1 00:00:06,763 --> 00:00:07,431 GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR 2 00:00:07,431 --> 00:00:10,167 JOINING US TODAY IN A VIRTUAL 3 00:00:10,167 --> 00:00:10,601 SETTING. 4 00:00:10,601 --> 00:00:11,401 WE'RE APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE 5 00:00:11,401 --> 00:00:15,973 EVERYONE JOINING US ON WEBCAST 6 00:00:15,973 --> 00:00:16,540 TODAY. 7 00:00:16,540 --> 00:00:19,142 I'M THE ACTING DIRECTOR FOR 8 00:00:19,142 --> 00:00:20,010 SCIENCE POLICY AT THE NATIONAL 9 00:00:20,010 --> 00:00:21,478 INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. 10 00:00:21,478 --> 00:00:23,547 PLEASED TO WELCOME OUR MEETING 11 00:00:23,547 --> 00:00:25,248 PARTICIPANTS AND THOSE VIEWING 12 00:00:25,248 --> 00:00:27,684 TO OUR SECOND NIH HOSTED MEETING 13 00:00:27,684 --> 00:00:29,753 AIMED AT HEARING PERSPECTIVES ON 14 00:00:29,753 --> 00:00:33,156 U.S. GOVERNMENT BIOSECURITY 15 00:00:33,156 --> 00:00:33,590 OVERSIGHT FRAMEWORK. 16 00:00:33,590 --> 00:00:36,526 OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON U.S. 17 00:00:36,526 --> 00:00:37,861 GOVERNMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR 18 00:00:37,861 --> 00:00:39,496 OVERSUES OF DUAL USE RESEARCH OF 19 00:00:39,496 --> 00:00:44,201 CONCERN, REFERRED TO AS DURC. 20 00:00:44,201 --> 00:00:47,270 THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING 21 00:00:47,270 --> 00:00:48,905 VIDEOCAST BY NIH, A VIRTUAL 22 00:00:48,905 --> 00:00:50,774 SETTING TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE 23 00:00:50,774 --> 00:00:51,742 ONGOING PANDEMIC, APPRECIATIVE 24 00:00:51,742 --> 00:00:52,876 FOR THE FLEXIBILITY OF 25 00:00:52,876 --> 00:00:56,580 PARTICIPANTS AND MEMBERS JOINING 26 00:00:56,580 --> 00:00:57,014 US. 27 00:00:57,014 --> 00:00:59,449 THANK YOU TO SPEAKERS AND 28 00:00:59,449 --> 00:01:01,385 MODERATORS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF 29 00:01:01,385 --> 00:01:04,287 THE NATIONAL SCIENCE ADVISORY 30 00:01:04,287 --> 00:01:05,489 BOARD FOR BIOSECURITY, ALSO ABLE 31 00:01:05,489 --> 00:01:06,323 TO JOIN US. 32 00:01:06,323 --> 00:01:08,225 BEFORE WE BEGIN I'D LIKE TO 33 00:01:08,225 --> 00:01:09,760 START WITH HOUSEKEEPING. 34 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,395 FOR EACH SESSION WE'LL ASK 35 00:01:11,395 --> 00:01:13,697 MODERATOR AND PANELISTS TO TURN 36 00:01:13,697 --> 00:01:17,401 CAMERAS ON, KEEP MICS MUTED WHEN 37 00:01:17,401 --> 00:01:19,136 NOT SPEAKING, OTHERS WILL LEAVE 38 00:01:19,136 --> 00:01:22,005 CAMERAS OFF UNTIL THE DISCUSSION 39 00:01:22,005 --> 00:01:24,241 PORTION OF THE SESSION AND TURN 40 00:01:24,241 --> 00:01:26,109 IT ON IF YOU ASK A QUESTION. 41 00:01:26,109 --> 00:01:30,881 WE'LL USE THE RAISE HAND 42 00:01:30,881 --> 00:01:31,982 FUNCTION FOR DISCUSSION AND 43 00:01:31,982 --> 00:01:33,383 MODERATORS WILL CALL ON YOU. 44 00:01:33,383 --> 00:01:35,218 TURN CAMERAS ON WHEN ASKS A 45 00:01:35,218 --> 00:01:37,654 QUESTION SO WE CAN SEE YOU. 46 00:01:37,654 --> 00:01:40,824 SO, I WILL KICK US OFF TODAY TO 47 00:01:40,824 --> 00:01:43,560 TALK ABOUT OUR GOALS FOR TODAY'S 48 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:47,197 MEETING AND SOME BACKGROUND ON 49 00:01:47,197 --> 00:01:48,832 DURC RESEARCH HERE. 50 00:01:48,832 --> 00:01:51,435 AS WE'RE WELL AWARE, LIFE 51 00:01:51,435 --> 00:01:52,202 SCIENCES RESEARCH INVOLVING 52 00:01:52,202 --> 00:01:54,337 PATHOGENS IS ESSENTIAL TO 53 00:01:54,337 --> 00:01:55,939 PROTECTING GLOBAL HEALTH 54 00:01:55,939 --> 00:01:57,040 SECURITY. 