Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health
@pandemiccenter.bsky.social
Working to stop pandemics, biological emergencies and the harms they pose to health, peace, security, and prosperity.
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Attention Brown University Community
Join us on 11/18 at 12PM for our next Public Health in Practice Seminar event
@craigspencer.bsky.social will host @gabbystern.bsky.social for a conversation on health communication as essential infrastructure for global health.
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Join us on 11/18 at 12PM for our next Public Health in Practice Seminar event
@craigspencer.bsky.social will host @gabbystern.bsky.social for a conversation on health communication as essential infrastructure for global health.
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In Part II of our discussion on #GenomicSurveillance Dr Nasike continues her conversation w/ Mitchell Wolfe & Joshua Griffin Dunn (@ginkgobioworks.bsky.social)
Sequencing tiny bits of genetic code helps us detect threats early, attribute their origins, & even deter malicious actors
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Sequencing tiny bits of genetic code helps us detect threats early, attribute their origins, & even deter malicious actors
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Part II - Genomic Surveillance: A Biosecurity tool for deterrence, detection, and response to emerging threats - Biosecurity: Changing the Game
In this second and final part of Biosecurity: Changing the Game's discussion of genomic surveillance, Dr. Dinah Nasike and guests from Ginkgo Bioworks -...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
In Part II of our discussion on #GenomicSurveillance Dr Nasike continues her conversation w/ Mitchell Wolfe & Joshua Griffin Dunn (@ginkgobioworks.bsky.social)
Sequencing tiny bits of genetic code helps us detect threats early, attribute their origins, & even deter malicious actors
🎧 Listen Here:
Sequencing tiny bits of genetic code helps us detect threats early, attribute their origins, & even deter malicious actors
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In #HealthAffairs, our Senior Adviser @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social co-authored w/ @spsaki.bsky.social how we should protect Americans in a #BirdFlu pandemic.
From rebuilding surveillance to restoring #mRNA vaccine programs.
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From rebuilding surveillance to restoring #mRNA vaccine programs.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In #HealthAffairs, our Senior Adviser @bethcameron-dc.bsky.social co-authored w/ @spsaki.bsky.social how we should protect Americans in a #BirdFlu pandemic.
From rebuilding surveillance to restoring #mRNA vaccine programs.
Read more ⤵️
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
From rebuilding surveillance to restoring #mRNA vaccine programs.
Read more ⤵️
www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
In place of our monthly webinar, please join the launch of an urgent report from @nam.edu with the G20 High-Level Independent Panel, outlining key recommendations and actions needed to prevent biological catastrophe and secure a high return on investment in global health security.
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Closing the Deal: Financing Our Security Against Pandemic Threats public briefing - NAM
Join NAM’s public briefing on new report on pandemic preparedness and global health security. Learn key steps to finance prevention of future health threats.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In place of our monthly webinar, please join the launch of an urgent report from @nam.edu with the G20 High-Level Independent Panel, outlining key recommendations and actions needed to prevent biological catastrophe and secure a high return on investment in global health security.
Register Now ⤵️
Register Now ⤵️
With Canada losing its measles-elimination status this week and Nevada reporting its first cases since 2018, #measles continues to be a serious concern across North America.
Stay updated with our weekly #TrackingReport on outbreaks occurring nationally & globally
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Stay updated with our weekly #TrackingReport on outbreaks occurring nationally & globally
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November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
With Canada losing its measles-elimination status this week and Nevada reporting its first cases since 2018, #measles continues to be a serious concern across North America.
Stay updated with our weekly #TrackingReport on outbreaks occurring nationally & globally
mailchi.mp/messages/pan...
Stay updated with our weekly #TrackingReport on outbreaks occurring nationally & globally
mailchi.mp/messages/pan...
Our Senior Fellow Georgia Lagoudas and @drbronking.bsky.social appeared on @airqualitymatters.bsky.social podcast to discuss the principals behind the recent landmark air quality event at the UN General Assembly in New York.
🎧 Listen here ⤵️
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🎧 Listen here ⤵️
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#97 - Inside the UN's Historic Indoor Air Quality Pledge with Georgia Lagoudas & Bronwyn King
Podcast Episode · Air Quality Matters · 11/10/2025 · 1 sec
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November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Our Senior Fellow Georgia Lagoudas and @drbronking.bsky.social appeared on @airqualitymatters.bsky.social podcast to discuss the principals behind the recent landmark air quality event at the UN General Assembly in New York.
