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The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking experts to serve as members of the Technical Advisory Group on the responsible use of the life sciences and dual-use research. This “Call for experts” provides information about the advisory group in question, the expert profiles being sought, the process to express interest, and the process of selection.

Further information may be found here.

Applied Biosafety is offering an ahead-of-print article, where Duytschaever et al. look at inactivating animal pathogens using TRIzol. More information can be found here.

Applied Biosafety just published its latest issue containing a number of excellent articles. The following peaked our interest as it provides relevant data towards safer human behaviour in laboratories. Something as simple as opening Eppendorf tubes may become much more complicated when looking at potential splashes and contaminations. Having said that, we believe there may be another, potentially safer method to open the tubes. Do you want to know which one? Come and join one of our courses we are offering throughout the year. Please, check our website.

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The following article describes a Burkholderia pseudomallei laboratory exposure.

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The 10th Hygiene Forum will take place at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland on July 6th 2023. For more information, please check the following link.

SBNet is happy to announce that a new training provider has entered the market in Switzerland, further adding to the already impressive list of training opportunities (see also the list provided in our training section on our website). microbics GmbH provides on-site trainings in:

• Basics of biosafety (for lab workers)
• Working in biosafety cabinet (for lab workers)
• Packaging and waste management (for med. practices)
• Transport of biological agents (for courier services)
• Customized trainings

For further details, please check their website.

The Federal Office for Public Health (FOPH) published a list with organism that show potential for misuse. You may find further information here. The list can be downloaded here.

A paper by Randall et al. on our (historical) understanding of droplets and aerosols and how it is related to the transmission of respiratory infectious diseases.

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The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, formerly OIE) launches the grand challenge for sustainable laboratories. More information may be found here.