AIxBio Horizon Scan Winter 2025-2026 The AIxBio field stands at a critical juncture where rapid capability advances are outpacing governance frameworks and safety measures. The next 18 months will likely prove pivotal in determining whet...

Happy Pi Day! 🥧

Pi’s refusal to follow a pattern mirrors biotechnology: capabilities and risks today will look nothing like those of tomorrow. Governance is already struggling to keep pace. NTI | bio is working to change that.

#PiDay #Biosecurity #AIxBio

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The BioPREVAIL Built Environment Design Challenge Innovation Showcase highlighted innovative ideas on how the built environment can strengthen resilience and advance global health security. Learn more at bioprevail.org
#GlobalHealthSecurity #Biosecurity #BuiltEnvironment #Innovation

Genetically modified foods and human health: a comprehensive review and cross-national time-trend analysis GMOs have remained at the center of scientific and societal debate since their regulatory authorization and subsequent market introduction in the 1990 s. This review synthesizes epidemiological evi...

"Current evidence does not support consistent causal links between GMO consumption and cancer, reproductive toxicity, allergies, or other chronic diseases."

GMOs 1000 : FUD 0

#biosky #biosecurity
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INApest() is a new simulation tool that predicts the success of biosecurity responses by combining social factors with biological and environmental data.

Read more about it: doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.106.161880

@bioeconomyscience.bsky.social

#biosecurity #climatechange

Weekly Recap (March 13, 2026): Phil Bourne, Anthropic Institute, eLife, AI@UVA / AI in Virginia, NIH genomics tech, AIxBio #biosecurity, AI+Rstudio, legibility, how scientists use Claude Code, how to design antibodies, #Rstats updates, new papers. doi.org/10.59350/hq8... 🧬💻🧪

‘Sly stowaway’ UK fox finds new home at Bronx Zoo after illicit transatlantic trip The fox is said to be ‘settling in well’ after mischievous 3,400 mile journey from Southampton to New York

....and some people question how a rat can stowaway on a ferry...if a fox can go undetected for 14 days on a cargo ship during a 3400 mile journey across the Atlantic it shows what's possible! #Biosecurity checks reduce the chance of animals stowing away on boats www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Areas most at risk of 'devastating' cattle disease incursion revealed Researchers have mapped the northern gateways where the cattle disease, lumpy skin disease, could first enter Australia, identifying Cape York Peninsula and Port Hedland as the highest-risk locations. #livestock #diseases #beef #cattle #farming #biosecurity

Researchers have mapped the northern gateways where the cattle disease, lumpy skin disease, could first enter Australia, identifying Cape York Peninsula and Port Hedland as the highest-risk locations. #livestock #diseases #beef #cattle #farming #biosecurity

Feeling inspired by the eye-catching signage we saw in New Zealand. Particularly fond of Project Island Song's slogan "Give your gear the all clear"! Similar messaging to here about carrying out simple #biosecurity checks. Something you won't see here though - #conservation #detectiondog vehicles!

2026 UK IPSN Winter Meeting: The Recap | Botanic Gardens Conservation International International Plant Sentinel Network (IPSN) UK-based members and partners met online to learn about current IPSN UK activities and to share insights on biosecurity and plant health.

📣 The 2026 @ipsn-bgci.bsky.social UK Winter Meeting recap is live! ❄️

🌱From Plant Health Risk Register updates and new pathogen monitoring resources to biosecurity insights from across the network, find out what we've been up to👉 bit.ly/3PxYNCn

#PlantHealth #Biosecurity

Over the past 4 years, #Biocheck.UGent has grown into a global platform supporting #biosecurity in livestock production. 📈🔎
We have been working very hard behind the scenes on something that reflects our growth and our vision for the future. 🙌
More soon.
#Biocheckrebrand

#1972BWC #biosecurity

From Protocol to Pipette: What Two New RCTs Tell Us About AI Biosecurity Risk LLMs uplift novice performance on computational biology tasks, while their effect in physical laboratories remains modest and task-dependent.

From Protocol to Pipette: What Two New RCTs Tell Us About AI #Biosecurity Risk. LLMs uplift novice performance on computational biology tasks, while their effect in physical laboratories remains modest and task-dependent. blog.stephenturner.us/p/ai-biosecu... 🧬💻🧪

The Torres Strait is hugely important to Australia in many ways and #Biosecurity is one - bats already can island-hop across there and if zoonotic diseases like Nipah and rabies reach the Australian mainland, they're most likely to come that way.

Think before you pack: Australia's customs and biosecurity rules explained | SBS English
->SBS | More on "Australia biosecurity customs declaration rules" at BigEarthData.ai | #Biosecurity

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Action Oak: The State of the UK's Oaks Webinar . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join us for a webinar panel discussion as we reveal the key findings from the State of the UK's Oaks report.

🌳🐿️How are British oaks doing?

Our partner
@actionoak.bsky.social
is releasing the State of the UK's Oaks report – the UK's first-ever tree species report of its kind🌱!

