Science and technology will be at the forefront of how we manage and minimise biosecurity risks and impacts in the future.
Biosecurity will rely heavily on science based solutions with researchers at the forefront. Technologies that are currently being used to help us include genomics, bioinformatics, communications technology, biotechnology, modelling. There is no single smoking gun. Effective biosecurity needs all need to come together.
Technology is only one part of our arsenal, to manage biosecurity. People and culture are essential to making biosecurity effective.
UN call out to creatives
In April the United Nations called out to creatives to participate in a global challenge to help stop COVID 19 and the result is the United Nations Covid19 Creative Hub that has translated critical public health messages that inspire
Spot, the social distancing robot
Spot, Singapore’s robot dog made headlines in The Straits Times this week, when it was out and about in parks encouraging social distancing. Spot, developed by Boston Dynamics is armed with a pre-recorded message and cameras that can scan
Resources
CSIRO Health & Biosecurity has a One Health approach tackling major national and international health and biosecurity challenges.
Australian Department of Agriculture – Biosecurity focus is to prevent, respond to and recover from pests and diseases that threaten the economy and environment.
The Kirby Institute Biosecurity Program at UNSW conduct research on emerging infectious diseases, rapid epidemic surveillance, field response, bio-intelligence, and health security in a changing biotechnology landscape.
The Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases & Biosecurity focuses on infectious diseases and biosecurity.
Foldit is a revolutionary crowdsourcing computer game enabling you to contribute to important scientific research.
Questagame lets you contribute your sightings to real research and conservation.