Introductory Biosecurity Course
Biosecu.re
Opportunity type
Independent project
Training program
Recurring opportunity
Cause areas
Biosecurity & Pandemic Preparedness
Routes to impact
📈 Skill-Building & Building Career Capital
📖 Learning about Important Cause Areas
🧪 Testing Your Fit for a Certain Career Path
Relevant aptitudes
Academia
Conceptual & Empirical Research
Location
Remote
Description
Today’s world is facing more biological threats than ever, from mutations to antibiotic resistance to new diseases and increased access to engineered diseases. It’s vital that scientific research is being carried out safely to protect those who work in the lab as well as wider communities.
On this course you will get an introduction to these issues, exploring biosecurity, biological threats and how to counter them in your work. You will also learn about responding to biological challenges and learn to examine issues in the lab.
What topics will you cover?
- Introduction to biosecurity
- Biological threats and challenges
- Responding to biological challenges: what you can do inside the lab
- Responding to biological challenges: what is done outside the lab
- Responsible conduct of science: learning to critically examine security issues arising with the lab and formulate responses
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