55 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,976 HOWEVER, RESEARCH WITH INFECTION 56 00:01:59,976 --> 00:02:01,978 AGENTS ALSO PROVIDES POTENTIAL 57 00:02:01,978 --> 00:02:03,246 BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY RISKS. 58 00:02:03,246 --> 00:02:06,116 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE WORK TO 59 00:02:06,116 --> 00:02:07,617 ENSURE WE IDENTIFY AND MANAGE 60 00:02:07,617 --> 00:02:10,020 THESE RISKS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE 61 00:02:10,020 --> 00:02:14,291 TO REAP BENEFITS OF THE RESEARCH 62 00:02:14,291 --> 00:02:15,525 THAT THIS PROVIDES. 63 00:02:15,525 --> 00:02:17,060 U.S. POLICIES FOR THE OVERSIGHT 64 00:02:17,060 --> 00:02:19,596 OF DURC ARE PART OF A 65 00:02:19,596 --> 00:02:20,897 COMPREHENSIVE BIOSAFETY AND 66 00:02:20,897 --> 00:02:21,832 BIOSECURITY OVERSYSTEM, 67 00:02:21,832 --> 00:02:24,234 SOMETHING WE BEGAN TO DISCUSS AT 68 00:02:24,234 --> 00:02:25,936 OUR LAST LISTENING SESSION. 69 00:02:25,936 --> 00:02:27,671 THIS OVERSIGHT SYSTEM IS 70 00:02:27,671 --> 00:02:29,339 PREDICATED ON IDENTIFYING AND 71 00:02:29,339 --> 00:02:31,508 ASSESSING BENEFIT AND RISK AND 72 00:02:31,508 --> 00:02:33,143 WORKING TO APPROPRIATELY 73 00:02:33,143 --> 00:02:35,011 PRESERVE BENEFITS WHILE 74 00:02:35,011 --> 00:02:36,313 MITIGATING RISKS. 75 00:02:36,313 --> 00:02:37,914 ACHIEVING APPROPRIATE OVERSIGHT 76 00:02:37,914 --> 00:02:39,015 IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY WHICH 77 00:02:39,015 --> 00:02:40,817 IS WHY WE HAVE YOU HERE TODAY TO 78 00:02:40,817 --> 00:02:43,353 CONTINUE TO HELP US MAKE SURE 79 00:02:43,353 --> 00:02:48,258 WE'RE MEETING THIS GOAL. 80 00:02:48,258 --> 00:02:51,661 AS MUCH AS POLICIES INVOLVE 81 00:02:51,661 --> 00:02:52,429 COOPERATION ACROSS FEDERAL 82 00:02:52,429 --> 00:02:55,799 INSTITUTIONS LEVELS AS WELL. 83 00:02:55,799 --> 00:02:58,668 NIH AND U.S. GOVERNMENT IS 84 00:02:58,668 --> 00:03:04,007 UPDATING THESE POLICIES, IT'S 85 00:03:04,007 --> 00:03:05,942 JUST GOOD POLICY STEWARDSHIP TO 86 00:03:05,942 --> 00:03:08,712 REMAIN EFFECTIVE IN TERMS OF 87 00:03:08,712 --> 00:03:09,379 SCIENTIFIC LANDSCAPE AND 88 00:03:09,379 --> 00:03:10,347 CONSIDERING HOW SOCIETY 89 00:03:10,347 --> 00:03:12,883 CONSIDERS BENEFITS AND RISKS OF 90 00:03:12,883 --> 00:03:14,518 THIS RESEARCH. 91 00:03:14,518 --> 00:03:16,286 SO, ENGAGEMENT WITH INPUT FROM 92 00:03:16,286 --> 00:03:19,222 PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDERS ARE 93 00:03:19,222 --> 00:03:20,991 CRITICAL PART OF POLICY PROCESS. 94 00:03:20,991 --> 00:03:22,425 AS PART OF THESE EFFORTS WE'RE 95 00:03:22,425 --> 00:03:23,493 GRATEFUL FOR THOSE HERE TODAY 96 00:03:23,493 --> 00:03:25,595 AND THOSE WHO WILL JOIN US 97 00:03:25,595 --> 00:03:28,398 ONLINE TO PROVIDE COMMENT TO 98 00:03:28,398 --> 00:03:32,169 INFORM OUR FUTURE THIS KIND OF 99 00:03:32,169 --> 00:03:32,702 RESEARCH. 100 00:03:32,702 --> 00:03:34,771 SO, I WANTED TO START BY TALKING 101 00:03:34,771 --> 00:03:37,641 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE U.S. 102 00:03:37,641 --> 00:03:40,477 OVERSIGHT OF LIFE SCIENCES 103 00:03:40,477 --> 00:03:42,412 RESEARCH, DURC. 104 00:03:42,412 --> 00:03:44,114 INFORMED BY RECOMMENDATIONS OF 105 00:03:44,114 --> 00:03:45,182 THE NSABB, MEMBERS ARE HERE 106 00:03:45,182 --> 00:03:48,518 TODAY TO LISTEN TO THIS 107 00:03:48,518 --> 00:03:49,152 CONVERSATION, INPUT FROM 108 00:03:49,152 --> 00:03:51,221 STAKEHOLDERS AND EVENTS SUCH AS 109 00:03:51,221 --> 00:03:53,390 THE ONE TODAY, U.S. GOVERNMENT 110 00:03:53,390 --> 00:03:55,492 DEVELOPED AND ISSUED TWO 111 00:03:55,492 --> 00:03:56,693 COMPLEMENTARY POLICIES FOR 112 00:03:56,693 --> 00:03:58,228 IDENTIFICATION AND