In July, the Action Plan for the recommendations from the joint Joint External Evaluation and Public Health Emergency Preparedness Assessment (JEE‑PHEPA) report was submitted to the Dutch House of

The Biosecurity Office regularly attends meetings and conferences in the Netherlands and abroad to share knowledge, learn from others, and network.

In recent months, several publications relevant to biosecurity have appeared. Anthropic has published a report on the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of biological research.

The European Commission has launched an evaluation of the Dual‑Use Regulation.

On Thursday 29 October 2026, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will organise its annual seminar on export controls, exclusively for companies. We warmly invite you to attend.

The Dual-Use Quickscan has been updated to version 2.0 as of 1 July and now consists of 16 questions instead of 15, in order to better support researchers in identifying possible dual-use aspects o

Recent research shows that AI systems can spread highly convincing but incorrect medical information.

Recently, controversy has arisen in the research community after virus samples were found to be missing from a biosafety level 3 (BSL‑3) laboratory at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) in

In December 2025, the European Commission presented Part I of the EU Biotech Act, a new legislative proposal aimed at stimulating innovation in the biotechnology sector and strengthening biosecurit

The Biosecurity Office regularly attends meetings and conferences in the Netherlands and abroad with the aim of sharing knowledge, gaining insights, and networking.