Organizations

By Region: North America

Southeast Regional Center of Excellence for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biodefense (SERCEB)

SERCEB is one of eleven Regional Centers of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) to support basic and translational research focused on emerging infections and potential bioterror agents that may threaten the health of our nation. Now in its eighth year, SERCEB is  Read More »

Website:
http://www.serceb.org/
Phone:
919-843-7937
Address:
The University of North Carolina | Suite 5110-3 Bioinformatics Bldg. | Campus Box 7537 | 130 Mason Farm Road | Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7537

St. Louis University

Institute for Biosecurity The mission of the Institute for Biosecurity is to provide public health and emergency response professionals with the education needed for preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation of emerging public health threats, and for the Institute to conduct research that will contribute to the development of national policies to address these threats.

Website:
http://bioterrorism.slu.edu/
Phone:
(314) 977-8257
Address:
School of Public Health 3545 Lafayette, Ste. 300 St. Louis, MO 63104, USA

Stanford University Institute for International Studies

Center for International Security and Cooperation The Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University has the three-fold mission of producing outstanding policy-relevant research on international security, teaching and training the next generation of security specialists, and influencing public policy.” Scholars at CISAC “examine emerging biotechnologies that could be used to cause catastrophic  Read More »

Website:
http://cisac.stanford.edu/research/chemical_and_biological_w...
Phone:
(650) 723-9625
Address:
616 Serra St, E200 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6055, USA

Student Pugwash USA

“The mission of Student Pugwash USA (SPUSA) is to promote social responsibility in science and technology. [SPUSA] prepare[s] science, technology and policy students to make social responsibility a guiding focus of their academic and professional endeavors by: examining the societal impacts of science and technology; creating open and objective forums for debate; fostering the exchange  Read More »

Website:
http://www.spusa.org/pubs/peace_security/index.html
Phone:
(202) 429-8900
Address:
2029 P Street NW Suite 301, Washington, DC 20036, USA

Sunshine Project, The

NOTE: NO LONGER UPDATED “Many biological weapons are rapidly destroyed by bright sunlight. The Sunshine Project works to bring facts about biological weapons to light.” The Sunshine Project is “an international non-profit organization with offices in Austin, Texas, US, and Hamburg, Germany.” The Sunshine Project works “against the hostile use of biotechnology in the post-Cold  Read More »

Website:
http://www.sunshine-project.org/
Phone:
(512) 494-0545
Address:
PO Box 41987, Austin, TX 78704 USA