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Anthropic Park: Biology in the Age of AI (In Defense of Virology - Episode 13) (opens the original)
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In the thirteenth episode of In Defense of Virology, Bryce Nickels and Simon Wain-Hobson discuss whether AI is creating new biological threats or simply amplifying existing ones.Subscribe nowThe discussion centers on <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-sep
Scientific Responsibility in Research on Dangerous Pathogens — Part 2: COVID-19 and What Came Next (opens the original)
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On September 11, 2026, I hosted the inaugural event of The Purpose of Science Lecture Series at Rutgers University: Scientific Responsibility in Research on Dangerous Pathogens . The event featured Simon Wain-Hobson, Professor Emeritus at the Institut Pasteur; Richard H. Ebright, Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers University; and Neil L. Harrison, Professor of Anesthesiology and Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics at Columbia University. I’m releasing t
Scientific Responsibility in Research on Dangerous Pathogens — Part 1: How We Got Here (opens the original)
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On September 11, 2026, I hosted the inaugural event of The Purpose of Science Lecture Series at Rutgers University: Scientific Responsibility in Research on Dangerous Pathogens . The event brought together Simon Wain-Hobson, Professor Emeritus at the Institut Pasteur; Richard H. Ebright, Board of Governors Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers University; and Neil L. Harrison, Professor of Anesthesiology and Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics at Columbia University, for a h
The Purpose of Universities: A Test of Rutgers’ Stated Commitment to Open Inquiry (opens the original)
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Yesterday, I received disappointing news about the inaugural event for The Purpose of Science Lecture Series, which I am launching at Rutgers this fall.The first session—Scientific Responsibility in Research on Dangerous Pathogens—will be held Friday, September 11, at the Waksman Institute. It will feature Simon Wain-Hobson, Richard H. Ebright, and Neil L
A “Bloody Good” Gain-of-Function Policy (In Defense of Virology - Episode 12) (opens the original)
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In the twelfth episode of In Defense of Virology , Bryce Nickels and Simon Wain-Hobson discuss the newly released U.S. Government Policy for Stopping High-Risk Life Sciences Research and what it means for the future of dangerous gain-of-function (dGOF) research. Simon gives the new policy high marks, highlighting its clear definition of dGOF and two provisions he did not expect: restrictions involving the creation of mirror life and the use of AI-designed genomes to create novel biological agent
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