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Conference / Meeting Documents Top
OECD
Best Practice Guidelines for Biological Resource Centres (BRCs)
- Date: March, 2007
- Author(s): OECD
The Bioeconomy in 2030: A Policy Agenda
- Date: May, 2005
- Author(s): OECD
Chairman’s Summary from OECD Conference on “Responsible Stewardship in the Biosciences: Avoiding Potential Abuse of Research and Resources”
- Date: 17 – 19 September, 2004
- Author(s): Michael Oborne
Biotechnology for Sustainable Growth and development
- Date: 19 – 20 January, 2004
- Author(s): OECD
The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC)
Developments in Codes of Conduct Since 2005
- Date: 2008
- Author(s): BTWC Secretariat et al.
2005 Draft Report of the Meeting of Experts
- Date: 23 June, 2005
- Author(s): BTWC Secretariat et al.
BTWC Intercessional Experts Meeting Documents
- Date: 2003-2005
- Author(s): BTWC Secretariat et al.
BTWC Review Conferences Documents
- Date: 1980, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, & 2002
- Author(s): BTWC Secretariat et al.
European Commission
Conference on the ethical implications of scientific research on bioweapons and prevention of bioterrorism (Report)
- Date: 3-4 February, 2004
- Author(s): Line Matthiessen-Guyader (editor)
Industry Association of Synthetic Biology (IASB)
Technical solutions for biosecurity in synthetic biology
- Date: 3 April, 2008
- Author(s): Dr. Hubert Bernauer et al.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
In the Public Interest: Report of the Ad Hoc Faculty Committee on Access to and Disclosure of Scientific Information
- Date: 12 June, 2002
- Author(s): Sheila E. Widnall, et al.
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
Access to Research Data in the 21st Century: An Ongoing Dialogue Among Interested Parties (Workshop Report)
- Date: 2002
- Author(s): Donald Kennedy et al.
New Defence Agenda (NDA)
Countering Bioterrorism: How can Europe and the United States work together? (Summary Report)
- Date: 25 April, 2005
- Author(s): NDA’s Bioterrorism Reporting Group
Next Generation Threat Reduction: Bioterrorism's Challenges and Solutions (Summary Report)
- Date: 25 January, 2005
- Author(s): NDA’s Bioterrorism Reporting Group
Countering Bioterrorism: Science, Technology and Oversight (Summary Report)
- Date: 18 October, 2004
- Author(s): NDA’s Bioterrorism Reporting Group
Countering Bioterrorism: Prevention and Protection (Summary Report)
International Symposium: "Securing High Consequence Pathogens and Toxins" (Summary)
- Date: June, 2004
- Author(s): Sandia National Laboratories
Global Biosecurity:
The Vital Role of
Academic Leadership
- Date: Fall 2005
- Author(s): David Franz, Randall Murch, & Peter Singer
Reports Top
Association of American Universities (AAU)
The Impact of Restricting Information Access on Science and Technology
- Date: None Given
- Author(s): Alice P. Gast
Carnegie Corporation of New York
2005 Carnegie Challenge, Biosecurity: a 21 st Century Challenge
- Date: 2005
- Author(s): M.J. Zuckerman
Center for American Progress
Biosecurity: A Comprehensive Action Plan
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Security Controls on Scientific
Information and the Conduct of
Scientific Research
- Date: June 200
- Author(s): CSIS
Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute (CBACI)
Reducing the Biological Threat: New Thinking, New Approaches
Homeland Security Institute
Limiting the Contribution of the Open Scientific Literature to the Biological Weapons Threat
- Date: 2003
- Author(s): Jonathan Tucker
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of the Life Sciences (2006)
- Date: 2006
- Author(s): Stanley Lemon et al.
An International perspective on Advancing Technologies and Strategies for Managing Dual-Use Risks: Report of a Workshop
- Date: 2005
- Author(s): Stanley Lemon et al.