OVERSIGHT OF 113 00:03:58,228 --> 00:03:59,763 LIFE SCIENCES DURC. 114 00:03:59,763 --> 00:04:02,199 THESE POLICIES WERE ISSUED A 115 00:04:02,199 --> 00:04:04,034 DECADE AGO, OF COURSE WE KNOW IT 116 00:04:04,034 --> 00:04:06,336 TOOK MANY YEARS TO PROVIDE ALL 117 00:04:06,336 --> 00:04:08,505 OF THE IMPORTANT POLICY CAVEATS 118 00:04:08,505 --> 00:04:10,640 AND SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUNDS FOR 119 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:12,442 THESE POLICIES, BUT THEY ARE 120 00:04:12,442 --> 00:04:14,444 COMPLEMENTARY AND WORK IN TANDEM 121 00:04:14,444 --> 00:04:16,947 TOE PROMOTE CULTURE OF 122 00:04:16,947 --> 00:04:17,714 RESPONSIBILITY BY REMINDING 123 00:04:17,714 --> 00:04:19,883 INVOLVED PARTIES OF SHARED DUTY 124 00:04:19,883 --> 00:04:22,152 TO PULL INTEGRITY OF SCIENCE AND 125 00:04:22,152 --> 00:04:22,886 PREVENT MISUSE. 126 00:04:22,886 --> 00:04:25,689 FIRST OF THESE TWO POLICIES 127 00:04:25,689 --> 00:04:27,657 ISSUED IN 2012 IS U.S. 128 00:04:27,657 --> 00:04:29,659 GOVERNMENT POLICY FOR OVERSIGHT 129 00:04:29,659 --> 00:04:31,394 OF LIFE SCIENCES DURC. 130 00:04:31,394 --> 00:04:33,129 THIS POLICY REALLY WORKS TO 131 00:04:33,129 --> 00:04:35,332 ARTICULATE AND DEFINE THE ROLES 132 00:04:35,332 --> 00:04:37,834 AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FEDERAL 133 00:04:37,834 --> 00:04:39,035 FUNDING AGENCIES, INCLUDING 134 00:04:39,035 --> 00:04:40,904 REGULAR REVIEW OF RESEARCH 135 00:04:40,904 --> 00:04:44,007 PORTFOLIOS, TO IDENTIFY DURC AND 136 00:04:44,007 --> 00:04:45,275 APPROPRIATELY MITIGATE THOSE 137 00:04:45,275 --> 00:04:46,042 RISKS. 138 00:04:46,042 --> 00:04:49,212 THE SECOND ONE ISSUED IN 2014 IS 139 00:04:49,212 --> 00:04:50,647 POLICY FOR INSTITUTIONAL 140 00:04:50,647 --> 00:04:53,149 OVERSIGHT OF LIFE SCIENCES DURC, 141 00:04:53,149 --> 00:04:55,986 THIS POLICY REQUIRES FEDERALLY 142 00:04:55,986 --> 00:04:57,354 FUNDED RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS TO 143 00:04:57,354 --> 00:04:59,055 ESTABLISH SYSTEM OF OVERSIGHT TO 144 00:04:59,055 --> 00:05:01,124 IDENTIFY DURC AND WORK WITH 145 00:05:01,124 --> 00:05:03,326 FUNDING AGENCIES TO MITIGATE 146 00:05:03,326 --> 00:05:04,995 RISK AS APPROPRIATELY. 147 00:05:04,995 --> 00:05:06,730 IMPORTANTLY, I WOULD BE REMISS 148 00:05:06,730 --> 00:05:11,201 IF I DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE 149 00:05:11,201 --> 00:05:12,535 ACCOMPANYING, THE U.S. WORKED 150 00:05:12,535 --> 00:05:14,704 WITH MANY HERE TODAY TO DEVELOP 151 00:05:14,704 --> 00:05:16,239 SHARED TOOLS AND EXPERTISE TO 152 00:05:16,239 --> 00:05:18,441 AID IN IMPLEMENTATION OF 153 00:05:18,441 --> 00:05:20,043 POLICIES INCLUDING COMPANION 154 00:05:20,043 --> 00:05:21,278 GUIDE, CASE STUDIES, OTHER 155 00:05:21,278 --> 00:05:23,213 TRAINING MATERIALS SUCH AS 156 00:05:23,213 --> 00:05:24,848 VIDEOS AND BROCHURES TO HELP THE 157 00:05:24,848 --> 00:05:25,882 COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY AT LARGE 158 00:05:25,882 --> 00:05:28,285 TO UNDERSTAND THIS TYPE OF 159 00:05:28,285 --> 00:05:30,453 RESEARCH AND BENEFITS IT 160 00:05:30,453 --> 00:05:33,857 PROVIDES AS WELL APPROPRIATE 161 00:05:33,857 --> 00:05:35,825 MITIGATION OF RISKS. 