On Wednesday 14 May 2025, Bureau Biosecurity will be organising the first international biosecurity symposium. Internationally renowned speakers will talk about biosecurity and dual-use.

As in previous years, the Biosecurity Knowledge Day attracted many enthusiastic participants this year. The Knowledge Day focused a lot on Artificial Intelligence.

During the Biosecurity Knowledge Day, the Biosecurity Escaperoom was launched. In the escaperoom, participants take on the challenge of solving a biosecurity scenario.

In the fall, several publications were published that are important for biosecurity. The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI-bio) published a report on the management of risks of biodesign tools.

In the spring, two publications were published that are important for biosecurity. The WHO published Laboratory biosecurity guidance.

The Biosecurity Office regularly attends meetings abroad with the aim of sharing knowledge, acquiring knowledge and networking.

Every now and then you read about an incident involving a powder letter in the news.

Mark November 7 in your calendar! On this day we are organizing another Biosecurity Knowledge day that, like previous years, will take place in the Mercure hotel in Amersfoort.

Developments surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) have been rapid in recent years. Think of ChatGPT, but there are also various biodesign tools such as ProteinBERT or DeepCRISPR.

The Biosecurity Office visits meetings and events to increase biosecurity awareness and share knowledge.