Biotechnology Research in an Age of Terrorism
- Date: 2004
- Author(s): Gerald Fink et al.
Scientific Communication and National Security
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
A Code of Conduct for Biosecurity
- Date: August, 2007
- Author(s): The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Royal Society
Royal Society activities on reducing the risk of the misuse
of scientific research
- Date: August, 2008
- Author(s): The Royal Society
The Roles of Codes of Conduct in Preventing the Misuse of Scientific Research
- Date: March, 2005
- Author(s): The Royal Society
A Survey of Asian Life Scientists: The State of Biosciences, Laboratory Biosecurity, and Biosafety in Asia
- Date: February, 2006
- Author(s): Sandia National Laboratories
UK House of Commons
Biosecurity in UK research laboratories
- Date: 16 June 2008
- Author(s): UK House of Commons
US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Intelligence Support to the Life Science Community: Mitigating Threats from Bioterrorism
- Date: No Date
- Author(s): James B. Petro
US Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Oversight of Dual-Use Biological Research: The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
- Date: 27 April 2008
- Author(s): Dana A. Shea
“Sensitive but Unclassified” and other Federal Security Controls on Scientific and Technical Information
Balancing Scientific Publication and National Security Concerns: Issues for Congress
- Date: July 9, 2003
- Author(s): Dana A. Shea
US Department of Transportation (DOT)
National Aviation Resource Manual for Quarantinable Diseases
- Date: December 2006
- Author(s): US Department of Transportation
US Government Accountability Office (GAO)
High-Containment Biosafety Laboratories: Preliminary Observations on the Oversight of the Proliferation of BSL-3 and BSL-4 Laboratories in the United States
- Date: October 2007
- Author(s): US GAO
US Institute of Peace (USIP)
Biosecurity: Limiting Terrorist Access to Deadly Pathogens
- Date: 2003
- Author(s): Jonathan Tucker
University of Bradford: Peace Studies Department
Post 5th Review Conference for the BWC Briefing Papers (2nd Series)
- Date: Various
- Author(s): Various
University of Sussex
The Impact of Dual Use Controls on UK Science: A Case Study
- Date: April 2004
- Author(s): Caitriona McLeish and Paul Nightingale
University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics
DNA for Peace: Reconciling Biodevelopment and Biosecurity
- Date: February 2006
- Author(s): University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics
Press Releases / Editorials Top
Pathways to security: Self-regulation is a good first step — but synthetic-biology companies still need independent oversight
- Date: 25 September 2008
- Author(s): Anon
The Killers in the Lab
- Date: 11 August 2008
- Author(s): Elisa D. Harris
Comment on NSABB Draft Oversight Framework Development
- Date: 15 July 2008
- Author(s): American Association for the Advancement of Science,
Association of American Medical Colleges,
Association of American Universities,
Council on Governmental Relations,
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, and
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
Panel Presents Agricultural Biosecurity and Sustainability Strategies at the
2007 AAAS Annual Meeting
- Date: 31 January 2007
- Author(s): Amy Steigman
The 1918 Flu Genome: Recipe for Destruction
- Date: 17 October, 2005
- Author(s): Ray Kurzweil and Bill Joy
Code of Conduct Needed to Block Shady Science
- Date: 12 June, 2005
- Author(s): Margaret Somerville
Statement by Editors Regarding Uncensored Exchange of Scientific Results
- Date: 18 February, 2003
- Author(s): Ronald Atlas et al.
Joint Statement from Royal Society and NAS
- Date: 8 November, 2002
- Author(s): Bruce Alberts and Robert M. May
NAS Statement on Scientific Openness and National Security
- Date: May 21, 1999
- Author(s): Bruce Alberts et al.
Journals / Articles Top
Arms Control Today
Crucial Guidance: A Code of Conduct for Biodefense Scientists
- Date: September 2006
- Author(s): Roger Roffey, John Hart, and Frida Kuhlau
Will the New Biology Lead to New Weapons?