🎧 Listen here ⤵️
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🎧 Listen here ⤵️
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In @statnews.com, @craigspencer.bsky.social reflects on attending a gathering that blended anti-vaccine rhetoric with powerful community-building and political ambition.
Public health won’t win back trust by ignoring those who’ve lost it. We need learn what we're up against.
Read here ⤵️
Public health won’t win back trust by ignoring those who’ve lost it. We need learn what we're up against.
Read here ⤵️
I’m a physician who went to the anti-vaccine movement’s biggest gathering. More of my colleagues should too
A pro-vaccine physician went to the anti-vaccine movement’s biggest gathering. He warns that public health must learn what it’s up against.
www.statnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In @statnews.com, @craigspencer.bsky.social reflects on attending a gathering that blended anti-vaccine rhetoric with powerful community-building and political ambition.
Public health won’t win back trust by ignoring those who’ve lost it. We need learn what we're up against.
Read here ⤵️
Public health won’t win back trust by ignoring those who’ve lost it. We need learn what we're up against.
Read here ⤵️
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Global health financing is shrinking as pandemic risks are rising. A G20 High Level panel on Pandemic Financing on which I served has called for urgent action from governments to protect against catastrophic losses. bit.ly/pandemicfina... #pandemicpreparedness #globalhealthsecurity
Pandemic Financing
The G20 High Level Independent Panel sets minimum annual benchmarks for pandemic financing and urges governments to take action by or before the September
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November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Global health financing is shrinking as pandemic risks are rising. A G20 High Level panel on Pandemic Financing on which I served has called for urgent action from governments to protect against catastrophic losses. bit.ly/pandemicfina... #pandemicpreparedness #globalhealthsecurity
📣 Attention Brown University Community!
Join us in person next week @ 12PM for our next Public Health in Practice Seminar.
Join @craigspencer.bsky.social & @gabbystern.bsky.social for a timely discussion on health communication as essential infrastructure for global health.
More here ⤵️
Join us in person next week @ 12PM for our next Public Health in Practice Seminar.
Join @craigspencer.bsky.social & @gabbystern.bsky.social for a timely discussion on health communication as essential infrastructure for global health.
More here ⤵️
Public Health in Practice Seminar Series: Gabriella Stern, Health Communication as Essential Infrastructure for Global Health
On November 18, 2025, Craig Spencer, MD, MPH will host Gabriella Stern for an event in the Public Health in Practice Seminar Series titled Health C...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
📣 Attention Brown University Community!
Join us in person next week @ 12PM for our next Public Health in Practice Seminar.
Join @craigspencer.bsky.social & @gabbystern.bsky.social for a timely discussion on health communication as essential infrastructure for global health.
More here ⤵️
Join us in person next week @ 12PM for our next Public Health in Practice Seminar.
Join @craigspencer.bsky.social & @gabbystern.bsky.social for a timely discussion on health communication as essential infrastructure for global health.
More here ⤵️
#thepublichealthinsight released a new pod interviewing @drsethberkley.bsky.social tracing his path through global health’s toughest challenges.
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The Person Behind Some of the World’s Most Successful Vaccine Initiatives
Podcast Episode · Public Health Insight · 11/11/2025 · 24m
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November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#thepublichealthinsight released a new pod interviewing @drsethberkley.bsky.social tracing his path through global health’s toughest challenges.
🎧 Listen Here
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
🎧 Listen Here
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Global health financing is shrinking as pandemic risks are rising. The G20 High Level Independent Panel (HLIP) is calling for urgent action from governments around the globe for domestic and global financing to protect against catastrophic losses.
Read their report here ⤵️
Read their report here ⤵️
Pandemic Financing
The G20 High Level Independent Panel sets minimum annual benchmarks for pandemic financing and urges governments to take action by or before the September
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Global health financing is shrinking as pandemic risks are rising. The G20 High Level Independent Panel (HLIP) is calling for urgent action from governments around the globe for domestic and global financing to protect against catastrophic losses.
