International Academies Top

Inter Academy Panel (IAP)

Comment: IAP is a network of the world's science academies. Its primary goal is to help member academies work together to advise citizens and public officials on the scientific aspects of critical global issues. The IAP is particularly interested in assisting young and small academies achieve this goal in order to raise public awareness and their influence among policy makers.
Contact: + 39 040 2240 - 680

 

The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)

Comment: TWAS is the academy of science for the developing world. TWAS has supported scientific research in 100 countries in the South through a variety of work programmes while working in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), International Council for Science (ICSU), International Foundation for Science (IFS) and International Science Programme (ISP).
Contact: +39 040 2240 - 327

 

Canada Top

National Academy:

The Royal Society of Canada

Comment: The Royal Society of Canada is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scientists and scholars. Its primary objective is to promote learning and research in the arts and sciences through education, outreach, and cooperative programs.
Contact: +1 (613) 991-6990

 

Academia:

Centre for Medicine, Ethics, and Law: McGill University

Comment: Recognizing that there are a number of ethical and legal issues arising in medical research, the centre aims to provide health researchers with a framework for identifying and dealing with the ethical questions raised by new and ongoing scientific findings and policy demands.
Contact: +1 (514) 398 – 6666

 

Toronto University Joint Centre for Bioethics

Comment: The centre strives to provide leadership in bioethics research, education, and clinical activities. Though focusing on bioethics for medicine practitioners, their research and experience in policy and codes of conduct are useful while examining dual-use issues in life sciences research.
Contact: + 1 (416) 978-2709

 

China Top

National Academy:

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Comment: CAS conducts research in basic and technological sciences, provides Chinese policy makers with scientific data and advice, and undertakes government-assigned projects with regard to key science and technology problems in the process of social and economic development.
Contact: + 86 10 6859 7289

Division(s) within CAS with a role or interest in biosecurity:

• Bureau of International Cooperation

 

Academia:

Fudan University School of Life Sciences

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 86 21 6564 2421

 

Peking University Department of Biotechnology

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: +86 10 6275 7627 or + 86 10 6275 1218

 

Czech Republic Top

National Academy:

The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR)

Comment: ASCR was established in 1992 by the Czech National Council as the Czech successor of the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. ASCR conducts both fundamental and strategic applied research in the life sciences to increase knowledge about processes in living organisms, from the molecular and cellular levels to the whole organism.
Contact: + 420 221 403 111

Division(s) within ASCR with a role or interest in biosecurity:

• The International Department

 

Finland Top

National Academy:

Academy of Finland (AKA)

Comment: The Academy provides funding for high-quality scientific research, serves as an expert in science and science policy, and strengthens the position of science and research.

Division(s) within AKA with a role or interest in biosecurity:

• Research Council for Biosciences and Environment
  • The Research Council decides upon research funding within its field. The Council's research fields are: biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, ecology, biosystematics and -physiology, forest sciences, agricultural sciences, food sciences, research relating to the state of the environment and to environmental protection, research into substances hazardous to the environment, geography and regional studies, research relating to environmental policy, environmental economy and environmental law as well as biotechnology, molecular biology, cell biology and economic and technological research when related to the fields above.
• Research Council for Health
  • The Research Council decides upon research funding within its own field. The Council's research fields are: biomedicine, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, dental science, nursing science, public health science, clinical medicine, sport sciences, nutrition, occupational and environmental medicine as well as biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, biotechnology, molecular biology, cell biology, biophysics and bioinformatics when relating to the above fields.

Academia:

National Advisory Board on Research Ethics

Comment: National Advisory Board on Research Ethics was founded in 1991 to address ethical questions relating to research and to the advancement of research ethics in Finland. The Secretary General of the Council is attached to the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies.

 

National Advisory Board for Biotechnology (in finnish only)

Comment: The main duties of the Advisory Board are the promotion of communication between the users of biotechnology and gene technology and the promotion of the research in the fields. It follows the development of environmental effects and risk assessment in biotechnology, as well as advances information and education in the fields of bio- and gene technology, and in particular promotes the ethical perspective in gene technology.

