An ad hoc committee appointed by the National Academies to explore heritable genetic modifications of food animals will meet from 23-24 July 2024 to discuss Oversight and Food Safety Concerns Posed by Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals. This committee will address methods for heritable genetic modifications and identify risks and health hazards to humans,
The NASEM Forum in Microbial Threats will host a public workshop 22-23 July 2024 on Accelerating the Use of Pathogen Genomics and Metagenomics in Public Health. to examine cases where genomics technologies have been applied successfully to disease surveillance and response, highlight key characteristics of these technologies' impact, and identify potential opportunities for broader
The inaugural INTERPOL Global Biosecurity Conference will be held 2-4 July 2024 in Lyon, France. The conference will bring together law enforcement and partner agencies, biosecurity experts and academia from different regions and backgrounds to foster dialog, discuss current and future biological threats, good practices and challenges. The overarching goal is to to define a
