Bio-Responsibility Initative at the Centre for Society and Policy, @iiscbangalore #Biorisks #Biosecurity #Biosafety #Bioethics

Bangalore
Joined March 2026
๐ŸŒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ! Good news for those who haven't registered yet! The registration deadline for the ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ has been extended to ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ
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๐Ÿš€ New Comic Alert!ย ๐ŸŒŒ๐Ÿงฌ Weโ€™re excited to share our new comic -'๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€'! As humanity ventures further into space, how do we protect both Earth and other celestial environments from potential biological risks?
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Prepared by Tanya Sarawagi with inputs from @Ketan_Thorat9 & @SuryeshN, this comic explores the biosafety and biosecurity challenges associated with space missions, introducing key concepts such as: ๐Ÿช Forward contamination ๐ŸŒ Backward contamination ๐Ÿฆ  Extremophiles in Space
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๐Ÿ”ฌ ๐Ÿงฌ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต On 13 October 2026, the Bio-Responsibility Initiative partnered with @CHARAKA CoE @ITBTGoK and the @BeSTCluster to organise a workshop on #Bioethics and #Biosafety.
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The workshop, led by @Ketan_Thorat9 and organised at the at the St. Johnโ€™s Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, brought together researchers & healthcare professionals to examine the practical dimensions of research ethics, informed consent, biosafety and institutional oversight.
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Bio-Responsibility Initiative retweeted
Join CHARAKA (@ITBTGoK Dept's CoE) & @BeSTCluster for a workshop on research ethics & biosafety in healthcare. ๐Ÿ“…13 Oct 2026 โฐ1:30โ€“5:30 PM ๐Ÿ“CG Auditorium, St. John's medical college (@StJohns_Blr) ๐Ÿ”—docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1Fโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ’ฐโ‚น500 ๐Ÿ“Œby 8 Oct 2026 @BioRes_India @prinsciadvoff
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๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! We are really happy to announce that Prof. Harshini Mukundan from the @LBNL will be speaking at the ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. #BioResponsibility #Biosecurity #Biosafety #Bioethics
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Bio-Responsibility Initiative retweeted
The registration deadline is fast approaching!
๐ŸŒ Registrations are now OPEN! Join us at the International Bio-Responsibility Conference 2027, taking place 3โ€“5 February 2027 at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. ๐Ÿ“… Registration deadline: 30 September 2026 ๐Ÿ”— Register: bio-responsibility.in/internโ€ฆ #Biosecurity
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๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! We are really happy to announce that P. T. Nhean will be speaking at the ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. She will share insights as the Director of Biosecurity at ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—”๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ.
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Join us for the International Bio-Responsibility Conference 2027 and help strengthen safe, secure, and responsible life science research and innovation. โ–ถ๏ธ Register now: bio-responsibility.in/internโ€ฆ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ: 30 September 2026 (limited seats) @iiscbangalore @IndiaBioscience
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๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! We are really happy to announce that Prof. Maria J Espona will be speaking at the ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ She will share insights as a leading international scholar in biosecurity.
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She is Co-Director at ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—œ๐—ค - ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†. She brings vast experience of research & teaching biosecurity in the #GlobalSouth She is also a Professor at the Caucasus International University in Georgia #BioResponsibility #Biorisk
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Join us for the International Bio-Responsibility Conference 2027 and help strengthen safe, secure, and responsible life science research and innovation. โ–ถ๏ธ Register now: bio-responsibility.in/internโ€ฆ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ: 30 September 2026 (limited seats) @iiscbangalore @IndiaBioscience
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๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! We are really happy to announce that Christopher Isaac, ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† at @iGEM will be speaking at the ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ #BioResponsibility
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He will share insights on @iGEMCommunity's efforts for safeguarding the future of synthetic biology @iGEM He has vast experience working and engaging with the prominent organisations, including the @NTI_WMD and @JHSPH_CHS (ELBI Program) #Biosecurity #Biosafety @iiscbangalore
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Join us for the International Bio-Responsibility Conference 2027 and help strengthen safe, secure, and responsible life science research and innovation. โ–ถ๏ธ Register now: bio-responsibility.in/internโ€ฆ (limited seats available) ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ: 30 September 2026 @IndiaBioscience
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๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! We are really happy to announce that Onyeka Kingsley Nwosu will be speaking at the ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. @BiosafetyNig #Biorisks Register is open now: bio-responsibility.in/internโ€ฆ
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He will share insights from his contributions to biosafety and biosecurity as the Technical Advisor to the Director General of Nigeriaโ€™s National Biosafety Management Agency and as the Interim President of the ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜†
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Join us for the conference and help shape global #BioResponsibility #Biosafety #Biosecurity & #Biogovernance @iiscbangalore @IndiaBioscience Registration deadline: 30 September 2026
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