Read their report here ⤵️
Read their report here ⤵️
Reposted by Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health
"Advances have made it possible to detect, treat, and stop the pathogens most likely to sweep across continents and cause widespread death," Senior Fellow @spsaki.bsky.social writes in @vox.com. "The question now is not whether we can prevent the next pandemic, but whether we will."
Pandemics are a choice
The end of pandemics is within reach. Why aren't we acting like it?
www.vox.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"Advances have made it possible to detect, treat, and stop the pathogens most likely to sweep across continents and cause widespread death," Senior Fellow @spsaki.bsky.social writes in @vox.com. "The question now is not whether we can prevent the next pandemic, but whether we will."
In an interview with @jonlambert.bsky.social of @npr.org , our Senior Adviser @drsethberkley.bsky.social reflects on today’s vaccine challenges: misinformation isn’t just foreign bots, it’s at home too, from the US Defense Department to RFK Jr.
More here ⤵️
More here ⤵️
COVID vaccine rollout and pandemic preparedness assessed in new book, 'Fair Doses'
In his new book, 'Fair Doses,' epidemiologist Seth Berkley discusses what went right -- and wrong -- with COVID vaccine distribution and whether the world is ready if a new pandemic were to strike.
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
In an interview with @jonlambert.bsky.social of @npr.org , our Senior Adviser @drsethberkley.bsky.social reflects on today’s vaccine challenges: misinformation isn’t just foreign bots, it’s at home too, from the US Defense Department to RFK Jr.
More here ⤵️
More here ⤵️
@apnews.com : Canada has lost its #measles elimination status and the US is likely next.
“It’s a deeply disheartening development. It’s a deeply worrisome development. And, frankly, it’s an embarrassing development.” — @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social
More here ⤵
“It’s a deeply disheartening development. It’s a deeply worrisome development. And, frankly, it’s an embarrassing development.” — @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social
More here ⤵
Canada loses measles elimination status after ongoing outbreaks
International health experts say Canada is no longer measles-free because of ongoing outbreaks, as childhood vaccination rates fall and the highly contagious virus spreads across North and South Ameri...
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
@apnews.com : Canada has lost its #measles elimination status and the US is likely next.
“It’s a deeply disheartening development. It’s a deeply worrisome development. And, frankly, it’s an embarrassing development.” — @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social
More here ⤵
“It’s a deeply disheartening development. It’s a deeply worrisome development. And, frankly, it’s an embarrassing development.” — @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social
More here ⤵
The Pan American Health Organization ( #PAHO ) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada ( #PHAC ) that Canada has lost its #measles elimination status after a year of sustained transmission.
The US could face the same risk if it's cases continue through January.
More here ⤵️
The US could face the same risk if it's cases continue through January.
More here ⤵️
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada’s Measles Elimination Status
Following over 12 months of transmission across the country, PAHO confirms Canada's loss of measles elimination status. We are coordinating efforts with provinces and territories to restore the status...
www.canada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Reposted by Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health
I enjoyed the book launch of Fair Doses at the Center for Strategic & International Studies. For those that missed it, here is the podcast.
www.csis.org/podcasts/com...
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Fair Doses: An Insider's Story of the Pandemic and the Global Fight for Vaccine Equity | The CommonHealth | CSIS Podcasts
Listen to the recent CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security book launch of Fair Doses: An Insider’s Story of the Pandemic and the Global Fight for Vaccine Equity by Seth Berkley.
www.csis.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I enjoyed the book launch of Fair Doses at the Center for Strategic & International Studies. For those that missed it, here is the podcast.
www.csis.org/podcasts/com...
www.csis.org/podcasts/com...
ICYMI:
Our Recent Game Changer Seminar, "Advancing the 100 Days Mission for Diagnostics" is now online.
🗣️ Moderated by Kelly Elimian w/ panelists Jon Arizti Sanz, Nagwa Abdel Tawab Hasanin (@unicef.org), & @vsmoeder.bsky.social
Watch now ⤵️
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Our Recent Game Changer Seminar, "Advancing the 100 Days Mission for Diagnostics" is now online.
🗣️ Moderated by Kelly Elimian w/ panelists Jon Arizti Sanz, Nagwa Abdel Tawab Hasanin (@unicef.org), & @vsmoeder.bsky.social
Watch now ⤵️
youtu.be/F33S5ZVhftc?...
