The World Health Organization will host a virtual meeting on 19 March to identify the knowledge gaps and priority research questions related to the development and evaluation of medical countermeasures to prepare for and respond to H5N1 outbreaks The meeting will outline regulatory pathways for mRNA vaccines and other novel approaches and review other therapeutics,

As part of Advancing Drug Discovery: A Webinar Series of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, a session on Unique Capabilities of Cryo-EM in Structure Determination and its Potential in Drug Discovery will be held on March 25th, 2025. Cryo-EM has emerged as a powerful structural technique that is generally applicable to samples spanning

Please join the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on March 26, 2025 for an event reflecting on the past 50 years of the Biological Weapons Convention. The event will include: Discussion of accomplishments, lessons learned, and looking ahead from the first 50 years that inform the next 50 years. Effects of science and

The National Academies will host a event on Building Trust in the H5N1 Response: Perspectives from the Field via webcast on March 27, 2025. Avian influenza is a growing threat to both human and animal health. In March 2024, avian influenza (H5N1) was detected for the first time ever in dairy cattle. The ongoing H5N1

The National Academies will host a public briefing Assessing and Navigating Biosecurity Concerns and Benefits of Artificial Intelligence Use in the Life Sciences on April 2, 2025. The Committee on Assessing and Navigating Biosecurity Concerns and Benefits of Artificial Intelligence Use in the Life Sciences will brief on the report, The Age of AI in the