162 00:05:35,825 --> 00:05:36,626 TOGETHER THESE TWO POLICIES 163 00:05:36,626 --> 00:05:38,461 REALLY ARTICULATE THE ROLES AND 164 00:05:38,461 --> 00:05:41,498 RESPONSIBILITIES OF FEDERAL 165 00:05:41,498 --> 00:05:43,066 FUNDING AGENCIES, RESEARCH 166 00:05:43,066 --> 00:05:44,267 INSTITUTES, AND INVESTIGATORS 167 00:05:44,267 --> 00:05:45,669 FOR IDENTIFICATION AND OVERSIGHT 168 00:05:45,669 --> 00:05:47,537 OF DURC. 169 00:05:47,537 --> 00:05:49,072 TO PROMOTE A COLLABORATIVE 170 00:05:49,072 --> 00:05:52,342 APPROACH BETWEEN FEDERAL FUNDERS 171 00:05:52,342 --> 00:05:53,543 AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS. 172 00:05:53,543 --> 00:05:54,878 THIS HAPPENED ACROSS THE 173 00:05:54,878 --> 00:05:56,413 RESEARCH CONTINUUM FOR OF FROM 174 00:05:56,413 --> 00:05:57,280 PROJECT CONCEPTION TO 175 00:05:57,280 --> 00:05:58,682 PUBLICATION OF RESULTS AND 176 00:05:58,682 --> 00:06:00,116 FINDINGS, AGAIN MUCH OF WHICH 177 00:06:00,116 --> 00:06:04,487 WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER TODAY. 178 00:06:04,487 --> 00:06:06,122 BEFORE WE DIVE INTO TODAY'S 179 00:06:06,122 --> 00:06:08,325 SESSIONS WE WANT TO PROVIDE 180 00:06:08,325 --> 00:06:09,626 GROUND BASE CONCEPTS FOR THOSE 181 00:06:09,626 --> 00:06:12,128 JOINING US OR NEW TO THIS AREA, 182 00:06:12,128 --> 00:06:14,764 REMIND OURSELVES WHERE SOME OF 183 00:06:14,764 --> 00:06:15,632 THESE KEY POLICY CONCEPTS 184 00:06:15,632 --> 00:06:16,533 ORIGINATED FROM. 185 00:06:16,533 --> 00:06:23,306 AGAIN, THINKING THROUGH SOME 186 00:06:23,306 --> 00:06:25,809 HARD WORK TO HELP US CONCEIVE 187 00:06:25,809 --> 00:06:29,312 ORIGINATIONS OF POLICY. 188 00:06:29,312 --> 00:06:34,351 ONE DUAL USE VERSUS IS A 189 00:06:34,351 --> 00:06:35,151 CRITICAL DISTINCTION, RECOGNIZED 190 00:06:35,151 --> 00:06:36,786 BY MOST THAT MUCH OF LIFE 191 00:06:36,786 --> 00:06:37,654 SCIENCE RESEARCH HAS SOME 192 00:06:37,654 --> 00:06:40,156 POTENTIAL TO BE MISUSED. 193 00:06:40,156 --> 00:06:42,859 DURC IS THE SMALL SUBSET OF 194 00:06:42,859 --> 00:06:44,194 RESEARCH WITH HIGHEST POTENTIAL 195 00:06:44,194 --> 00:06:46,262 OR GREATEST RISK TO BE MISUSED 196 00:06:46,262 --> 00:06:48,832 TO POSE A THREAT TO PUBLIC 197 00:06:48,832 --> 00:06:51,001 HEALTH OR OTHER ASPECTS OF 198 00:06:51,001 --> 00:06:52,435 NATIONAL SECURITY. 199 00:06:52,435 --> 00:06:53,236 THE REAL FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGE 200 00:06:53,236 --> 00:06:55,405 OF THIS IS HOW TO FACILITATE 201 00:06:55,405 --> 00:06:58,008 REALIZATION OF THE BENEFITS OF 202 00:06:58,008 --> 00:07:00,210 THIS RESEARCH, WHILE MITIGATING 203 00:07:00,210 --> 00:07:01,978 RISKS OF MISUSE. 204 00:07:01,978 --> 00:07:03,613 THE DURC POLICIES ARE SCOPED 205 00:07:03,613 --> 00:07:06,449 AROUND A WELL DEFINED SUBSET OF 206 00:07:06,449 --> 00:07:08,318 LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH, THIS 207 00:07:08,318 --> 00:07:11,154 UTILIZES 15 AGENTS AND TOXINS 208 00:07:11,154 --> 00:07:12,655 AND SEVEN CATEGORIES OF 209 00:07:12,655 --> 00:07:14,424 EXPERIMENTS, THAT WERE DESIGNED 210 00:07:14,424 --> 00:07:16,826 TO COMPLEMENT EXISTING 211 00:07:16,826 --> 00:07:17,627 BIOSECURITY POLICIES AND 212 00:07:17,627 --> 00:07:18,361 REGULATIONS. 213 00:07:18,361 --> 00:07:21,564 THIS IS REGARDING POSSESSION AND 214 00:07:21,564 --> 00:07:23,633 HANDLING OF HIGH CONSEQUENCE 215 00:07:23,633 --> 00:07:24,567 BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. 216 00:07:24,567 --> 00:07:27,270 THE 15 AGENTS AND TOXINS ARE 217 00:07:27,270 --> 00:07:34,177 REGULATED UNDER FEDERAL LAW AND 218 00:07:34,177 --> 00:07:37,047 WORK IS SUBJECT TO STRICT 219 00:07:37,047 --> 00:07:39,749 BIOSECURITY AND BIOSAFETY 220 00:07:39,749 --> 00:07:40,650 OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENTS. 221 00:07:40,650 --> 00:07:44,154 THE SEVEN CATEGORIES OF 222 00:07:44,154 --> 00:07:45,155 EXPERIMENTAL EFFECTS DESCRIBE 223 00:07:45,155 --> 00:07:48,625 OUTCOMES IF PRODUCED WOULD 224 00:07:48,625 --> 00:07:50,493 WARRANT CAREFUL ASSESSMENT FOR 225 00:07:50,493 --> 00:07:53,229 DURC, INCLUDING RESEARCH 226 00:07:53,229 --> 00:07:54,764 ANTICIPATED TO ENHANCE HARMFUL 227 00:07:54,764 --> 00:07:57,600 CONSEQUENCES OF AGENT OR TOXIN, 228 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,803 INCREASE STABILITY, TRANSMISS 229 00:07:59,803 --> 00:08:03,339 BUILT, OR ABILITY TO DISSEMINATE 230 00:08:03,339 --> 00:08:06,843 AGENTS OR TOXIN OR ALTER HOST 231 00:08:06,843 --> 00:08:09,879 RANGE OR TROPISM OF THE TOXIN. 