Global Biosecurity Network presented by Imperial experts in New York alongside UN General Assembly
Members of the Network and Imperial leaders such as President Hugh Brady gathered in New York and Boston for international discussions on how the world should prepare for future biological threats in matters of policy, biosecurity, tech, and research.
The Global Biosecurity Network launched in June, bringing together researchers working across areas including infectious diseases, synthetic biology, artificial intelligence and food security.
The initiative aims to provide a space for multidisciplinary research to collectively focus on biosecurity threats, surveillance, and response.
The Network was showcased ahead of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), which included a roundtable ahead of the High-Level meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response.
At the roundtable, Imperial’s leading Biosecurity experts weighed in on emerging risks and threats.
“Biosecurity is a multi-faceted problem, with a wide range of stakeholders. Getting all these together in a single conversation needs to happen more often,” commented Imperial Professor Karen Polizzi from the Department of Chemical Engineering.
