====== Virtual Biosecurity Center ======

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The **Virtual Biosecurity Center** is a global multi-organizational initiative spearheaded by the [[Federation of American Scientists]] (FAS).

===== Affiliations =====

==== Participating organizations ====

Organizations participating with the VBC include:((//Participating Organizations.// Virtual Biosecurity Center. Retrieved September 6, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220906141000/https://www.virtualbiosecuritycenter.org/participating-organizations/))

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  * [[African Biological Safety Association]] (AfBSA)
  * [[Alliance for Biosecurity]]
  * [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (AAAS)
  * [[American Biological Safety Association]] (ABSA)
  * [[Australian Biosecurity Intelligence Network]] (ABIN)
  * [[Biosafety and Biosecurity International]]
  * [[Biotechnology Industry Organization]] (BIO)
  * [[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]]
  * [[Center for Biosecurity of UPMC]]
  * [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] (CSIS)
  * [[Elizabeth R. Griffin Research Foundation]] (ERG)
  * [[Frontline Healthcare Workers Safety Foundation]]
  * [[Harvard Sussex Program]] (HSP)
  * [[International Council for the Life Sciences]] (ICLS)
  * [[International Federation of Biosafety Associations]] (IFBA)
  * [[James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies]] (CNS)
  * [[Landau Network-Centro Volta]] (LNCV)
  * [[Moroccan Biosafety Association]] (MOBSA/AMABIOS)
  * [[National Academy of Sciences]] (NAS)
  * [[National Biosafety Association]] (ANBio)
  * [[National Institutes of Health]], Office of Biotechnology Activities
  * [[Nuclear Threat Initiative]]
  * [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] (OECD)
  * [[Partnership for Global Security]] (PGS)
  * [[PharmAthene]]
  * [[Princeton University]]
  * [[Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society]] (RISTEX), [[Japan Science & Technology Agency]]
  * [[Sandia National Laboratories]]’ [[International Biological Threat Reduction]]
  * [[Texas Tech University]]
  * [[The Royal Society]]
  * [[University of Bradford]], [[Bradford Disarmament Research Centre]]
  * [[University of Exeter]]

==== Governments ====

Government agencies working with the VBC include:((//Governments.// Virtual Biosecurity Center. Retrieved September 6, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220906141026/https://www.virtualbiosecuritycenter.org/governments/))

  * [[Advisory Council for Science and Technology Policy]] (AWT)
  * [[Biological and Chemical Defence Review Committee]] (BCDRC)
  * [[Biosecurity New Zealand]]
  * [[Bundeswehr Medical Service]]
  * [[Cuba Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment]] (CITMA)
  * [[Defence Policy and Strategy Division]]
  * [[Defence Research & Development Organisation]] (DRDO)
  * [[Defence Science and Technology Laboratory]] (DSTL)
  * [[Defense Industries Organization]] (DIO)
  * [[Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries]] (DAFF)
  * [[Department of Defence Policy and Long-Term Planning]]
  * [[Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research]]
  * [[Federal Council for Science and Technology]] (COFECTY)
  * [[Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport]] (DDPS)
  * [[General Energy Council]]
  * [[General Secretariat for Research and Technology]] (GSRT)
  * [[High Technology Research and Development Program of China]]
  * [[Israeli Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee]]
  * [[Minister of Agriculture & Agro-Based Industry]]
  * [[Ministry of Rural Development]]
  * [[National Defence General Secretariat]] (SGDN)
  * [[National Technical Commission on Biosecurity]] (CNTBio)
  * [[Office of Science and Technology Policy]] (OSTP)
  * [[Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology]] (PACST)
  * [[Russian Ministry of Agriculture]]
  * [[Science Council of Japan]]
  * [[Secretariat General of Defence - National Armaments Directorate]]
  * [[Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation]]

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