Better late than never www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u... #Biosecurity
November 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Better late than never www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u... #Biosecurity
Scientists used AI to design a vaccine capable of protecting against a wide range of bird flu variants. That’s a game changer for national biosecurity and more resilient public health systems, they say.
Scientists develop first-ever “broad-spectrum” bird flu jab using AI
Scientists used AI to design a vaccine capable of protecting against a wide range of bird flu variants. That’s a game changer for national biosecurity and more resilient public health systems, they say.
l.euronews.com
November 6, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Scientists used AI to design a vaccine capable of protecting against a wide range of bird flu variants. That’s a game changer for national biosecurity and more resilient public health systems, they say.
However, badgers will still be trapped and vaccinated in what Defra calls “priority areas”. At Protect the Wild, we do not support vaccinating badgers for what is a farming problem. Bovine TB is an agricultural issue driven by intensive farming, poor biosecurity, and cow-to-cow transmission.
November 6, 2026 at 9:30 PM
However, badgers will still be trapped and vaccinated in what Defra calls “priority areas”. At Protect the Wild, we do not support vaccinating badgers for what is a farming problem. Bovine TB is an agricultural issue driven by intensive farming, poor biosecurity, and cow-to-cow transmission.
"If we wait too long until [AI-enabled bioweapons] capabilities are demonstrably effective, it will be too late."
RAND's Steph Guerra discusses how to approach biosecurity in the age of AI. ⤵
RAND's Steph Guerra discusses how to approach biosecurity in the age of AI. ⤵
Biosecurity in the AI Era
RAND's Steph Guerra breaks down a layered defense strategy to help mitigate the risks of AI-enabled bioweapons while preserving open science.
www.rand.org
November 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
"If we wait too long until [AI-enabled bioweapons] capabilities are demonstrably effective, it will be too late."
RAND's Steph Guerra discusses how to approach biosecurity in the age of AI. ⤵
RAND's Steph Guerra discusses how to approach biosecurity in the age of AI. ⤵
Call for tighter UK biosecurity as emerald ash borer reaches EU
November 4, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Call for tighter UK biosecurity as emerald ash borer reaches EU
The Tasmanian government has appointed the coach of Tasmania’s private basketball club as the State’s “biosecurity embassidor” at a cost of $95k/ year while proposing to sack the Head of the State’s herbarium, an expert biodiversity 😳🤬
You couldn’t make this shit up, even for a Utopia episode 😵💫
You couldn’t make this shit up, even for a Utopia episode 😵💫
October 31, 2026 at 12:24 AM
The Tasmanian government has appointed the coach of Tasmania’s private basketball club as the State’s “biosecurity embassidor” at a cost of $95k/ year while proposing to sack the Head of the State’s herbarium, an expert biodiversity 😳🤬
You couldn’t make this shit up, even for a Utopia episode 😵💫
You couldn’t make this shit up, even for a Utopia episode 😵💫
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is birds with a #SpikyHead, like these ground nesting Sandwich #Terns found on #Coquet & the #Farne #Islands. Visitors checking their bag & boat for #invasive predators help keep these #seabirds safe - just 1 pregnant stowaway rat can cause a big problem! #Biosecurity
November 3, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is birds with a #SpikyHead, like these ground nesting Sandwich #Terns found on #Coquet & the #Farne #Islands. Visitors checking their bag & boat for #invasive predators help keep these #seabirds safe - just 1 pregnant stowaway rat can cause a big problem! #Biosecurity
*Any* biosecurity is an advancement of anti-intellectualist policy meant to breed illiteracy and chaos. People like Emily Leproust are going to strengthen their monopolist positions on the market especially towards poorer and independent researchers.
The pathetic writhing maggots that desire to cut off the science from the hands of the people have decided to hand out the Global Capital de facto monopoly on DNA synthesis in the West. They think too much of themselves if they think that they will be able to stop me.
RT @mkratsios47: Today, we released the National Policy for Nucleic Acid Synthesis Screening to protect American biotechnology innovation while reducing the risk of misuse.
This policy establishes a new, government-wide screening requirements for synthetic DNA and the equipment used to make it.
