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Gryphon Scientific

Gryphon Scientific is an American scientific consulting company based in Takoma Park, Maryland.

History

Gryphon was founded in 2005.

In April 2015, Gryphon sought to hire a Lead Scientist with “secret” level security clearance to join the Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program at Fort Detrick, Maryland.1) In December 2015, Gryphon released a draft report of a study conducted in collaboration with Abt Associates and Signature Science between March and December examining the risks and benefits of gain of function research, funded by the National Institutes of Health.2) 3)

In May 2020, Open Philanthropy awarded Gryphon a $2,000,000 grant over three years “to support the generation of empirical data to fill critical gaps in biosafety,” and to “analyze lab safety measures, with the aim of reducing the probability of catastrophic accidents.”4)

In September 2022, Gryphon participated as an exhibitor at OPTIONS XI, a conference on the control of influenza and COVID-19, in Belfast, England.5)

Personnel

Organization

Affiliations

Clients

Gryphon's clients include:14)

The firm also has long-term contracts with the United States Government through the General Services Administration (GSA), Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND), Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Office (CBRN), as well as the World Health Organization.

1)
Lead Scientist. Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://archive.ph/kXxHs
2)
Casagrande, R., Signature Science, & Abt Associates. (2015). Preface: A Brief Guide to Gryphon’s Risk and Benefit Analysis of Gain of Function Research. Gryphon Scientific. https://web.archive.org/web/20221022094317/https://osp.od.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Risk%20and%20Benefit%20Analysis%20of%20Gain%20of%20Function%20Research%20-%20Draft%20Final%20Report.pdf
3)
Bender, M. (2022, October 22). Yes, Scientists Made a Deadlier COVID Virus. No, It’s Not Bad. The Daily Beast. https://web.archive.org/web/20221028151931/https://www.thedailybeast.com/deadlier-omicron-covid-made-by-boston-university-researchers-is-not-as-bad-as-you-think
4)
Gryphon Scientific — Empirical Biosafety Research. (2020, June 17). Open Philanthropy. https://web.archive.org/web/20221028140929/https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/gryphon-scientific-empirical-biosafety-research/
6)
Our Staff. Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221028062700/https://www.gryphonscientific.com/our-staff/
7)
Member Profile Archives. Global Health Security Agenda Consortium (GHSAC). Retrieved August 16, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220816152920/https://ghsacngs.org/pl-categs/member-profile/
8)
Development of Innovative Training Materials on Research Translation to Strengthen Zoonotic Disease Prevention, Detection, and Response Capabilities. Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://archive.ph/VaXbi
9)
Analysis of Chemical Structures and Therapeutic Activity of Agents for HIV and Tuberculosis. Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221028063325/https://www.gryphonscientific.com/our-work/analysis-of-chemical-structures-and-therapeutic-activity-of-agents-for-hiv-and-tuberculosis/
10)
Middle East and South Asia Conference on Epigenetics and Genomics of Infectious Diseases. Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221028063914/https://www.gryphonscientific.com/our-work/middle-east-and-south-asia-conference-on-epigenetics-and-genomics-of-infectious-diseases/
11)
Roadmap for Implementing Biosecurity and Biodefense Policy in the United States. Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221028064217/https://www.gryphonscientific.com/our-work/roadmap-for-implementing-biosecurity-and-biodefense-policy-in-the-united-states/
12)
Training Materials for Practical Implementation of Laboratory Biosafety, Biosecurity, and Biorisk Management. Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221028065547/https://www.gryphonscientific.com/our-work/training-materials-for-practical-implementation-of-laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity-and-biorisk-management/
13)
Dual Use Risk Analysis Training Materials for Malaysian Life Scientists. Gryphon Scientific. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221028065855/https://www.gryphonscientific.com/our-work/dual-use-risk-analysis-training-materials-for-malaysian-life-scientists/
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