• BBSRC Sparking Innovation Conference 2025

    The Leeds Met Hotel 5 King Street, Leeds, United Kingdom

    The UK's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) will host an innovation conference 30 April - 1 May 2025 in Leeds. The conference aims to bring together the bioscience community to showcase bioscience innovation and enable meaningful connections and collaboration opportunities through a series of dedicated panel discussions, presentations and networking opportunities. Bringing together

  • Astrobiodefense: Biological Threats and the Next Frontier

    This Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense will convene a meeting on May 8, 2025 to discuss Astrobiodefense: Biological Threats and the Next Frontier. The focus of this meeting will be to provide the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense with a better understanding of how to strengthen international astrobiodefense and planetary protection efforts through: Current government astrobiodefense efforts

  • WHO EPI-WIN Webinar: The New Face of Pandemic Preparedness

    Virtual Event

    Charting Resilience in a Fragmented World Public health leaders, global health professionals, and policymakers are invited to join the second installment of the WHO EPI-WIN Webinar: The New Face of Pandemic Preparedness, taking place virtually on 14 May 2025. This timely consultation will feed into the development of the 2025 Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB)

  • Assessing Research Security Efforts in Higher Education

    National Academy of Sciences 2101 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

    The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will convene a meeting of experts on 22023 May 2025 to explore potential avenues, challenges, and opportunities to assess the effectiveness and progress of current U.S. Federal government research security efforts in higher education, as well as potential new efforts The primary focus is research security and

  • What Does H5N1 Have to Do With the Price of Eggs?

    Virtual Event

    Hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine As highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) continues to disrupt animal health and the agricultural economy, its ripple effects are being felt far beyond farms and veterinary clinics — even at the grocery store. Since its detection on U.S. poultry farms in 2022 and more recently

  • International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2025

    University of Oxford Park End Street, Oxford, United Kingdom
    Hybrid Event

    The International Pandemic Sciences Conference 2025will be held 30 June - 1 July 2025 in Oxford, UK and via virtual participation. This year’s conference theme, Getting Ahead of the Curve, will explore how we can work together to predict, identify and control epidemic and pandemic threats globally. Over two days of plenary, parallel and networking sessions,

  • DARPA PROtein SEquencing (PROSE) Industry Day

    DARPA Conference Center 675 N. Randolph Street, Arlington, VA, United States
    Hybrid Event

    On June 30, 2025, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will host the PROtein SEquencing (PROSE) Industry Day, a hybrid event taking place both in-person at the DARPA Conference Center in Arlington, VA, and online via Microsoft Teams from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET. The PROSE Industry Day is an opportunity for researchers,

  • From Sewers to Solutions: Wastewater Monitoring for Public Health Action

    Hilton Anaheim 777 W Convention Way, Anaheim, CA, United States

    Public health professionals, epidemiologists, and global health security stakeholders are invited to participate in From Sewers to Solutions: Wastewater Monitoring for Public Health Action, a free, in-person pre-conference workshop hosted by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). This full-day event will take place on Monday, July 14, 2025, from 8:30 AM

  • Biological Threats in the Age of the Bioeconomy Workshop 2: Scenario Discussions

    Virtual Event

    The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) will host the second installment of its ongoing workshop series, Biological Threats in the Age of the Bioeconomy, on July 16–17, 2025. This multiday, in-depth session will focus on a critical issue at the intersection of biotechnology, biosecurity, and global health: how to assess and mitigate