Stef Stienstra

The combination of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and CRISPR–Cas gene technology could e a new emerging dual use threat. It can precisely control gene dosage by a convolutional neural network that targets inhibition of gene expression via gRNA design (TIGER…lnkd.in/eapAqMgf

Vandaag bereikte mij het droevige bericht dat kolonel Dr Walter Henny door een ongeval tijdens het CIOMR congres in Helsinki, waar ik afgelopen maandag nog een voordracht over bio-defense heb gegeven, is overleden. Heel tragisch. C…lnkd.in/eUmDSWKA lnkd.in/eUjbvsV5

Research at In the UK University College London's UCL Genetics Institute, the Francis Crick Institute, Imperial College London found bat species breeding in the UK, which contain novel corona variants, but also four alphacoronaviruses, a MERS-related beta…lnkd.in/eNgK4a_J

Technologisch relatief simpel, maar wel een heel grote installatie. Waar gaat het stof dat zich hecht aan het 60 km lange doek naar toe? Oftewel, hoeveel nog te verwerken chemisch afval gaat dit uiteindelijk opleveren? lnkd.in/e4cKRz4N lnkd.in/ewijRfBH

Well readable scientific article in the New England Journal of Medicine about the timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic: lnkd.in/evWJSMuH lnkd.in/eVEmP6pE

There are several reports that Russian Army and civilians in the area are hit by cholera outbreak after the Kakhovka Dam flooding. I have no information yet whether these outbreaks are natural or man-made as this Russian video clai…lnkd.in/emsyQVuh lnkd.in/eDC9YxAK

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Treurige handelswijze. lnkd.in/eyV3E5Cj

Recent disclosures that Chinese state-sponsored hackers penetrated US critical infrastructure and have the ability to disrupt oil and gas pipelines, rail systems, and the US Navy’s communications in the Pacific theater should not c…lnkd.in/es-j8trQ lnkd.in/e35w-34Y

Bellingcat identified at least 179 days in the first 12 months of Russia’s full-scale invasion where ships had been present at the Avlita terminal with their AIS transponders seemingly turned off. This appears to support the findi…lnkd.in/eQ7aSf-Z lnkd.in/edp5tpCP

Today the WHO declared that monkey pox is not a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) anymore. But remaining uncertainties about the disease, regarding modes of transmission in some countries, poor quality of som…lnkd.in/e7BaGgw3 lnkd.in/ejhGYYUE

Thank you Matthew Hepburn for your very important work accelerating medical product development to address infectious diseases and implementing the American Pandemic Preparedness Plan and learning the lessons from the recent COVID-19 pandemic. See for Eur…lnkd.in/e9_rYbdB

The presence of the Wagner Group of Yevgeny Prigozhin in West Africa creates more instability in Mali and Burkino Faso and initiates the population of these countries to migrate towards Europe. lnkd.in/e2cAASWq

The COVID-19 pandemic and other public health emergencies, like the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and the 2022 monkey pox outbreak, highlight the threat of widespread illness and death posed by new and emerging infectious diseases. Attached book teaches us…lnkd.in/eWGmj63N

It is important to invest in public health in countries with less developed healthcare systems. It is ‘one-world, one health’ and important to have a good overview of potential new emerging (zoonotic) infectious diseases. As I teac…lnkd.in/e-x3pUw9 lnkd.in/eF2WPJcB

Lintjesdragers boos vanwege koninklijke onderscheiding antiracismeactivist nos.nl/l/2473965

The Western countries are making themselves more vulnerable for asymmetric threats, like cyber-attacks and attacks on the critical infrastructure, like the grid stability of the electricity supply. But we must realize that there will be another nasty viru…lnkd.in/gmJyKF6t

Interpol agrees, many other authorities and I agree as well, that there will be another nasty virus. We have to build up - both for man-made and for natural emerging biological threats - a well-designed bio-defense and biothreat re…lnkd.in/eCyftaaJ lnkd.in/edtG7_bk

With current and former @jcbrncoe members I have supported @NATO‘s most important #CBRN defence course at NATO School in #Oberammergau: “NATO Officer CBRN Defence Policy Course“, with my lectures on bio-threat awareness, bio-defense, bio-threat detection…lnkd.in/eTgRNRib

China 'began developing two Covid vaccines' before official outbreak telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…