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Senate Committee on Armed Services Hearing: Biological Threats to U.S. National Security

Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC, United States

The Senate Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities will convene on November 20, 2019 for a session on Biological Threats to U.S. National Security. Witnesses will include: Thomas V. Inglesby, Director, Center For Health Security, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health Tara J. O’Toole, Senior Fellow and Executive Vice President,

All of Us: How Public Health Can Learn From and Inform the Precision Medicine

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA, United States

The Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a Webinar on 21 Nov 2019 on the All of Us research program. The National Institute of Health (NIH)-led All of Us research program aims to enroll over one million people in the U.S. in a research cohort

Ebola and Beyond: Legal Preparedness for Outbreaks

Webinar

A webinar on the Legal Preparedness for Outbreaks will be held 21 Nov 2019 at 2:00pm Eastern. The discussion will examine challenges public health professionals and responders are facing during the Ebola response, as well as current legal provisions and concepts and how to apply them to future infectious disease emergency response planning. In addition,

International Workshop on Medical Defence in CBRN Incidents

The Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences has arranged an International Workshop on Medical Defence in CBRN from 25 to 29 November 2019, as a part of the two-year program of the ICMM Pan Asia Pacific Regional Working Group for international participants. This scientific program will be presented within 5 days in Tehran, the capital city of Iran.

DIGET Proposers Day Lightning Talk Presentation Submission Deadline

Global Biodefense Calendar

Requests for lightning talks and sidebar meetings will be accepted on a first-come basis. All presentations must be emailed to DARPA-SN-20-12@darpa.mil no later than 12:00 PM ET on December 2, 2019. Specific content, communications, networking, and team formation are the sole responsibility of the participants. Learn more about this event and the requirements: DARPA DIGET Proposers

Epidemics7 – International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics

Embassy Suites by Hilton Charlston Airport 5055 International Boulevard, North Charleston, SC, United States

Epidemics7 - International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics Conference will bring together leaders from industry and academia to exchange and share their experiences, present research results, explore collaborations and to spark new ideas, with the aim of developing new projects and exploiting new technology. Topics areas of interest include: Dynamics of infectious diseases of humans

MADNano: Maryland DNA Nanotechnology Conference

National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD, United States

MADNano is a recurring local conference for the DNA Nanotechnology field in the mid-Atlantic region.  Its purpose is to provide opportunities to collaborate and to stimulate intelligent discussions in the region. Scientists, researchers, and students are invited to a day-long symposium that comprises short talks on recent advances in DNA nanotechnology, poster sessions, and networking

DARPA DIGET Proposers Day – Detect It with Gene Editing Technologies

Hyatt Regency Atlanta 265 Peachtree street NE, Atlanta, United States

The Biological Technologies Office (BTO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is hosting a Proposers Day for the potential proposer community in support of a planned Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the DIGET (Detect It with Gene Editing Technologies) Program. The Proposers Day will be held on December 11, 2019 from 8:00 AM