SPIE's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Sensing XXV Conference will be held 22-25 April 2024 in National Harbor, Maryland. This conference provides an unprecedented forum for authors from government, industry, and academia to address a wide variety of CBRNE sensing issues, technologies, and advances in algorithms and signal process of threat related scenarios.
On behalf of the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Sandia National Laboratories will host "Developing Laboratory Best Practices for Rapid Inactivation of High Consequences Pathogens and Sensitive Equipment Workshop” in April 2024. Stakeholders from Central Veterinary Laboratories (CVL) and Central Public Health Laboratories (CPHL) from the Government of Iraq (GOI) and Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR)
On behalf of the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Sandia National Laboratories will host a series of virtual and in-person training workshops in Antananarivo, Madagascar to support ongoing efforts to build participants’ ability to train others and create a global biorisk management trainers’ network across East Africa. By the end of the four workshops,
The World Orphan Drug Congress will be held 23-25 April 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. The event brings together leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies, government and regulatory authorities, patient advocacy groups, payers, investors and solution providers. The conference is a place to meet and brainstorm ways to advance orphan drug development and improve access to life-saving
This webinar will discuss the basic biology of the NHP eye compared to human and other species (rabbit and rodents) in anatomy and physiology, as well as the advantages and concerns of using the NHP eye in preclinical ocular research and drug discovery. Experts will share major background findings in ocular toxicity studies in different
This Biological Weapons Convention Working Group Friends of the Chair Webinar Series event is intended to support ongoing activities of the BWC Working Group and stimulating thinking and discussion around a mechanism during the intersessional period. The event will consist of an expert panel followed by a moderated question-and-answer session with the audience. The event
Comms Crash Course: Developing and Producing Videos to Expand Public Health Messaging will cover best practices for using video to broaden outreach, engage with diverse populations, and foster healthier communities. Topics will include: Crafting compelling narratives that resonate with audiences and the importance of storytelling in public health messaging. Foundational aspects of creating a video,
The George Mason University (GMU) Schar School of Policy and Government will be hosting a Master of Biodefense Information Session on Thursday, May 2, noon to 1:00 p.m. ET (Virtual). Prospective students are invited to attend to hear more about the Master of Biodefense program offered at the Schar School of Policy and Government at
Masters of the Air: Overcoming Airborne Pathogens Indoors will be held on 7 May 2024 in Washington, DC. The focus of this meeting will be to provide the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense with a better understanding of: How the federal government currently addresses indoor air quality New scientific and technological advances for indoor air quality
