Greg Koblentz, member of the Center’s Scientists Working Group of Chemical and Biological Threats, spoke with Bloomberg about lab safety in BSL-3 and BSL-4 labs. “Nobody wants lab accidents,” said Gregory Koblentz, director of George Mason’s biodefense graduate program and a co-leader of the Global Biolabs project. “Unfortunately this issue has become politicized and polarized. That’s […]

Greg Koblentz, member of the Center’s Scientists Working Group of Chemical and Biological Threats, was quoted by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the Biological Weapons Convention. “It is worrisome that states parties can’t agree on relatively simple propositions that would ensure that the Article 1 prohibition on developing biological weapons includes biological agents […]

Greg Koblentz, member of the Center’s Scientists Working Group of Chemical and Biological Threats, spoke with the New York Times about the lab-leak hypothesis and lab safety. “All along, discussion of lab safety has continued, but it’s often been the under-the-radar or behind-the-scenes kind that Filippa Lentzos of King’s College London — one of the leaders, […]

Greg Koblentz and Stefano Costanzi, members of the Center’s Scientists Working Group on Biological and Chemical Security, co-authored an article in the journal Pure and Applied Chemistry recommending a family-based approach to controlling the spread of precursors used to make chemical weapons.  This article is behind a paywall. Read more