Advancing the 100 Days Mission for Diagnostics
YouTube video by Brown University School of Public Health
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November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
ICYMI:
Our Recent Game Changer Seminar, "Advancing the 100 Days Mission for Diagnostics" is now online.
🗣️ Moderated by Kelly Elimian w/ panelists Jon Arizti Sanz, Nagwa Abdel Tawab Hasanin (@unicef.org), & @vsmoeder.bsky.social
Watch now ⤵️
youtu.be/F33S5ZVhftc?...
Our Recent Game Changer Seminar, "Advancing the 100 Days Mission for Diagnostics" is now online.
🗣️ Moderated by Kelly Elimian w/ panelists Jon Arizti Sanz, Nagwa Abdel Tawab Hasanin (@unicef.org), & @vsmoeder.bsky.social
Watch now ⤵️
youtu.be/F33S5ZVhftc?...
Our Senior Adviser @drsethberkley.bsky.social joined @cfr.org in discussion on the resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases.
With #Measles, #WhoopingCough, and other illnesses on the rise globally, experts discuss how to strengthen vaccine equity & improve public health globally.
Watch here ⬇️
With #Measles, #WhoopingCough, and other illnesses on the rise globally, experts discuss how to strengthen vaccine equity & improve public health globally.
Watch here ⬇️
The Resurgence of Vaccine Preventable Diseases at Home and Abroad
Measles, whooping cough, and other vaccine-preventable diseases are on the rise around the world, and cuts to foreign aid, coupled with growing vaccine hesitancy, and persistent gaps in vaccine acces…
www.cfr.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Our Senior Adviser @drsethberkley.bsky.social joined @cfr.org in discussion on the resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases.
With #Measles, #WhoopingCough, and other illnesses on the rise globally, experts discuss how to strengthen vaccine equity & improve public health globally.
Watch here ⬇️
With #Measles, #WhoopingCough, and other illnesses on the rise globally, experts discuss how to strengthen vaccine equity & improve public health globally.
Watch here ⬇️
The US is losing sight of infectious disease threats. Critical CDC data streams are down, key staff cut, and the WHO link severed.
As flu season starts you can stay updated on outbreaks with our #TrackingReport, subscribe and get our next issue sent to your inbox!
mailchi.mp/brown/tracki...
As flu season starts you can stay updated on outbreaks with our #TrackingReport, subscribe and get our next issue sent to your inbox!
mailchi.mp/brown/tracki...
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The US is losing sight of infectious disease threats. Critical CDC data streams are down, key staff cut, and the WHO link severed.
As flu season starts you can stay updated on outbreaks with our #TrackingReport, subscribe and get our next issue sent to your inbox!
mailchi.mp/brown/tracki...
As flu season starts you can stay updated on outbreaks with our #TrackingReport, subscribe and get our next issue sent to your inbox!
mailchi.mp/brown/tracki...
Reposted by Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health
Really great to do a live Ground Truths Podcast with @erictopol.bsky.social Here is the clip from the segment on why we can’t have global security without global health security.
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Really great to do a live Ground Truths Podcast with @erictopol.bsky.social Here is the clip from the segment on why we can’t have global security without global health security.
Attention Brown University Community
Join us on 11/18 at 12PM for our next Public Health in Practice Seminar event
@craigspencer.bsky.social will host @gabbystern.bsky.social for a conversation on health communication as essential infrastructure for global health.
events.brown.edu/event/public...
Join us on 11/18 at 12PM for our next Public Health in Practice Seminar event
@craigspencer.bsky.social will host @gabbystern.bsky.social for a conversation on health communication as essential infrastructure for global health.
events.brown.edu/event/public...
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Attention Brown University Community
Join us on 11/18 at 12PM for our next Public Health in Practice Seminar event
@craigspencer.bsky.social will host @gabbystern.bsky.social for a conversation on health communication as essential infrastructure for global health.
events.brown.edu/event/public...
Join us on 11/18 at 12PM for our next Public Health in Practice Seminar event
@craigspencer.bsky.social will host @gabbystern.bsky.social for a conversation on health communication as essential infrastructure for global health.
events.brown.edu/event/public...
