Increasing Gene Synthesis Security Risk Awareness Through Global Engagement and Collaborative Exercise Development
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
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all in the Philippines. Viswanadham Duppatla, PhD, is Vice President, IKP Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Hyderabad, India. Benard W. Kulohoma, PhD, is Director of Organization Capacity Development, IAVI, Nairobi, Kenya. Damaris Matoke-Muhia, PhD, is a Senior Principal Research Scientist, Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya. Margaret W. Muturi, PhD, is an Associate Professor, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. Shambhavi Naik, PhD, is Head of Research and Chairperson, Advanced Biology Programme, Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru, India. George Ogello Obiero, PhD, is an Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, Kenya. Dorington O. Ogoyi, PhD, is an Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya. Julie E. Fischer, PhD, is Technical Director for Global Health, CRDF Global, Arlington, VA
Vice President, BioRisk Association of the Philippines, Quezon City
Amanda Kobokovich Mui, MPH, is Managing Senior Analyst, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, and Senior Research Associate, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Gigi Kwik Gronvall, PhD, is Professor, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Oliver Shane R. Dumaoal, RMT, MSMT, is Director of the School of Health Sciences, UST General Santos, General Santos City; Academic Staff, University of Santo Tomas, España, Manila; and Vice President, BioRisk Association of the Philippines, Quezon City; all in the Philippines. Viswanadham Duppatla, PhD, is Vice President, IKP Knowledge Park, Genome Valley, Hyderabad, India. Benard W. Kulohoma, PhD, is Director of Organization Capacity Development, IAVI, Nairobi, Kenya. Damaris Matoke-Muhia, PhD, is a Senior Principal Research Scientist, Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Ins