 

Board for Gene Technology

Comment: The Board aims to promote safe and ethically acceptable use of gene technology and to prevent and avert any harm gene technology may inflict on human health, animals, property or the environment.

 

University of Helsinki

Division(s) within the University of Helsinki with a role or interest in biosecurity:

• Biocentrum Helsinki
  • Biocentrum Helsinki is a large umbrella organization at the University of Helsinki, with some 530 people being engaged in research in biotechnology and molecular biology.
• The Institute of Biotechnology
  • The Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Helsinki is an administratively independent unit for promoting research and education in biotechnology, molecular biology, cell biology, and related areas. One of the objectives of the Institute is to integrate researchers from different faculties and research institutions in different areas, and enhance collaboration between those working in the areas of molecular biology, biology, chemistry, physics and medicine.
• Viikki Drug Discovery Technology Center
  • The Center is an interdisciplinary research project belonging to Department of Pharmacy in the University of Helsinki. The Center started at the beginning of 2000 and is funded by University of Helsinki, National Technology Agency, Academy of Finland, and pharmaceutical companies. Objectives of the research center are to build up a strong environment for drug discovery research, to develop key technologies to the international forefront and to discover new drug candidates and to educate high level researchers.
• The Finnish Genome Center
  • The Center specializes in the mapping and identification of genes and gene variants predisposing to human Mendelian and multifactorial traits. The Center is an independent institute hosted by the University of Helsinki and serves as an intellectual core facility for genetic research for the entire Nation. The Center provides help in project planning, genotyping and data analysis.

 

University of Oulu

Division(s) within the University of Oulu with a role or interest in biosecurity:

• Biocenter Oulu
  • Biocenter Oulu is an umbrella organisation within the University of Oulu. Currently it consists of about 15 groups with a total staff of ca 270 personnel. Half of these groups are working in the Faculty of Science and half in the Faculty of Medicine, in the theoretical departments and in the University Hospital.

 

University of Turku

Division(s) within the University of Turku with a role or interest in biosecurity:

• Biocity Turku
  • BioCity Turku is an umbrella organisation of the academic research on cell and molecular biology and biotechnology carried out in Turku, Finland at the University of Turku, the Åbo Akademi University, the Turku University Central Hospital and the National Public Health Institute, Department in Turku.
• Centre for Biotechnology
  • Turku Centre for Biotechnology is an institute of University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University. The Centre provides technical expertise and coordinating services for academic and industrial projects in several central areas of biotechnology. Many of the key instruments have been installed at the Centre to create "core facilities" for biotechnical research.
• Functional Foods Forum (FFF)
  • FFF is a research and development center providing state-of-the-art research expertise for further development of innovations. FFF combines leading-edge research expertise in natural, health and medical sciences with technological, legal and business know-how in order to develop and commercialise functional foods for human needs.
• The Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Pathology (in finnish only)
  • In the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Turku is found the Institute of Microbiology and Pathology which provides specialisation in clinical microbiology. In addition to research and education, the laboratory of the Institute offers its services to the hospitals and clinics all over Finland.

 

University of Kuopio

Division(s) within the University of Kuopio with a role or interest in biosecurity:

• Faculty of Pharmacy
  • The mission of the Faculty of Pharmacy is to promote the scientific research of drugs and their medical service, and to teach pharmaceutical subjects at the highest level. Apart from the students of the Faculty of Pharmacy, the Faculty has university wide responsibility for the teaching of pharmacology and toxicology.
• Institute of A.I. Virtanen
  • The A. I. Virtanen Institute (AIVI) for Molecular Sciences is a research institute at Kuopio University. The research activities of AIVI are focused on the following areas: biotechnology, especially animal biotechnology, neurobiology, especially the neurobiology of diseases affecting the central nervous system and development of disease models for them, molecular medicine, especially gene therapy and gene transfer technology, biological signaling and imaging.