232 00:08:09,879 --> 00:08:11,815 RESEARCH DETERMINED TO BE DURC 233 00:08:11,815 --> 00:08:12,782 REQUIRES ASSESSMENT OF THE 234 00:08:12,782 --> 00:08:17,087 POTENTIAL DEN FITS -- BENEFITS, 235 00:08:17,087 --> 00:08:19,689 IMPLEMENTATION OF A RISK 236 00:08:19,689 --> 00:08:23,860 MITIGATION PLAN, APPROPRIATE 237 00:08:23,860 --> 00:08:24,561 ONGOING OVERSIGHT. 238 00:08:24,561 --> 00:08:26,396 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 239 00:08:26,396 --> 00:08:28,131 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT 240 00:08:28,131 --> 00:08:30,834 ARE SHARED AMONGST THE FEDERAL 241 00:08:30,834 --> 00:08:31,868 GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTIONS 242 00:08:31,868 --> 00:08:33,103 CONDUCTING DURC. 243 00:08:33,103 --> 00:08:35,038 THE DURC POLICIES APPLY TO 244 00:08:35,038 --> 00:08:36,906 FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 245 00:08:36,906 --> 00:08:38,875 THAT FUND OR CONDUCT LIFE 246 00:08:38,875 --> 00:08:41,277 SCIENCES RESEARCH. 247 00:08:41,277 --> 00:08:43,379 THE POLICIES ALSO APPLY TO 248 00:08:43,379 --> 00:08:44,614 RELEVANT RESEARCH CONDUCTED AT 249 00:08:44,614 --> 00:08:46,683 ANY INSTITUTION WITHIN THE U.S. 250 00:08:46,683 --> 00:08:48,551 THAT RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDS TO 251 00:08:48,551 --> 00:08:50,887 CONDUCT OR SPONSOR LIFE SCIENCES 252 00:08:50,887 --> 00:08:52,122 RESEARCH, REGARDLESS OF THE 253 00:08:52,122 --> 00:08:54,657 SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR A 254 00:08:54,657 --> 00:08:56,359 PARTICULAR PROJECT. 255 00:08:56,359 --> 00:08:56,893 IMPORTANTLY, INSTITUTIONS 256 00:08:56,893 --> 00:08:58,728 OUTSIDE THE U.S. THAT RECEIVE 257 00:08:58,728 --> 00:09:01,598 FEDERAL FUNDS TO CONDUCT OR 258 00:09:01,598 --> 00:09:03,900 SPONSOR RESEARCH SUBJECT TO 259 00:09:03,900 --> 00:09:04,901 POLICY. 260 00:09:04,901 --> 00:09:05,568 NON-FEDERALLY FUNDED ENTITIES 261 00:09:05,568 --> 00:09:07,604 ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE 262 00:09:07,604 --> 00:09:09,572 ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT REQUIRED BY 263 00:09:09,572 --> 00:09:12,208 DURC POLICIES, THE POLICY 264 00:09:12,208 --> 00:09:13,076 STRONGLY ENCOURAGES 265 00:09:13,076 --> 00:09:14,611 IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNAL 266 00:09:14,611 --> 00:09:15,678 OVERSIGHT PROCEDURES, CONSISTENT 267 00:09:15,678 --> 00:09:17,013 WITH CULTURE OF SHARED 268 00:09:17,013 --> 00:09:17,947 RESPONSIBILITY THAT UNDERPINS 269 00:09:17,947 --> 00:09:22,485 THE OVERSIGHT OF THE DURC 270 00:09:22,485 --> 00:09:22,786 FRAMEWORK. 271 00:09:22,786 --> 00:09:24,888 I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE NEXT 272 00:09:24,888 --> 00:09:35,231 SLIDE BUT SOME KEY 273 00:09:35,532 --> 00:09:36,199 RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDING 274 00:09:36,199 --> 00:09:38,902 IMPLEMENT POLICIES IN THE 275 00:09:38,902 --> 00:09:41,404 FRAMEWORK, ESTABLISHING 276 00:09:41,404 --> 00:09:42,505 INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW ENTITY, 277 00:09:42,505 --> 00:09:43,606 DESIGNATING INSTITUTIONAL 278 00:09:43,606 --> 00:09:46,676 CONTACT FOR DUAL USE RESEARCH. 