Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense

LIVE | Pick your poison: The enduring threat of biological toxins x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Tune in to tonight's newest episode of #NCIS: Origins, directed by Patrick Cady! We had the pleasure of having Patrick as a special guest on our last #Biollywood podcast to discuss what the show can teach us about biological threats. @ncisverse @AtlanticCouncil @ACScowcroft Listen here: podbean.com/eas/pb-b2bd7-1… Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=uVh3-K…

New episode of the Commission’s #Biollywood Podcast is out, and now with video! 🎙️ We’re diving into #NCIS: Origins — “The Edge” and what the episode can teach us about biological threats, joined by special guest and director of the episode, Patrick Cady! @ncisverse @AtlanticCouncil @ACScowcroft Listen here: podbean.com/eas/pb-b2bd7-1… Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=uVh3-K…

@fsjen @ACScowcroft @Joe_m_costa @Biodefensecomm’s @DrAshaMGeorge analyzes the biosecurity risk of the US war with Iran: “They have at least 5 high-level laboratories in and around Tehran that are highly suspected of producing biological agents and biological weapons,” she tells @ACScowcroft’s Tressa Guenov.

WATCH | Check out how industry and government experts discussed the threat of intentional adulteration, weaponization of toxins, security of global supply chains, and public-private partnerships necessary to defend the Nation’s sustenance from sabotage. #BiodefenseToxins @AtlanticCouncil @ACScowcroft atlanticcouncil.org/event/pick-you…

ICYMI: The Commission's February 26, 2026 meeting - Pick Your Poison: The Enduring Threat of Biological Toxins- is now available to watch online! atlanticcouncil.org/event/pick-you… #BiodefenseToxins @AtlanticCouncil @ACScowcroft

“We need to have antidotes for toxins in the national veterinary stockpile and it needs to be accessible to veterinarians.” - Dr. Steve Ensley, Veterinary Toxicologist and Head, Analytical Toxicology, Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory @KState atlanticcouncil.org/event/pick-you…

“Current economic and geopolitical tensions increase the likelihood our food supply could be intentionally contaminated with toxins.” - Dr. Jennifer van de Ligt, Founder, Food Edge Solutions LLC; Former Senior Advisor for Intentional Adulteration, @US_FDA atlanticcouncil.org/event/pick-you…

Tune in for Panel Two: Shadows in Twilight! Featuring Dr. Marc-Michael Blum (@blumscientific), Dr. Jerry Thomas (@CDCgov), Dr. Kelly Johnson-Arbor (@johnsonarbor), and Dr. Ziad Kazzi (@ZiadKazzi)! atlanticcouncil.org/event/pick-you…

"Detection and attribution present unprecedented challenges when it comes to toxins. We need to move away from centralized testing to distributed testing." - Dr. Jerry Thomas, @CDCgov atlanticcouncil.org/event/pick-you…

"A simple thing we can do is to encourage vulnerable groups to self-collect and preserve samples if they suspect they have been poisoned with a toxin" - Dr. Marc-Michael Blum (@blumscientific), Former Head of Laboratory @OPCW atlanticcouncil.org/event/pick-you…

"In many cases clinicians cannot test for toxins at the hospital. We have to send samples out to a lab somewhere else in the country and results can take weeks to months." - Dr. Kelly Johnson-Arbor (@johnsonarbor) atlanticcouncil.org/event/pick-you…

"These thing exist not as science fiction but as science fact. We need to do the readiness research to have a preparedness posture." - Dr. James Giordano, Director, Center for Disruptive Technologies and Future Warfare, @NDU_EDU atlanticcouncil.org/event/pick-you…

Tune in at the link below to hear about the threats posed by toxins in our first panel of the day: Nature to Nefarious. Featuring Dr. Gregory Koblentz (@gregkoblentz), Dr. Fanny Ewann (@INTERPOL_HQ), and Dr. James Giordano (@NDU_EDU)! atlanticcouncil.org/event/pick-you…

“Emerging technologies in the biological sciences that are widely used in university infrastructures and research settings make the capability to be able to produce, utilize, and even acquire toxins somewhat more facile,” James Giordano tells the @Biodefensecomm at the Atlantic Council. Watch his full remarks below ⤵️

“In countries where accidental exposure to specific toxins is known to occur, it is likely that some cases are not investigated and passed off as accidental,” @INTERPOL_HQ’s Fanny Ewann tells the @Biodefensecomm at the Atlantic Council. Watch her full remarks below ⤵️

“The importance of this topic was dramatically illustrated by the recent revelations that Alexei Navalny was assassinated using a toxin called epibatidine,” @gregkoblentz tells the @Biodefensecomm at the Atlantic Council. Watch his full remarks below ⤵️