 

University of Tampere

Division(s) within the University of Tampere with a role or interest in biosecurity:

• Institute of Medical Technology
  • The Institute is an independent research and educational institute of the University of Tampere, founded in 1995. The Institute is dedicated to modern biomedical research, and to the provision of high quality education at undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral levels in natural sciences related to biotechnology and molecular biology.
• Regea Institute for Regenerative Medicine
  • Regea Institute was founded in 2004 in order to enable top-level research in the field of tissue engineering. Tissue engineering is a field of research that applies medical science, cell biology, biochemistry and engineering sciences. Regea is a joint institute that operates under the University of Tampere. It was founded by the University of Tampere, Tampere University of Technology, University Hospital in Tampere, Pirkanmaa Polytechnic and Coxa Hospital for Joint Replacement.

 

Helsinki University of Technology

Division(s) within the Helsinki University of Technology with a role or interest in biosecurity:

• Laboratory of Biochemistry and Microbiology
  • The Laboratory covers research in the fields of applied biochemistry, applied microbiology and technology. Its specialities are in the R & D and process solutions of biotechnology, more specifically functional components, quality of food products, added value by processing, microbes in industry and R & D strategies.

 

www.research.fi - Website

Comment: Research.fi -portal contains key statistics and other data on Finnish science and technology. There are also links for more in-depth information: statistical and other publications, documents and databases.

France Top

National Academy:

Académie Des Sciences [French Academy of Sciences]

Comment: The Académie Des Sciences brings together French and foreign scholars in order to contribute to the progress of science and its application. In order to do so, the Académie studies social questions associated with the development of the sciences, fosters international scientific cooperation, and encourages the diffusion of science among the public.
Contact: + 33 1 44 41 43 67

Division(s) within the Académie Des Sciences with a role or interest in biosecurity:

• The Delegation for International Relations (DRI) (French)

 

Academia:

University of Compiègne: Department of Bioengineering

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact:+ 33 (0)3 44 23 44 23

 

Germany Top

National Academy:

Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities (UGASH)
Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: +49 8161 7154 - 42

Division(s) within UGASH with a role or interest in biosecurity:

• International Relations

 

Academia:

Institut für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten der Tiere

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: +49 (0) 641 99-38009

 

The Institute for Peace Research and Security University of Hamburg

Comment: The Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy is an independent research institution at the University of Hamburg. The Institute's Interdisciplinary Research Group on Disarmament, Arms Control, and Risk Technologies (IFARª) applies the expertise the institute has gathered in the area of arms-control policy to new security-policy challenges arising from technology.
Contact: +49 (0) 4086 6077-0

 

Institut für Umwelt- und Tierhygiene

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: +49 (0) 711 / 459-0

 

Marburg University Medical Center and our Medical Faculty

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 49 (0) 6421 2860

 

Max von Pettenkofer-Institut

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: +49 (0) 172 - 8412626

Technical University of Munich Department of Microbiology

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: +49 8161 7154 - 42

 

Greece Top

National Academy:

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: +30 210 36 26 721

 

Agricultural University Of Athens (AUA)

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 44 (0) 1273 678 172

Division(s) within AUA with a role or interest in biosecurity:

• Department of Agricultural Biotechnology

 

Hungary Top

National Academy:

Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: +36 (1) 411-6100

 

Israel Top

National Academy:

The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 972 2 5676222

 

Academia:

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 972 4 8292111

 

Italy Top

National Academy:

Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

Comment: The aim of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei is to promote, coordinate, integrate and spread scientific knowledge in its highest expression, in the unity and universality of culture. The Accademia works extensively in the biological sciences and their applications.
Contact: + 39 06 680271

 

Academia:

University of Milan Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnologies

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 39 025 03111

 

University of Rome : La Sapienza

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 39 064 9914 180 – 181

 

Malaysia Top

National Academy:

Akademi Sains Malaysia

Comment: The Akademi Sains Malaysia pursues, encourages and enhances excellence in the fields of science, engineering and technology, for the development of Malaysia and the benefit of mankind. In order to do this, the Akademi provides advice to Government, fosters a Culture of Excellence in science, assists in upgrading the technological capability and competency of Malaysian industries, promotes public awareness of the importance of science, and facilities and coordinates International Collaboration and Cooperation.
Contact: + 60 03-26949898

 

Academia:

