AAAS, in collaboration with the AAU, APLU, and FBI, convened a meeting to encourage dialogue and communication among officials from leading research universities (including vice presidents of research or compliance, environmental health and safety officials, biosafety officials), senior faculty and FBI WMD Coordinators about security risks associated with biological research. The meeting was held at AAU and AAAS headquarters in Washington, DC on February 21-23, 2012. The formal meeting was on February 21-22, 2012 and FBI Coordinators toured two University of Maryland research facilities on February 23, 2012. This opportunity offered university officials a chance to understand the roles and responsibilities of the FBI and university employees in challenging biosecurity situations, as well as providing FBI Coordinators an opportunity to understand better the challenges facing universities and view actual biology laboratories.
Bridging Science and Security for Biological Research
- April 23, 2012
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