Join next week's webinar to hear their results👇
🔗 bit.ly/40UBpkW
📅Tue 17 March, 2–3pm

#UKOaks #TreeHealth #Biosecurity

GAO calls for greater transparency on high-risk pathogen research

#Science #Biosecurity

Have you secured your spot yet? 👀

Registration for our #biosecurity training closes this 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲. Don’t miss the opportunity to strengthen your understanding of biosecurity in #livestockproduction.

🔗 Register now: forms.office.com/e/cggeLW1B1H

EpochAI releases a database of over 1,100 biological AI models across nine categories, analyzing their safeguards, accessibility, training data sources, and the foundation models they build on epoch.ai/blog/expandi... #biosecurity

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

The Limits of Sequence-Based #Biosecurity Screening Tools in the Age of AI-Assisted Protein Design.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Weekly Recap (March 6, 2026) Biology essays, fast bio bounty, PDF accessibility in Quarto, Claude Skills for R, sex lives of neanderthals and humans, Ginkgo cloud lab, Applied Machine Learning Conference, AI in Science

Weekly Recap (March 6, 2026): Biology essays, fast bio bounty, PDF accessibility in Quarto, Claude Skills for R, sex lives of neanderthals and humans, Ginkgo cloud lab, Applied Machine Learning Conference, AI in Science #Rstats doi.org/10.59350/2n1... 🧬💻🧪

On the Front Line of Freshwater Biosecurity Developing a risk-based freshwater biosecurity surveillance system for Aotearoa New Zealand to enable early detection of high-impact non-native species.

New Zealand is moving freshwater #biosecurity from reactive responses toward risk-based surveillance. Learn more about the project commissioned by BNZ aimed to design a coordinated system for detecting freshwater incursions 👇 www.sequench.co.nz/portfolio-it...

'Enough talk': calls for action as govt announces new feral pig, deer review Industry groups have warned of more paperwork and less action.

Opponents have come out swinging against more paperwork, less action, after another review was announced.

www.theland.com.au/story/9191703/

#AusAg #Biosecurity #AgSky

🔬 Strengthening biosecurity expertise in Central Asia and Mongolia ICGEB hosted a Training Course on Pathogen Detection and Biosecurity in Trieste (23–27 Feb 2026), co-organized with the BWC ISU (UNODA). 18 scientists enhanced practical skills in detection and responsible biosecurity across human, animal and plant health. Supported by Norway and the UK. #Biosecurity #GlobalHealth #HealthSecurity #OneHealth

🔬 Feb 2026: strengthening biosecurity expertise in Central Asia & Mongolia ICGEB hosted Training in Pathogen Detection with BWC ISU @unodet.bsky.social.
Practical skills in detection & responsible biosecurity.
#Biosecurity #GlobalHealth #HealthSecurity #OneHealth

👉 www.icgeb.org/training-on-...

Euphresco DROP - Phytophthora in public gardens: understanding pathways and mitigating risk (Phyto-gard) Euphresco DROP

🚨New research alert!🌿@Euphresco just published findings on #Phytophthora in public gardens & nurseries across 6 countries🌍

🌳Could green spaces harbour invasive pathogens and fuel their survival & spread undetected? New data suggests yes🔬

Read more👇
buff.ly/hxlZ23v

#PlantHealth #Biosecurity

"You wanted pasteurized cause pasteurized is best"
"Ernie I'd be happy if it comes up to my chest"
[ www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e1x... ]
#Kikorangi #Biosecurity #ProductWarning #HealthWarning

Inside #ProjectMolecule — How #JPMorgan and the #GatesFoundation Turned #Biology into Investable Infrastructure
#Biosecurity as Governance, and the Quiet Erosion of Sovereignty

Read: sayerji.substack.com/p/inside-pro...

#plandemic #PandemicsForProfit #Depopulation

Senate Bill Would Establish Federal Biotechnology Security Framework - Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. On January 29, 2026, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced the Biosecurity Modernization and Innovation Act of 2026 (S. 3741) to establish a federal

B&C's Biobased Policy News : Senate Bill Would Establish Federal Biotechnology Security Framework
www.lawbc.com/senate-bill-...
#biosecurity, #biotechnology

Spanish Lab Leak Investigation Raises Questions About Transparency in Biological Security Exclusive Analysis: How AI Monitoring Could Have Changed the African Swine Fever Investigation Dr. Robert W. Malone When dead wild boars infected with African swine fever were discovered...

#Biosecurity #LaboratoryAccident #Spain #AfricanSwineFever #ArtificialIntelligence #DiseaseSurveillance
Spanish Lab Leak Investigation Raises Questions About Transparency in Biological Security
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Strengthening Biological Threat Reduction in Africa: Brown Pandemic Center Receives $900,000 Grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York

We’re excited to share @carnegie.org awarded the Pandemic Center a $900K grant for #biosecurity! This will support an initiative that will produce a biological threat reduction policy program for rising African decision-makers & develop a pipeline of experts in Africa to lead & implement it.

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