University of Bath - Next Generation Biosecurity: Responding to 21st Century Biorisks
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Next Generation Biosecurity: Responding to 21st Century Biorisks at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 6 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
Next Generation Biosecurity: Responding to 21st Century Biorisks at FutureLearn Highlights
- Duration 6 weeks
- Weekly study 4 hours
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Next Generation Biosecurity: Responding to 21st Century Biorisks at FutureLearn Course details
- Today's world is facing more biological threats than ever, from mutations to antibiotic resistance to new diseases and increased access to engineered diseases. It's vital that scientific research is being carried out safely to protect those who work in the lab as well as wider communities.
- On this course you will get an introduction to these issues, exploring biosecurity, biological threats and how to counter them in your work. You will also learn about responding to biological challenges and learn to examine issues in the lab.
Next Generation Biosecurity: Responding to 21st Century Biorisks at FutureLearn Curriculum
Introduction to Biosecurity
Welcome to Next Generation Biosecurity: Responding to 21st Century Biorisks
Biorisks in the 21st century
Overarching course concepts
What we have learned in Week One
Biological threats and challenges
Biological Threats and Challenges in the Twenty-First Century
The historical use of biological weapons
Developments and advances in the life sciences and their potential impact on biosecurity
What does a bad infectious disease outbreak look like?
How can we respond to a bad disease outbreak?
Laboratory accidents and the inadvertant release of pathogens
Cyberbiosecurity challenges
What have we learned?
Responding to biosecurity challenges: what you can do inside the lab
Managing biorisks in the laboratory
Biorisk management: core concepts and implementation
Biosecurity in practice: what laboratory biosecurity looks like around the world
Future governance of technology
Additional resources
What have we learned?
Responding to biosecurity challenges: what others are doing outside the lab
Biosecurity outside the lab: international frameworks and agreements
Discovering the international biosecurity frameworks
Allegations of use of biological weapons
Preparing for, and responding to, biological weapons use
Export controls: international agreements and national rules
Building sustainable partnerships between the scientific and law enforcement communities
What have we learned?
Responding to biosecurity challenges: the responsible conduct of science within the laboratory
Responding to biosecurity challenges: ethical considerations and responsible conduct
Bioethics and biosecurity: how can bioethics help mitigate biorisks in the lab?
Unpacking the responsible conduct of science
Dual-use, the dual-use dilemma and dual-use research of concern
What role can scientific organisations and professional associations play in biosecurity?
What is the role of industry in biosecurity?
What have we learned?
Biosecurity for the Next Generation review
Introduction to Week Six
Week One in review
Week Two in review
Week Three in review
Week Four in review
Week Five in review
Closing remarks, games, and post-course survey
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