Building the Future with Biotech: Biological Solutions to Secure Critical Materials
Building the Future with Biotech: Biological Solutions to Secure Critical Minerals From cobalt in car batteries to niobium in nuclear reactors, critical materials are integral to modern life and national security. Critical materials are materials necessary for military, industrial, and essential civilian needs; they span a wide range of elements, chemicals, and substances. As technology […]
Building the Future with Biotech: Biotech for the Environment
Building the Future with Biotech: Biotech for the Environment Emerging biotechnology enables many opportunities for a more vibrant environment, such as modifying microbes, like yeast, to upcycle waste for new materials or breeding crops that require fewer resources to grow. But what if we were also able to harness the power of living organisms to […]
Building the Future with Biotech: How Biotech is Shaping the Agricultural Landscape
Building the Future with Biotech: How Biotech is Shaping the Agricultural Landscape Farmers have been changing plants and animals for over 10,000 years, selecting those with desired traits to breed the next generation. Around the same time, people began using microorganisms to process foods. These early forms of agricultural biotechnology resulted in improved crops and […]
U.S.-EU Synergy to Bolster Transatlantic Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing
U.S.-EU Synergy to Bolster Transatlantic Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Continued transatlantic partnership between the United States and the European Union is critical for mutual security, prosperity, and innovation, and the European Commission’s commitment to building the future with biotechnology aligns with ongoing efforts and strategies in the U.S. In the EC’s March 2024 communication, Building the […]
Gene Synthesis Security
Gene Synthesis Security The vision behind gene synthesis is to rapidly build any desired genetic sequence, whether it is found in nature or dreamed in our imagination. Each week, researchers from around the world order custom DNA sequences from dozens of international gene synthesis providers. The responsible advancement of this industry includes understanding when there needs […]
NSCEB Response to NATO’s Biotechnology and Human Enhancement Technologies Strategy
NSCEB Response to NATO’s Biotechnology and Human Enhancement Technologies Strategy Download
Biological Data as a Strategic Asset
B Biological Data as a Strategic Asset Biological data are the foundation of biotechnology innovation. Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) are being used to extract useful insights from biological datasets to better design and use biotechnology products. However, strategic competitors and military adversaries could also use biological data in ways that threaten U.S. national […]
Biomanufacturing 101
Biomanufacturing 101 One of the most profound effects of the emerging biotechnology industry is the creation of new opportunities for bioproduction, or the use of biological systems to create clinical and commercial products. Download
Press Release: NSCEB Letter to Department of State and Department of Commerce on Collaboration with Japan
National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology Urges Department of State and Department of Commerce to Expedite Innovative Research Collaboration with Japan 10 April 2024 Read the Full Letter Here [pdf] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC – Yesterday, the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology sent a letter to the leadership of the Department of […]
Policy Options to Promote Biotechnology in the Defense and Intelligence Communities
Policy Options to Promote Biotechnology in the Defense and Intelligence Communities Emerging biotechnology has clear national security applications. We can imagine a future in which our war-fighters are fed, fueled, equipped, protected, treated, and healed, all thanks in part to biotechnology. We can also imagine a future where biotechnology can be used to promote American […]