Reposted by Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health
With recent outbreaks in at least 42 states, the US may lose our #measles elimination status.
Read our Q&A with Professor @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social about the disease, public health communications & the @pandemiccenter.bsky.social Tracking Report below, or in the Fall/Winter issue of Continuum.📖
Read our Q&A with Professor @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social about the disease, public health communications & the @pandemiccenter.bsky.social Tracking Report below, or in the Fall/Winter issue of Continuum.📖
Tracking Measles
With measles spreading and long-trusted sources of public health information falling short, Professor Jennifer Nuzzo breaks down the outbreak, the state of public health communications and the Pandemic Center's tracking report, which publishes key infec...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
With recent outbreaks in at least 42 states, the US may lose our #measles elimination status.
Read our Q&A with Professor @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social about the disease, public health communications & the @pandemiccenter.bsky.social Tracking Report below, or in the Fall/Winter issue of Continuum.📖
Read our Q&A with Professor @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social about the disease, public health communications & the @pandemiccenter.bsky.social Tracking Report below, or in the Fall/Winter issue of Continuum.📖
Reposted by Pandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health
🎙️ Public Health Needs to Get Off the Mat—Why It’s Time to Step Into the Political Fight
I joined the Why Should I Trust You? podcast for an 🇺🇸🗳️ Election Day special to talk about something we in public health often shy away from: politics.
Listen here:
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I joined the Why Should I Trust You? podcast for an 🇺🇸🗳️ Election Day special to talk about something we in public health often shy away from: politics.
Listen here:
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Election Day Special: Public Health Needs to Get Off the Mat & Join the Political Fight. A Conversation w Dr. Craig Spencer
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November 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🎙️ Public Health Needs to Get Off the Mat—Why It’s Time to Step Into the Political Fight
I joined the Why Should I Trust You? podcast for an 🇺🇸🗳️ Election Day special to talk about something we in public health often shy away from: politics.
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/4Wvw...
I joined the Why Should I Trust You? podcast for an 🇺🇸🗳️ Election Day special to talk about something we in public health often shy away from: politics.
Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/4Wvw...
From @axios.com: Commercial & academic tools help with local tracking, but @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social highlights they're no substitute for a functioning #CDC.
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/w...
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/w...
Exclusive: Walgreens launches expanded flu, COVID tracker
Commercial and academic tools are becoming more important as federal data becomes less available.
www.axios.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
From @axios.com: Commercial & academic tools help with local tracking, but @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social highlights they're no substitute for a functioning #CDC.
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/w...
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/w...
Many physicians hadn’t seen #measles for years, now we’re seeing outbreaks again.’ @drsethberkley.bsky.social on @statnews.com pod with @thekibosch.bsky.social discussing how complacency and social media fuel vaccine hesitancy.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/01/s...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/01/s...
A global health expert on Covid’s lessons — and warnings — for the future
“It is evolutionarily certain that we will have more outbreaks, more pandemics, and frankly, they could be significantly worse than Covid,” says global health expert Seth Berkley.
www.statnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Many physicians hadn’t seen #measles for years, now we’re seeing outbreaks again.’ @drsethberkley.bsky.social on @statnews.com pod with @thekibosch.bsky.social discussing how complacency and social media fuel vaccine hesitancy.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/01/s...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/01/s...
Ep. 17 of Biosecurity: Changing the Game dives into genomic surveillance! This tool is a key defense against future pandemics and biothreats.
🗣️ Mitchell Wolfe & Joshua Griffin Dunn (@ginkgobioworks.bsky.social)
biosecurity-changing-the-game.captivate.fm/episode/geno...
🗣️ Mitchell Wolfe & Joshua Griffin Dunn (@ginkgobioworks.bsky.social)
biosecurity-changing-the-game.captivate.fm/episode/geno...
November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Ep. 17 of Biosecurity: Changing the Game dives into genomic surveillance! This tool is a key defense against future pandemics and biothreats.
🗣️ Mitchell Wolfe & Joshua Griffin Dunn (@ginkgobioworks.bsky.social)
biosecurity-changing-the-game.captivate.fm/episode/geno...
🗣️ Mitchell Wolfe & Joshua Griffin Dunn (@ginkgobioworks.bsky.social)
biosecurity-changing-the-game.captivate.fm/episode/geno...