Institute of Bioscience (IBS), Universiti Putra Malaysia

Comment: IBS, Universiti Putra Malaysia was established in 1996 to enhance biology research and development (R&D) in Malaysia. The institute operates research laboratories in enzyme & microbial technology, molecular & cell biology, and natural products.
Contact: + 60 03 - 89466000

 

Universiti Sains Malaysia

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 60 04 - 6533888 (3105/3151)

 

Netherlands Top

National Academy:

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (RNAAS)

Comment: RNAAS attempts to ensure the quality of scientific research in the Netherlands because, in the Academy’s view, the scientific research conducted today will provide the basis for scientific research and its application in the future. RNAAS has developed, "A Code of Conduct for Biosecurity,"and is encouraging its implementation by organizations conducting life sciences research.
Contact: + 31 (0) 20 - 5510700

 

New Zealand Top

National Academy:

The Royal Society of New Zealand

Comment: The Royal Society of New Zealand is an independent, national academy of sciences, and a federation of scientific and technological societies. It works for the advancement of science and technology in New Zealand and around the world. The Royal Society of New Zealand has developed the, "The Royal Society of New Zealand Code of Professional Standards and Ethics," which is obligatory for its members and voluntary for all other scientists and technologists in New Zealand. .
Contact: + 64 4 - 472 7421

 

Russia Top

National Academy:

Russian Academy of Science (RAS)

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 7 (095) 938 - 03 - 09

Division(s) within the RAS with a role or interest in biosecurity:

 

South Africa Top

National Academy:

Academy of Science of South Africa

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 27 12 392 9393

 

Academia:

University of Pretoria: Faculty of Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 27 12 420-4111

 

Sweden Top

National Academy:

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: +46 8 673 9500

 

Academia:

Centre for Research Ethics: Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Comment: The Centre for Research Ethics is a cooperative organization (between Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)) for research ethics. The two person centre studies issues in research ethics, bioethics and other fields of applied ethics.
Contact: + 46 (0) 18 - 471 21 75

 

Switzerland Top

National Academy:

Swiss Academy of Sciences

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: +41 31 310 40 20

 

Academia:

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology's Centre for Security Studies (ETHCSS)

Comment: ETHCSS studies emerging security threats resulting from the end of the cold war and the events on September 11, 2001. They are producing a Handbook on Biodefence Strategies which will detail national and international efforts to counter threats posed by biological weapons.
Contact: + 41 44 632 40 25

 

United Kingdom Top

National Academy:

Comment: The Royal Society is the UK's leading independent scientific body. As well as providing an authoritative voice and leadership for UK science, it provide objective advice for government and policymakers on science, its relationship with society and science education. The Royal Society is well placed to tackle concerns relating to international security as these issues often cover a wide range of scientific disciplines. The Society has held meetings with scientists from overseas, discussed issues with policy makers, initiated studies and produced a number of reports. It has done extensive work on reducing the threats from biological weapons and the misuse of scientific research.
Contact: + 44 (0) 20 7451 2500

For more on the Royal Society's biosecurity and "codes of conduct" work see:

The Harvard Sussex Program (HSP)

Comment: HSP is a collaboration between Harvard and Sussex Universities that works to increase the contribution of academia to the formation of public policy involving chemical and biological warfare (CBW) and its underlying technologies. HSP recognizes that CBW are potential instruments of terror, coercion, and mass killing whether in the hands of nations or non-state entities and as a result remedies that recognize the social, political, and scientific ramifications are needed. For example, HSP supports a new international treaty that would confer jurisdiction to national courts on foreign nationals who order, direct, or knowingly render substantial assistance to the use of biological weapons anywhere.
Contact: + 44 (0) 1273 678 172

 

University of Bradford Peace Studies Department – Biological Warfare Disarmament Research Centre

 

University of Exeter: Biological Weapons & Codes of Conduct

Comment: In cooperation with the University of Bradford Peace Studies department, extensive work on codes for bioscientists has been undertaken at the University of Exeter. The University provides a web-based resources for those considering the place, purpose and prospects of codes of conduct. It includes a chronology of past discussions about codes for bioscientists, notice of relevant events, publications and references information, and links to key organizations. It has been established as part of a research project undertaken by Brian Rappert (University of Exeter) and Malcolm Dando (University of Bradford) funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council New Security Challenges Programme entitled ‘Coding Research: Biological Weapons, Security & the Silencing of Science’.
Contact: + 44 (0)1392 263353

