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Next Generation Biosecurity: Responding to 21st Century Biorisks

[Responding to 21st Century Biorisks]

This training course provides 24 hours of training material on modern biosecurity both inside and outside the lab. It is a self-paced online course that is intended to be done over 6 weeks. It covers biological threats, how to respond to them and responsible research practices.

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Next Generation Biosecurity: Responding to 21st Century Biorisks is a training course that provides 24 hours of training material on modern biosecurity both inside and outside the lab. It is a self-paced online course that is intended to be done over 6 weeks for 4 hours a week. It covers biological threats, how to respond to them and responsible research practices. The course is tailored to professionals working in public and global health, international security, politics and international relations. It may be of particular use to biosafety officers in academia, industry or government, and early-career science scholars in the life sciences. The course has a fee for access and is taught in English. 

The course is taught by Kathryn Millet, the director of Biosecure and Brett Edwards, a Lecturer in Security and Public Policy at the University of Bath. Biosecure is a company dedicated to safeguarding the bioeconomy, and strengthening biosecurity through education, training and policy advocacy. The University of Bath is a research university based in the United Kingdom. The course is hosted on futurelearn.com and has a 4.9 star rating. The course has over 4,000 participants enrolled.