279 00:09:46,676 --> 00:09:48,645 THE IRE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 280 00:09:48,645 --> 00:09:50,613 REVIEWING RESEARCH SUBJECT TO 281 00:09:50,613 --> 00:09:52,148 POLICY, CONDUCTING RISK/BENEFIT 282 00:09:52,148 --> 00:09:54,551 ASSESSMENT TO INFORM DEVELOPMENT 283 00:09:54,551 --> 00:09:58,855 OF DRAFT RISK MITIGATION PLANS. 284 00:09:58,855 --> 00:10:01,024 THE DESIGNATED ICDUR, RESOURCE 285 00:10:01,024 --> 00:10:08,131 AND LIAISON AND ASSIST I.R. E IN 286 00:10:08,131 --> 00:10:09,232 DUTIES, ENSURING STAFF ARE 287 00:10:09,232 --> 00:10:11,568 TRAINED AND EDUCATED IN POLICIES 288 00:10:11,568 --> 00:10:15,271 AND CONDUCT DURC IN ACCORDANCE 289 00:10:15,271 --> 00:10:16,239 WITH APPROVED RISK MITIGATION 290 00:10:16,239 --> 00:10:17,006 PLANS. 291 00:10:17,006 --> 00:10:18,508 IN ADDITION TO REVIEWING 292 00:10:18,508 --> 00:10:20,243 RESEARCH PORTFOLIOS TO IDENTIFY 293 00:10:20,243 --> 00:10:22,812 DURC, FUNDING AGENCIES WORK WITH 294 00:10:22,812 --> 00:10:25,582 INSTITUTIONS TO FINALIZE AND 295 00:10:25,582 --> 00:10:29,152 APPROVE RISK MITIGATION PLANS. 296 00:10:29,152 --> 00:10:30,153 AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE IN 297 00:10:30,153 --> 00:10:31,354 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND AT 298 00:10:31,354 --> 00:10:34,123 NIH ARE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT 299 00:10:34,123 --> 00:10:36,092 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BIOSECURITY 300 00:10:36,092 --> 00:10:37,260 POLICIES, POLICY FRAMEWORK IN 301 00:10:37,260 --> 00:10:40,697 GENERAL, TO ENSURE THEY ARE 302 00:10:40,697 --> 00:10:42,565 APPROPRIATELY BALANCING CRITICAL 303 00:10:42,565 --> 00:10:44,200 RESEARCH ADVANCES ON MITIGATING 304 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:44,867 RISK. 305 00:10:44,867 --> 00:10:46,936 BACK IN FEBRUARY THE NSABB WAS 306 00:10:46,936 --> 00:10:48,571 CHARGED WITH CONDUCTING A 307 00:10:48,571 --> 00:10:51,507 THOROUGH EVALUATION OF TWO 308 00:10:51,507 --> 00:10:53,376 BIOSECURITY POLICY FRAMEWORKS, 309 00:10:53,376 --> 00:10:55,578 FOR RESEARCH INVOLVING ENHANCED 310 00:10:55,578 --> 00:10:56,880 POTENTIAL PANDEMIC PATHOGENS AND 311 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:58,548 FOR TODAY'S FOCUS DURC TO INFORM 312 00:10:58,548 --> 00:11:02,218 ONGOING U.S. GOVERNMENT 313 00:11:02,218 --> 00:11:03,253 BIOSECURITY POLICY EVALUATION 314 00:11:03,253 --> 00:11:03,486 EFFORTS. 315 00:11:03,486 --> 00:11:06,656 INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EFFORT 316 00:11:06,656 --> 00:11:08,858 INCLUDING FULL CHARGE CAN BE 317 00:11:08,858 --> 00:11:13,896 FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE, OFFICE OF 318 00:11:13,896 --> 00:11:15,865 SCIENCE POLICY. 319 00:11:15,865 --> 00:11:16,499 INCLUDING EVALUATING 320 00:11:16,499 --> 00:11:18,368 EFFECTIVENESS OF POLICIES AND 321 00:11:18,368 --> 00:11:23,640 IMPACT ON RESEARCH, IDENTIFYING 322 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:25,174 IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES, AND 323 00:11:25,174 --> 00:11:26,342 THINKING ABOUT EVALUATING 324 00:11:26,342 --> 00:11:28,211 EFFECTIVENESS WITH REGARD TO 325 00:11:28,211 --> 00:11:28,778 PUBLICATION, PUBLIC 326 00:11:28,778 --> 00:11:30,313 COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION 327 00:11:30,313 --> 00:11:32,815 OF DUAL USE RESEARCH 328 00:11:32,815 --> 00:11:34,017 METHODOLOGIES AND RESEARCH. 