🧬New Biotech Report🧬

China’s industrial policies are skewing the biotech playing field. In their new report, Anna Puglisi & Chryssa Rask explore how Beijing is using the playbook that worked for Huawei and 5G to build up BGI. cset.georgetown.edu/publication/ch…

Which countries lead the way in STEM graduates? 🎓

Brendan Oliss, @ColeMcFaul, and @Jaret_phd break down the changing distribution of STEM graduates:
cset.georgetown.edu/article/the-gl…

Currently, no #HBCU is among the nation’s 146 R1 universities. But big changes are coming to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education – what will this mean for #HBCU research status?

Jaret C Riddick, PhD's blog has more ⬇️ cset.georgetown.edu/article/good-n…

Our new report with War Studies uses bibliometric analysis and expert assessment of technical documents to evaluate China’s brain-computer interface (BCI) research.

Read more here ⬇️ cset.georgetown.edu/publication/bi…

While China has indigenous expertise in brain-computer interface (BCI), it is important to examine if and how China has gained from foreign collaborations.

Read our new report co-authored with researchers from War Studies ⬇️ cset.georgetown.edu/publication/bi…

🧠 New research findings on Brain-Computer Interfaces ( #BCI )! 🧠

I'm super thrilled to announce the publication of this CSET and War Studies collaboration, which I co-authored, on China's BCI research.

Dive in to learn more about China's efforts in this area!

How are large language models trained and modified? Can they move beyond chatbots into full-fledged agents?

In their new 3-part explainer series, Helen Toner, Thomas Woodside & Matt Burtell offer a non-technical deep dive into these questions and more. cset.georgetown.edu/article/the-su…

Happy 5th birthday to CSET! I'm extremely thankful to be a part of this fantastic organization.

Since joining, I've worked on topics like AMR, to brain-computer interfaces, to genetic data, and more. I'm extremely excited for the work that's still ahead!

The latest Scout roundup is live - with a massive tech startup contest, Chinese ministries' key 'future industries,' and an expert take from Vikram Venkatram on new Chinese bioethics guidelines. Read on: eto.tech/blog/scout-edi…

I'm excited to discuss findings from our CSET #AMR data brief at the PACCARB public meeting tomorrow, focused on combating AMR globally.

Tune in between 3:10 and 3:40 EST at hhs.gov/live/index.html to catch my public comments, or at 9:00 a.m. for the whole event!

🧬New Blog Post🧬

How should the U.S. and other market economies deal with China’s national champions?

Anna Puglisi explores the case of BGI. cset.georgetown.edu/article/chinas…

⭐️We're Hiring⭐️

CSET is looking for candidates to support our Workforce line of research as a Research Fellow.

Learn more and apply by March 4th, 2024! cset.georgetown.edu/job/research-f…

400M people are infected by a dengue virus each year. A new The Lancet article highlights gaps & opportunities to prevent & control dengue: bit.ly/3SGKhr9

The White House’s November AI executive order included a lot on biotech!

CSET’s Steph Batalis, PhD & Vikram Venkatram broke down everything you need to know: cset.georgetown.edu/article/breaki…

AI isn’t the only risk factor, and it’s important to evaluate new capabilities (like those from AI) within the existing risk landscape.

🧬 Check out my explainer mapping the AI/Biorisk landscape for more!