This policy establishes a new, government-wide screening requirements for synthetic DNA and the equipment used to make it.
November 6, 2026 at 1:36 PM
*Any* biosecurity is an advancement of anti-intellectualist policy meant to breed illiteracy and chaos. People like Emily Leproust are going to strengthen their monopolist positions on the market especially towards poorer and independent researchers.
AutoDNA, a lab in which AI agents plan and conduct molecular-biology experiments involving DNA, with relatively little human intervention www.nature.com/articles/d41... #biosecurity
AI agents enter the ‘wet lab’
An AI system coordinates laboratory instruments to conduct multi-step molecular-biology experiments with limited human intervention.
www.nature.com
November 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
AutoDNA, a lab in which AI agents plan and conduct molecular-biology experiments involving DNA, with relatively little human intervention www.nature.com/articles/d41... #biosecurity
Another busy trip down to Foveaux for the Bonamia ostreae surveillance programme on behalf of Biosecurity New Zealand. We sample flat oysters across controlled area notices (CANs) and use genetic testing to monitor the spread of the disease.
More info here: www.mpi.govt.nz/biosecurity/...
More info here: www.mpi.govt.nz/biosecurity/...
November 5, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Another busy trip down to Foveaux for the Bonamia ostreae surveillance programme on behalf of Biosecurity New Zealand. We sample flat oysters across controlled area notices (CANs) and use genetic testing to monitor the spread of the disease.
More info here: www.mpi.govt.nz/biosecurity/...
More info here: www.mpi.govt.nz/biosecurity/...
Next week: "Biosecurity in an Age of AI: Frontier Safety, Anticipatory Governance, and Defensive Innovation" with
@jassipannu.bsky.social
RSVP here ⤵️
cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/biose...
@jassipannu.bsky.social
RSVP here ⤵️
cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/biose...
Biosecurity in an Age of AI: Frontier Safety, Anticipatory Governance, and
cisac.fsi.stanford.edu
November 3, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Next week: "Biosecurity in an Age of AI: Frontier Safety, Anticipatory Governance, and Defensive Innovation" with
@jassipannu.bsky.social
RSVP here ⤵️
cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/biose...
@jassipannu.bsky.social
RSVP here ⤵️
cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/biose...
Their surveyors have arrived unannounced, flown drones and traipsed through farmland without any concern for biosecurity.
Farmers are already facing significant challenges. The last thing they need is uncertainty about who’s entering their land.
Farmers are already facing significant challenges. The last thing they need is uncertainty about who’s entering their land.
November 4, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Their surveyors have arrived unannounced, flown drones and traipsed through farmland without any concern for biosecurity.
Farmers are already facing significant challenges. The last thing they need is uncertainty about who’s entering their land.
Farmers are already facing significant challenges. The last thing they need is uncertainty about who’s entering their land.
🐔 How can rural poultry farmers help keep bird flu out?
Today we joined the European Rural Poultry Association (ERPA) to share the #NoBirdFlu campaign and 5 simple biosecurity measures to help protect small farms and backyard flocks from avian influenza.
👉 Find out more: link.europa.eu/TQxq8K
Today we joined the European Rural Poultry Association (ERPA) to share the #NoBirdFlu campaign and 5 simple biosecurity measures to help protect small farms and backyard flocks from avian influenza.
👉 Find out more: link.europa.eu/TQxq8K
November 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
🐔 How can rural poultry farmers help keep bird flu out?
Today we joined the European Rural Poultry Association (ERPA) to share the #NoBirdFlu campaign and 5 simple biosecurity measures to help protect small farms and backyard flocks from avian influenza.
👉 Find out more: link.europa.eu/TQxq8K
Today we joined the European Rural Poultry Association (ERPA) to share the #NoBirdFlu campaign and 5 simple biosecurity measures to help protect small farms and backyard flocks from avian influenza.
👉 Find out more: link.europa.eu/TQxq8K
The Bulletin proudly welcomes its largest editorial fellow class yet.
Fellows work closely with Bulletin editors to produce cutting-edge journalism focused on nuclear risk, climate change, disruptive technologies, or biosecurity.