329 00:11:34,017 --> 00:11:36,219 SO WE'RE WORKING HERE TODAY TO 330 00:11:36,219 --> 00:11:39,389 THINK AROUND WHAT THE DEFINITION 331 00:11:39,389 --> 00:11:42,125 AND SCOPE OF DURC MEANS AND HOW 332 00:11:42,125 --> 00:11:45,628 TO KEEP PACE WITH SCIENTIFIC 333 00:11:45,628 --> 00:11:46,796 ADVANCES EVOLVING UNDERSTANDING 334 00:11:46,796 --> 00:11:51,100 RISK AND BENEFITS. 335 00:11:51,100 --> 00:11:52,001 IMPORTANTLY COALESCING AND 336 00:11:52,001 --> 00:11:54,170 INTEGRATING POLICY AND HOW THIS 337 00:11:54,170 --> 00:11:57,040 CANP APPLIED TO MITIGATE RISK 338 00:11:57,040 --> 00:12:01,611 FROM RESEARCH AND BIOSAFETY AND 339 00:12:01,611 --> 00:12:02,545 BIOSECURITY CONSIDERATIONS. 340 00:12:02,545 --> 00:12:05,782 OUR GOALS FOR TODAY, I'M EXCITED 341 00:12:05,782 --> 00:12:07,517 TO GET US STARTED, COMING 342 00:12:07,517 --> 00:12:09,952 TOGETHER TO HEAR FROM 343 00:12:09,952 --> 00:12:11,487 STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING RESEARCH 344 00:12:11,487 --> 00:12:13,890 INSTITUTION REPRESENTATIVES AND 345 00:12:13,890 --> 00:12:15,525 BIOSECURITY POLICY EXPERTS, ALSO 346 00:12:15,525 --> 00:12:17,060 ENGAGED PUBLIC WHO SIGNED UP TO 347 00:12:17,060 --> 00:12:18,695 PROVIDE COMMENTS DURING TODAY'S 348 00:12:18,695 --> 00:12:21,230 SESSION AS WELL AS POLICY 349 00:12:21,230 --> 00:12:22,031 EXPERTS, BIOSAFETY AND 350 00:12:22,031 --> 00:12:23,399 BIOSECURITY EXPERTS AND MORE. 351 00:12:23,399 --> 00:12:25,835 OUR DISCUSSIONS WILL SPAN THREE 352 00:12:25,835 --> 00:12:27,704 SESSIONS, FOCUSED ON SCOPE AND 353 00:12:27,704 --> 00:12:29,439 DEFINITIONS OF THE DURC POLICY, 354 00:12:29,439 --> 00:12:31,708 HOW THE POLICY HAS BEEN 355 00:12:31,708 --> 00:12:35,178 IMPLEMENTED, WHAT WE SHOULD 356 00:12:35,178 --> 00:12:36,579 THINK ABOUT FOR THE FUTURE 357 00:12:36,579 --> 00:12:38,247 MOVING INTO THE NEXT DECADE. 358 00:12:38,247 --> 00:12:42,852 I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR 359 00:12:42,852 --> 00:12:43,186 PARTICIPATING. 360 00:12:43,186 --> 00:12:47,724 YOUR INPUT IS IMPORTANT TO U.S. 361 00:12:47,724 --> 00:12:49,726 GOVERNMENT EFFORTS AND ONGOING 362 00:12:49,726 --> 00:12:54,931 NSABB DELIBERATION AND LOOK 363 00:12:54,931 --> 00:12:58,267 FORWARD TO YOUR PERSPECTIVES. 364 00:12:58,267 --> 00:13:03,639 I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE GERALD 365 00:13:03,639 --> 00:13:05,408 PARKER, COLLEGE OF VETERINARY 366 00:13:05,408 --> 00:13:07,143 MEDICINE, TEXAS A & M 367 00:13:07,143 --> 00:13:08,678 UNIVERSITY, CHAIR OF THE NSABB 368 00:13:08,678 --> 00:13:10,413 WHO HAS AGREED TO MODERATE THE 369 00:13:10,413 --> 00:13:11,848 FIRST SESSION TODAY. 370 00:13:11,848 --> 00:13:13,916 WE ASK SESSION 1 PARTICIPANTS TO 371 00:13:13,916 --> 00:13:15,118 TURN ON CAMERAS. 372 00:13:15,118 --> 00:13:15,852 DR. PARKER, WELCOME. 373 00:13:15,852 --> 00:13:19,288 I TURN THIS OVER TO YOU. 374 00:13:19,288 --> 00:13:22,024 >> THANK YOU, LYRIC, FOR THE 375 00:13:22,024 --> 00:13:22,558 WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION. 376 00:13:22,558 --> 00:13:24,660 I WANT TO THANK THE NIH STAFF 377 00:13:24,660 --> 00:13:26,496 FOR MAKING THIS STAKEHOLDER 378 00:13:26,496 --> 00:13:27,797 ENGAGEMENT POLICY TODAY. 379 00:13:27,797 --> 00:13:28,731 MY THANKS TO EVERYONE. 380 00:13:28,731 --> 00:13:32,301 IT'S NOT EASY TO DO THESE 381 00:13:32,301 --> 00:13:32,668 THINGS. 382 00:13:32,668 --> 00:13:35,905 SESSION 1 IS INTENDED TO FOCUS 383 00:13:35,905 --> 00:13:44,647 ON DURC POLICIES, SCOPE, 384 00:13:44,647 --> 00:13:47,483 DEFINITION, EFFECTIVENESS 385 00:13:47,483 --> 00:13:55,625 TOWARDS PRESERVING DUAL RESEARCH 386 00:13:55,625 --> 00:13:56,359 CONCERN. 