- Date: July/August 2004
- Author(s): Mark Wheelis
Biosecurity and Bioterrorism - Biodefense Strategy, Practice & Science
Strengthening Biodefense Internationally: Illusion and Reality
- Date: September 2008
- Author(s): Marc L. Ostfield
Billions for Biodefense: Federal Agency Biodefense Funding, FY2008-FY2009
- Date: June 2008
- Author(s): Crystal Franco
The Dual-Use Dilemma for the Life Sciences: Perspectives, Conundrums, and Global Solutions (This is a free preview. The article is available for purchase from the site.)
- Date: September 2006
- Author(s): Ronald M. Atlas & Malcolm Dando
Globalizing Biosecurity (This is a free preview. The article is available for purchase from the site.)
- Date: March 2005
- Author(s): Ronald M. Atlas & Judith Reppy
The Protective Oversight of Biotechnology (Article is available for purchase on site but no preview or abstract is available.)
- Date: December 2004
- Author(s): John Steinbruner & Stacy Okutani
High-Throughput Laboratories for Homeland and National Security (Article is available for purchase on site but no preview or abstract is available.)
- Date: June 2003
- Author(s): Scott Layne & Tony Beugelsdijk
Microbial Forensics: Building a National Capacity to Investigate Bioterrorism (Article is available for purchase on site but no preview or abstract is available.)
- Date: June 2003
- Author(s): Randall S. Murch
Biosecurity: Responsible Stewardship of Bioscience in an Age of Catastrophic Terrorism
- Date: March 2003
- Author(s): Gigi Kwik, Joe Fitzgerald, Thomas V. Inglesby, and Tara O'Toole
The Bulletin Online
In Pursuit of International Biosecurity
- Date: 16 April 2008
- Author(s): Laura H. Kahn
Establishing a code of conduct in the life sciences
- Date: 2 April 2007
- Author(s): Laura H. Kahn
CNN
Milk-threat study issued over objections
- Date: 29 June, 2005
- Author(s): Jeanne Meserve
Feds: Science paper a terrorist's roadmap
- Date: 7 June, 2005
- Author(s): CNN
The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Date: 30 April, 2007
- Author(s): Jeffrey Brainard
Publish and Perish?
- Date: 11 October, 2002
- Author(s): Richard Monastersky
Disarmament Forum
Biological Weapons and the Life Sciences: the potential for professional codes
- Date: 2005
- Author(s): Brian Rappert
Foreign Affairs
Towards Biological Security (This is a free preview. The article is available for purchase from the site.)
- Date: May/June 2002
- Author(s): Christopher F. Chyba
The Nightmare of Bioterrorism (This is a free preview. The article is available for purchase from the site.)
- Date: January/February 2001
- Author(s): Laurie Garrett
International Review of the Red Cross
A Model Law: The Biological and Toxin Weapons Crimes Act
Journal of Biomedical Science
An Oath for Bioscientists
Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society
Biosecurity and Secrecy Policy: Problems, Theory, and a Call for Executive Action (View Abstract)
- Date: Winter 2005/2006
- Author(s): Brian J. Gorman
Minerva:
A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
An Educational Imperative: The Role of Ethical Codes and Normative Prohibitions in CBW-applicable Research
Nature
Characterization of the 1918 influenza virus
polymerase genes
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Date: 5 October, 2005
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Author(s): Jeffery K. Taubenberger, Ann H. Reid, Raina M. Lourens, Ruixue Wang, Guozhong Jin
& Thomas G. Fanning
New Scientist
DNA firms step up security over bioterrorism threat
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Date: 14 September 2008
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Author(s): Anon
The bioweapon is in the post
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Date: 09 November, 2005
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Author(s): Peter Aldhous
Proceedings of the National Academies of Science (PNAS)
Modeling Attacks on the Food Supply (Editorial)
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Date: 12 July, 2005
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Author(s): Bruce Alberts
Analyzing a Bioterror Attack on the Food Supply: The Case of Botulinum Toxin in Milk
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Date: 12 July, 2005
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Author(s): Bruce Alberts
SAIS Review
Bioterrorism as a Foreign Policy Issue (This is the abstract. The article is available for purchase from the site.)
