Technologies Used at Reference Centres to Monitor National Security

February, 13

14:00–15:30

Technological Sovereignty in Biological Safety

World Trade Center Moscow, entrance No. 4, 1st floor, conference hall No. 2. Gazprombank

To raise the national biological safety system’s level of sensitivity in Russia, a system of reference centres has been created, whose primary mission is to ensure the country’s biological safety. There are more than 70 such centres, many of which are based on the leading scientific organizations of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing. Reference centres are the leading scientific and technological link of the national biosafety system, where they analyse epidemiological risks and pathogens of infectious and parasitic diseases, introduce achievements of synthetic biology, the latest technologies for studying pathogens, and the state of natural foci, while also conducting in-depth molecular genetic research. Yet, microorganisms inevitably evolve, which leads to the emergence of new infections and the ensuing race for biotechnology advancement increases the risk that pathogens will be used illegally, including those created artificially. What latest technologies are being used by reference centres to ensure biological safety in Russia? What digital, genetic, and biotechnologies will be used in reference centres in the near future for effective monitoring? How do reference centres respond to biosecurity threats domestically and internationally? How does the system of reference centres influence the development of the entire healthcare system?

Moderator:

Director, Russian Anti-Plague Scientific Research Institute "Microbe"

Panellists:

Head of the Reference Center for Infectious and Viral Oncopathology, Academician B.V. Petrovsky Russian Scientific Center of Surgery

Director, Research Institute of System Biology and Medicine (RISBM)

Chief Freelance Specialist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Resistance; President, Interregional Association for Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (IACMAC); Rector, Smolensk State Medical University

Deputy Head for Research, 48 Central Scientific Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

Director, Avtsyn Research Institute of Human Morphology of the Petrovsky National Research Centre of Surgery

Director, Rostov-on-Don Plague Control Researsh Institute

Head of the Reference Center for Verification of Information about the Biological Threat of the Spread of Immunodeficiency States of the Human Body and Related Infections, National Research Center – Institute of Immunology Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia

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