Fellows work closely with Bulletin editors to produce cutting-edge journalism focused on nuclear risk, climate change, disruptive technologies, or biosecurity.
The Bulletin welcomes 2026 editorial fellows
The Bulletin proudly welcomes its largest editorial fellow class yet. Fellows work closely with Bulletin editors to produce cutting-edge journalism focused on nuclear risk, climate change, disruptive…
buff.ly
November 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM
The Bulletin proudly welcomes its largest editorial fellow class yet.
Fellows work closely with Bulletin editors to produce cutting-edge journalism focused on nuclear risk, climate change, disruptive technologies, or biosecurity.
Fellows work closely with Bulletin editors to produce cutting-edge journalism focused on nuclear risk, climate change, disruptive technologies, or biosecurity.
Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour is calling on the Australian Government to protect local pineapple growers from potential biosecurity threats as it considers allowing fresh pineapple imports from India...
05 November 2026
Fraser Coast Regional Council
#LGNewsRoundup #FraserCoastRegionalCouncil
05 November 2026
Fraser Coast Regional Council
#LGNewsRoundup #FraserCoastRegionalCouncil
Mayor calls for protections for pineapple growers
Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour is calling on the Australian Government to protect local pineapple growers from potential biosecurity threats as it considers allowing fresh pineapple imports from India and Indonesia.
www.frasercoast.qld.gov.au
November 5, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour is calling on the Australian Government to protect local pineapple growers from potential biosecurity threats as it considers allowing fresh pineapple imports from India...
05 November 2026
Fraser Coast Regional Council
#LGNewsRoundup #FraserCoastRegionalCouncil
05 November 2026
Fraser Coast Regional Council
#LGNewsRoundup #FraserCoastRegionalCouncil
More than £600 million for AI and biosecurity, plus £15 million to tackle misogyny. John Healey has announced the money, but what will it achieve?
#AI #Biosecurity #Misogyny #TheWhipLine
thewhipline.substack.com/p/healeys-bu...
#AI #Biosecurity #Misogyny #TheWhipLine
thewhipline.substack.com/p/healeys-bu...
Healey’s Budget: AI, biosecurity and misogyny
Budgets can be said to cover two varieties of subject: one is perennial - the kind of issues that arise constantly as a matter of course, and the other is topical.
thewhipline.substack.com
November 3, 2026 at 7:31 PM
More than £600 million for AI and biosecurity, plus £15 million to tackle misogyny. John Healey has announced the money, but what will it achieve?
#AI #Biosecurity #Misogyny #TheWhipLine
thewhipline.substack.com/p/healeys-bu...
#AI #Biosecurity #Misogyny #TheWhipLine
thewhipline.substack.com/p/healeys-bu...
Last chance to save Britain’s ash trees?
The Woodland Trust is urging ministers to strengthen the UK’s biosecurity measures after the emerald ash borer, a devastating tree pest responsible for killing millions of ash trees in the US, was detected for the first time in the EU.
c-js.uk/4BKwHHS
The Woodland Trust is urging ministers to strengthen the UK’s biosecurity measures after the emerald ash borer, a devastating tree pest responsible for killing millions of ash trees in the US, was detected for the first time in the EU.
c-js.uk/4BKwHHS
Last chance to save Britain’s ash trees?
The Woodland Trust is urging ministers to strengthen the UK’s biosecurity measures after the emerald ash borer, a devastating tree pest responsible for killing millions of ash trees in the US, was…
c-js.uk
November 4, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Last chance to save Britain’s ash trees?
The Woodland Trust is urging ministers to strengthen the UK’s biosecurity measures after the emerald ash borer, a devastating tree pest responsible for killing millions of ash trees in the US, was detected for the first time in the EU.
c-js.uk/4BKwHHS
The Woodland Trust is urging ministers to strengthen the UK’s biosecurity measures after the emerald ash borer, a devastating tree pest responsible for killing millions of ash trees in the US, was detected for the first time in the EU.
c-js.uk/4BKwHHS
#Biosecurity cameras are particularly useful for keeping an eye out for #invasive predators on #seabird #islands that you can't visit regularly or at a particular time of the year. Thankfully it's just grey seals & their pups filling up the SIM card on Brownsman in the #Farne Islands at the minute!
