Delighted and honoured to join Health Emergency Readiness Canada’s Life Sciences Expert Advisory Council, supporting Canada’s work on biosecurity, health emergency preparedness and responsible life sciences innovation. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-b...

King's biosecurity expert appointed to advise Canada on life sciences and health security | King's College London

Dr Filippa Lentzos of King’s College London has been appointed to advise the Government of Canada on strengthening biosecurity, health emergency preparedness and the responsible development of the lif...

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A fantastic @sipri.org Summer School this week on WMD #NonProliferation in an era of #TechConvergence. Timely discussions, excellent participants, and a real pleasure to be part of it. And so nice to cool down a little in the North ;-)

Had a chance to visit the European Centre for Disease Control and its beautifully designed Emergency Control Room in Stockholm this morning. Thanks for having me, @ecdc.europa.eu!

I spoke with Spanish #FactChecker, Maldita, about DNI statement on a US funded 'global biolab program'. In short: there's no evidence to support claims of nefarious experimentation or weaponisation. For more on bio #disinformation, see @gp-wmdctrdisinfo.bsky.social maldita.es/desinfo/2026...

Qué sabemos de las acusaciones de la directora de Inteligencia Nacional de Estados Unidos sobre que Ucrania tiene laboratorios biológicos financiados por el Gobierno de Biden·Maldita.es - Periodismo p...

La directora de Inteligencia Nacional de Estados Unidos, Tulsi Gabbard, publicó un post con un vídeo en Twitter (ahora X)…

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Bags packed, panel notes ready and posters printed. #GHS2026 here I come!

Always giving to engage with the next generation, this time on the joint @ethz.ch & Spiez Lab 3-day course ‘Preventing military misuse of life sciences: Roles and responsibilities of scientists’. #biosecurity #BWC1972

On risks of #MirrorLife, I tell @newscientist.com: The right response is not panic nor dismissal, but careful upstream governance, clear red lines around risky work & a proportionate research agenda that doesn't crowd out more immediate biosecurity priorities. www.newscientist.com/article/2528...

Mirror life: Scientists clash over threat of lab-engineered bacteria

Bacteria created using mirror images of natural biomolecules would pose a grave threat to life on Earth, some researchers warn, but a new study suggests they would struggle to survive in the wild

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A great couple of days with colleagues at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo last week. Hugely excited to show off our current mapping of Norway's #biosecurity landscape at the Global Health Security conference June 9-12 in Kuala Lumpur.

At the UNODA & GCSP workshop on #1972BWC violation assistance today, I argued the policy focus must be on building, connecting and rehearsing the capacities that make meaningful assistance possible BEFORE a #bioweapons incident occurs

Bioweapons are not a relic of the Cold War. The risks are real, they are growing, and too few people are paying attention. I joined Beatrice Fihn on #SummitTalks to talk about why the #1972BWC is under pressure. Worth a watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEPW...

A nice deep-dive on #MirrorLife. The community has done a great job setting standards of #ResponsibleScience: no creation of mirror life. Now let’s get the implementers involved and committed: funders and publishers. www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/15/1...

No one’s sure if synthetic mirror life will kill us all

Synthetic biologists were tantalized by the idea of making mirror images of microbes. Then things got complicated.

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Thoroughly enjoyed @drewendy.bsky.social’s ‘parade of awesomeness’ at the inaugural Bio Leadership Summit this week at Stanford’s @hooverinstitution.bsky.social

Grateful for the opportunity to join CNS conference on #AI and nuclear + biological weapons risks, alongside over 100 experts from AI labs, US national labs, industry, govt and universities. Important discussions at a critical time. tinyurl.com/3y9a85c5

Some of the inspiring @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social students taking my Science, Weapons & Arms Control class over the last 10 wks. Good luck for your exciting, next steps—I know you’ll all go on to do great things!

Biosecurity still thinks like nuclear policy. But today’s risks look like #cyber: persistent, distributed, hard to attribute. We need resilience, continuous monitoring, risk management--not just prevention. My latest with @warstudieskcl.bsky.social colleague @tcstvns.bsky.social

What can biosecurity learn from cybersecurity? A lot.

Measures meant to mitigate human-made biological risks remain anchored in conceptual frameworks like arms control agreements and export controls. These are increasingly misaligned with the challenges ...

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Good to see UK Foreign Affairs Committee report on #DisinformationDiplomacy out today stressing the need to prioritise fighting #disinformation. Our evidence submission to the inquiry focused on #CBRN threats and #HealthSecurity: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/138038/pdf/

Foreign disinformation: “the new warfare and open liberal democracies are sitting ducks” - Committees - UK Parliament

Report: Disinformation diplomacy

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Congratulations to the Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) team for convening top US biosecurity minds these past couple of days at Livermore Lab. An absolute privilege to be included. cgsr.llnl.gov/workshops

A privilege to keynote today's inaugural meeting of #BioNord 🇳🇴🇩🇰🇸🇪🇫🇮🇱🇹 and to be invited onto their advisory board. So much good work to come from these guys on #biothreats in Nordic and Baltic countries! www.fhi.no/en/nva-proje...

Enhancing resilience against biological threats in the Nordic and Baltic countries (BIO-NORD)

The overall aim of this project is to strengthen the preparedness against the full spectrum of biological threats, by increasing awareness and best practices for effective and harmonised total defence...

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An indulgent couple of days at Milan’s university and surrounding coffee shops discussing health sovereignty and securitisation

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eLearning 2.0: our fully revised course on Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation is now online! The new version features fresh content, more expert diversity, a new user-friendly design, and flexible learning. Find the course here: nonproliferation-elearning.eu @eunpdc.bsky.social

Always rewarding to link up with @dgisselsson.bsky.social and Swedish colleagues—this time to talk #biosecurity #GreyZone and #BiotechPowerStruggles

An extraordinary week of fieldwork in the Canadian High North as part of our NORTHERN SHIELD project on global health security in the Arctic—with Gemma Bowsher and Fawzia Fall

Good morning from Yukon 🇨🇦

A privilege to be working with the European Union and @gpwmd.bsky.social @gp-wmdctrdisinfo.bsky.social to bring a training session on #InformationIntegrity and #FIMI to new #1972BWC National Contact Points

Good to engage with #1972BWC national contact points in Geneva today. Thanks to BWC ISU for hosting and the European Union for funding 🇪🇺🇺🇳

New publication🚨Need a big-picture intro to how current trends in the life sciences are challenging traditional #biosafety and #biosecurity governance? Gemma Bowsher and I have got you covered: perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org/content/earl...

Good to engage with @GPWMDofficial partners and @GPctrDisinfo steering group members to strategise on countering #CBRN #disinformation.

Speaking on global trends in biology and what they mean for our security at the G7 @gpwmd.bsky.social meeting in Paris this week

The one-week #1972BWC working group meeting has just gotten underway this morning. Watch it live here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...

Biowarfare does not guarantee decisive military advantage but in hybrid era can exploit ambiguity and weaken societies. Are we prepared? My thoughts, ahead of #1972BWC mtg this week in Geneva. inews.co.uk/opinion/fail...

Failing crops, mystery deaths and no warning: How a bioweapon attack would unfold

British preparedness is strongest where science is concerned and weakest where systems meet politics

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