArmsControl for the new #SUMMITtalks podcast series. Excited to share our episode with you when it launches this spring.

Modern Tools for Modern Threats: Towards Strengthening BWC Implementation, Verification, and Assurance - United States Department of State As prepared Thank you very much for that generous introduction. Ambassadors, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen – thank you for the warm welcome here in Geneva. My name is Thomas DiNanno a...

DiNanno’s statement: www.state.gov/releases/202...

A decade of chemical and biological disinformation, mapped A new tool allows us to visualize how disinformation campaigns originating in places like the halls of the Russian Ministry of Defence can end up circulating on Fox News or in international diplomatic...

My new @thebulletin.org piece shows how the @gpwmd.bsky.social @gp-wmdctrdisinfo.bsky.social CBRN #Disinformation Tracker reveals how false narratives move from state institutions into global discourse—and why this matters for arms control and international security.
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