November 6, 2026 at 11:07 AM
#Biosecurity cameras are particularly useful for keeping an eye out for #invasive predators on #seabird #islands that you can't visit regularly or at a particular time of the year. Thankfully it's just grey seals & their pups filling up the SIM card on Brownsman in the #Farne Islands at the minute!
Good to know biosecurity opened my parcel, only to discover…
November 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Good to know biosecurity opened my parcel, only to discover…
🌿 We continue presenting #TeamOneSTOP with Lincoln University, which brings deep expertise in biosecurity to OneSTOP.
Their team contributes to several areas of our work, such as iEcology, data-driven horizon scanning and updating EICAT assessments
🔎 Learn more: onestop-project.eu/about#partners
Their team contributes to several areas of our work, such as iEcology, data-driven horizon scanning and updating EICAT assessments
🔎 Learn more: onestop-project.eu/about#partners
November 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
🌿 We continue presenting #TeamOneSTOP with Lincoln University, which brings deep expertise in biosecurity to OneSTOP.
Their team contributes to several areas of our work, such as iEcology, data-driven horizon scanning and updating EICAT assessments
🔎 Learn more: onestop-project.eu/about#partners
Their team contributes to several areas of our work, such as iEcology, data-driven horizon scanning and updating EICAT assessments
🔎 Learn more: onestop-project.eu/about#partners
This is a rural, heavily agricultural area in eastern Washington, which means that spread to other dairy or poultry farms is a serious risk with insufficient biosecurity practices.
November 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM
This is a rural, heavily agricultural area in eastern Washington, which means that spread to other dairy or poultry farms is a serious risk with insufficient biosecurity practices.
“Here we have something that is an obvious danger and we’re not doing anything about it,” said Gigi Gronvall, a biosecurity expert at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
“It’s very sad to play with fire like this,” she said.”
“It’s very sad to play with fire like this,” she said.”
Bird Flu Death in Washington State Renews Concern Over the Virus
The death follows reports of infections in cattle on dozens of American farms across the country over the past month and a worrying outbreak in mink.
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
“Here we have something that is an obvious danger and we’re not doing anything about it,” said Gigi Gronvall, a biosecurity expert at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
“It’s very sad to play with fire like this,” she said.”
“It’s very sad to play with fire like this,” she said.”
ICYMI: Why human scientists, not AI, still control the fate of biosecurity: AI models have written the genome of a working virus for the first time, though the ones that came alive attack only harmless lab bacteria
Why human scientists, not AI, still control the fate of biosecurity
AI models have written the genome of a working virus for the first time, though the ones that came alive attack only harmless lab bacteria
dlvr.it
November 6, 2026 at 10:54 AM
ICYMI: Why human scientists, not AI, still control the fate of biosecurity: AI models have written the genome of a working virus for the first time, though the ones that came alive attack only harmless lab bacteria
Accelerating biological research starts with getting the everyday work right. BioBasicsBench shows where models need to improve, and helps us track what those gains mean for scientific progress, biosafety, and biosecurity.
https://t.co/wN2xLk0YeW
https://t.co/wN2xLk0YeW
November 6, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Accelerating biological research starts with getting the everyday work right. BioBasicsBench shows where models need to improve, and helps us track what those gains mean for scientific progress, biosafety, and biosecurity.
https://t.co/wN2xLk0YeW
https://t.co/wN2xLk0YeW
Black Box #030: Federal Procurement Mandate Establishes Binding Biosecurity Chokepoint on Synthetic DNA and Benchtop Synthesizers
Black Box #030: Federal Procurement Mandate Establishes Binding Biosecurity Chokepoint on Synthetic DNA and Benchtop Synthesizers
Federal grant rules now bar researchers from buying synthetic DNA and benchtop printers from non-certified vendors, transforming gene foundries into audited biosecurity checkpoints.
thedecoded.media
November 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Black Box #030: Federal Procurement Mandate Establishes Binding Biosecurity Chokepoint on Synthetic DNA and Benchtop Synthesizers