 

University of Leeds Molecular Epidemiology Unit

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 44 0113 343 6602

 

 

United States Top

National Academy:

The National Academies of Science (NAS)

Comment: NAS is a private, non-profit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research. The scholars are dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and their use for the betterment of the general populous. In addition, by its mandate the NAS is required to advise the US government on matters of scientific and technical importance.
Contact: +1 (202) 334 - 2811

Division(s) within NAS with a role or interest in biosecurity:

 

Academia:

Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) University of Minnesota

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 1 (612) 626 – 6770

 

Comment: CISSM pursues policy-oriented scholarship on major issue facing the US in the global arena. The Center brings together scholars from around the world to perform research on policy issues involving cooperative security (including the “Controlling Dangerous Pathogens Project”), international economics and security, US – European relations, and US foreign policy.
Contact: + 1 (301) 405 - 7614

 

Comment: This university collaboration strives to be the primary public source for information on public health law, improve understanding of the ways that laws affect the prevention of disease through its regulation of research and training. The Center also promotes the development of effective public health law strategies by identifying existing public health law programs, developing program curriculum, delivering training sessions, conducting research, examining public health law infrastructure, promoting communication amongst public health law groups, and enhancing the visibility of effective public health laws.
Contact: + 1 (410) 955 – 7624

 

Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment, and the Life Sciences University of Minnesota

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 1 (612) 625 – 0055

 

Comment: Cornell University ’s Institute for Biotechnology and Life Sciences Technology works to promote research, education, and technology transfer for applications in biotechnology that benefit society. The Institute encourages cooperation in the life sciences by fostering interdisciplinary cooperation and relationships, developing facilities that support collaboration with industry, and promoting wide dissemination of intellectual discoveries to all audiences.
Contact: + 1 (607) 255 – 2300

 

Comment: Cornell University ’s Peace Studies Program is an interdisciplinary program devoted to studying the problems of war and peace, arms control and disarmament, and instances of collective violence. The Program brings together members from all areas of Cornell’s academic community to support this mission through educational lectures and workshops.
Contact: + 1 (607) 255 – 6484

 

Comment: Run through DePaul University’s Law School, the International Weapons Control Center is dedicated to advancing the rule of law with regard to counter terrorism and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The Center works with international organizations and US government agencies concerned with their fields of study to educate on and provide legal solutions to issues of peace and security.
Contact: + 1 (312) 362-5919

Comment: George Mason University's National Center for Biodefense & Infectious Diseases promotes awareness of the national and international security challenges and medical and public health threats posed by biological terrorism and biological weapons proliferation.
Contact: + 1 (703) 993 - 4271

 

George Mason University National Center for Biodefense

Comment: BCSIA provides leadership in the advancement of policy knowledge about international security challenges where science, technology, environmental policy, and international affairs intersect. The Center recognizes that science and technology are driving forces of both threats and opportunities in international affairs and therefore works to integrate the insights of social scientists, natural scientists, technologists, and practitioners with governmental, diplomatic, military, and business experience.
Contact: + 1 (617) 495 - 1400

 

Comment: BCSIA provides leadership in the advancement of policy knowledge about international security challenges where science, technology, environmental policy, and international affairs intersect. The Center recognizes that science and technology are driving forces of both threats and opportunities in international affairs and therefore works to integrate the insights of social scientists, natural scientists, technologists, and practitioners with governmental, diplomatic, military, and business experience.
Contact: + 1 (617) 495 - 1400

 

Illinois Institute of Technology - Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions (CSEP)

Comment: CSEP maintains an extensive online database of codes of ethics. CSEP’s database includes more than 850 codes from professional societies, corporations, and governmental and academic institutions.
Contact: + 1 (312) 567 - 6913

 

Monterey Institute of International Studies Center for Non-Proliferation Studies (CNS)

 

 

The Whitehead Institute for Biological Research: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 1 (617) 258 – 5000

 

 

 

 

 

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