Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Next Generation Biosecurity: Responding to 21st Century Biorisks
University of Bath and Biosecure
This online course explored how to develop and implement safety procedures to combat infectious diseases, mutations and antibiotic resistance both inside and outside of the laboratory environment.
6 weeks, 4 hours per week
Dr Brett Edwards
Lecturer
University of Bath
Kathryn Millet
Director of Biosecure Ltd
Biosecure
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Understand and explain the need for laboratory biosafety and biosecurity, and what these entail
- Describe the biosecurity challenges facing the 21st century, especially as the revolution in life sciences continues
- Discuss how biosecurity policies, practices and guidelines are developed at international and national levels and how to contribute to these processes
- Identify areas of security and ethical concern within the life sciences and reflect on strategies and approaches to deal with them as they arise
- Summarise what it means to be safe in the lab, how to apply these principles and what to expect from others to keep you and the community safe from accidental and deliberate actions
Syllabus
- Introduction to biosecurity
- Biological threats and challenges
- Responding to biological challenges: what you can do inside the lab
- Responding to biological challenges: what is done outside the lab
- Responsible conduct of science: learning to critically examine security issues arising with the lab and formulate responses
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Issued on 15th November 2020
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