Science and Engineering Ethics
A Code of Ethics for the Life Sciences (This is the abstract. The article is available for purchase from the site.)
- Date: January 30, 2007
- Author(s): Nancy L. Jones
Science Magazine
Ethics: A Weapon to Counter Bioterrorism
- Date: 25 March, 2005
- Author(s): Ronald Atlas & Margaret Somerville
Survival: The IISS Quarterly
Biotechnology and Bioterrorism: An Unprecedented World (Article is available for purchase on site but no preview or abstract is available.)
- Date: Summer 2004
- Author(s): Neil Boyce
Times Online
Scientists tighten security over germ terror threat
- Date: January 25, 2007
- Author(s): Stewart Tendler and Daniel McGrory
US News and World Report
Speak No Evil: Should biologists publish work that could be misused?
- Date: 24 June, 2002
- Author(s): Neil Boyce
Wired
Will Bioterror Fears Spawn Science Censorship?
- Date: 25 April, 2007
- Author(s): Jennifer Granick
Yale Journal of Law & technology (YJoLT)
Balancing National Security and Open Science: A Proposal for Due Process Vetting
- Date: Spring 2005
- Author(s): Brian J. Gorman
Presentations / Speeches Top
Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM)
Controlling Dangerous
Pathogens: A
Prototype Protective
Oversight System
- Date: 19 August, 2008
- Author(s): Elisa D. Harris
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Bioterrorism and the Life Sciences: Research and Policy Controversies
- Date: 15 April, 2005
- Author(s): Gigi Kwik Gronvall, PhD (UPMC)
Conduct of Biodefense Research
- Date: 15 April, 2005
- Author(s): Ronald Atlas
Biodefense Research: NIH Role, NIH Management, Oversight of Safety, Oversite of Security, and Oversight of Dual Use Implications
- Date: 15 April, 2005
- Author(s): Richard H. Ebright
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Federal Demonstration Partnership
Enhancing National Oversight of Dual Use Life Sciences Research
- Date: 20 May, 2004
- Author(s): Federal Demonstration Partnership
National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
- Date: 13 June, 2005
- Author(s): Thomas Holohan M.D.
Safeguarding Against the Harmful Misuse of Research: A research funder's perspective
- Date: 2004
- Author(s): David Carr
Books Top
A Web of Prevention: Biological Weapons, Life Sciences and the Governance of Research
- Date: 2007
- Author(s): Brian Rappert and Caitriona McLeish (editors)
Biossegurança Engenharia Genética: Legislação Brasileira (link to book brochure)
- Date: 2007
- Author(s): Silvio Valle et al.
Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World - Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran It
- Date: 2003
- Author(s): Ken Alibek & Stephen Handelman
9-11 Commission Report
- Date: 2004
- Author(s): Thomas H. Kean et al.
Biosecurity Education Top
Biosecurity: Risks, Responses, and Responsibilities
- Date: 2003
- Author(s): The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
Case Studies in Dual Use Biological Research
- Date: 2006
- Author(s): Federation of American Scientists
The Dual-Use Dilemma in Biological Research
Educational Module on Chemical and Biological Weapons (CBW) Non-proliferation
Miscellaneous Top
ABC News
Allegations of Fake Research Hit New High
- Date: 10 July, 2005
- Author: Martha Mendoza
Nature
One in three scientists confesses to having sinned
- Date: 9 June, 2005
- Author: Meredith Wadman
Reuters
Annan Urges Action on Biological Weapon Threat
- Date: November 20, 2006
- Author(s): Reuters
USATODAY
Docs in training miss bioterror diagnoses
- Date: 26 September, 2005
- Author: Carla K. Johnson
