On Wednesday 14 May 2025, Bureau Biosecurity will be organising the first international biosecurity symposium. Internationally renowned speakers will talk about biosecurity and dual-use.

As in previous years, the Biosecurity Knowledge Day attracted many enthusiastic participants this year. The Knowledge Day focused a lot on Artificial Intelligence.

During the Biosecurity Knowledge Day, the Biosecurity Escaperoom was launched. In the escaperoom, participants take on the challenge of solving a biosecurity scenario.

In the fall, several publications were published that are important for biosecurity. The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI-bio) published a report on the management of risks of biodesign tools.

When you think of dual-use, you might associate it with research on high-risk pathogens, but have you ever considered that dual-use research could also take place within the informatics department

What can you expect from the Biosecurity Office in the coming year?

The Biosecurity Knowledge Day took place some time ago, but we would like to take a moment to look back on this day.

On Monday 21 June 2021 from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm, the Biosecurity Office will organise the third webinar in the series “Biosecurity in Research”.

On Thursday April 22, the Biosecurity Office launched a new tool, the Dual-Use Quickscan (Dutch version).

During the second webinar on April 22, 2021, the Biosecurity Office suggested using the internationally recognized name Biorisk Management Advisor (BMA) instead of Biorisk Professional.