387 00:13:56,359 --> 00:13:58,094 THE DURC POLICY AND SCOPE MUST 388 00:13:58,094 --> 00:14:02,598 BE ALSO CONSIDERED IN THE 389 00:14:02,598 --> 00:14:04,133 CONTEXT OF THE SCIENTIFIC 390 00:14:04,133 --> 00:14:06,202 LANDSCAPE INCLUDING PATHOGENS 391 00:14:06,202 --> 00:14:08,771 AND ADVANCES AND CONVERGENCE IN 392 00:14:08,771 --> 00:14:10,373 TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNICAL 393 00:14:10,373 --> 00:14:10,706 CAPABILITIES. 394 00:14:10,706 --> 00:14:12,108 IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS 395 00:14:12,108 --> 00:14:14,310 GOES BEYOND PUBLIC HEALTH, WE 396 00:14:14,310 --> 00:14:16,946 HAVE TO CONSIDER AGRICULTURAL, 397 00:14:16,946 --> 00:14:18,181 PLANTS, ANIMALS, ENVIRONMENT, 398 00:14:18,181 --> 00:14:21,083 NATIONAL SECURITY AS WELL. 399 00:14:21,083 --> 00:14:24,253 OVERARCHING QUESTIONS TO ADDRESS 400 00:14:24,253 --> 00:14:25,555 IN SESSION 1 INCLUDE WHAT ARE 401 00:14:25,555 --> 00:14:27,223 THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF 402 00:14:27,223 --> 00:14:30,927 THE SCOPE OF DURC OVERSIGHT 403 00:14:30,927 --> 00:14:32,495 POLICY IN ADDRESSING POTENTIAL 404 00:14:32,495 --> 00:14:35,531 RISKS ACROSS THE LIFE SCIENCES 405 00:14:35,531 --> 00:14:39,902 SPECTRUM, AS REMINDER WE JUST 406 00:14:39,902 --> 00:14:42,939 HEARD ALSO CURRENT DURC POLICY 407 00:14:42,939 --> 00:14:44,507 APPLIES TO RESEARCH ON 15 SELECT 408 00:14:44,507 --> 00:14:47,243 AGENTS AND TOXINS. 409 00:14:47,243 --> 00:14:49,412 IT DOES COVER 7 EXPERIMENTAL 410 00:14:49,412 --> 00:14:51,714 CATEGORIES AND ONLY APPLIES TO 411 00:14:51,714 --> 00:14:53,049 FEDERALLY FUNDED INSTITUTIONS. 412 00:14:53,049 --> 00:14:55,585 THE SECOND QUESTION, ARE THERE 413 00:14:55,585 --> 00:14:57,186 ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES FOR 414 00:14:57,186 --> 00:14:58,521 OVERSEEING RESEARCH WITH DUAL 415 00:14:58,521 --> 00:15:01,491 USE POTENTIAL THAT EFFECTIVELY 416 00:15:01,491 --> 00:15:02,959 PRESERVES RESEARCH BENEFITS 417 00:15:02,959 --> 00:15:05,428 WHILE EFFECTIVELY MITIGATING 418 00:15:05,428 --> 00:15:05,661 RUSSIAN. 419 00:15:05,661 --> 00:15:14,403 NUMBER THREE, SHOULD THE CURRENT 420 00:15:14,403 --> 00:15:16,706 DEFINITIONS BE REVISITED TO 421 00:15:16,706 --> 00:15:19,509 ADDRESS CONVERGENCE WITH OTHER 422 00:15:19,509 --> 00:15:20,343 SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES AND 423 00:15:20,343 --> 00:15:20,676 TECHNOLOGIES? 424 00:15:20,676 --> 00:15:23,713 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SESSION 1, I 425 00:15:23,713 --> 00:15:25,915 WILL NOW INTRODUCE PANELISTS TO 426 00:15:25,915 --> 00:15:27,116 PROVIDE PERSPECTIVES AND ENGAGE 427 00:15:27,116 --> 00:15:37,627 IN DISCUSSION ON THESE TOPICS. 428 00:15:38,461 --> 00:15:40,596 I'M GERALD PARKER, JOINED BY 429 00:15:40,596 --> 00:15:42,064 PANELISTS, FOLLOWED BY QUESTIONS 430 00:15:42,064 --> 00:15:45,735 AND DISCUSSION WITH OTHER 431 00:15:45,735 --> 00:15:46,702 PANELISTS AND NSABB MEMBERS WHO 432 00:15:46,702 --> 00:15:49,005 JOINED US TODAY. 433 00:15:49,005 --> 00:15:49,739 I WILL INTRODUCE ALL FOUR FIRST 434 00:15:49,739 --> 00:15:52,642 IN THE ORDER THEY WILL BE 435 00:15:52,642 --> 00:15:55,211 SPEAKING BEFORE ASKING EACH TO 436 00:15:55,211 --> 00:15:57,246 PROVIDE THEIR OPENING REMARKS. 437 00:15:57,246 --> 00:16:00,416 FIRST PANELIST IS JIM LE DUC, 438 00:16:00,416 --> 00:16:03,352 RECOGNIZED LEADER IN FIELD OF 439 00:16:03,352 --> 00:16:04,921 EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 440 00:16:04,921 --> 00:16:06,255 EXPERT IN BIOCONTAINMENT 441 00:16:06,255 --> 00:16:09,592 LABORATORY SAFETY, LEADERSHIP 442 00:16:09,592 --> 00:16:11,460 AND MANAGEMENT, DIRECTED 443 00:16:11,460 --> 00:16:14,096 GALVESTON LABORATORY FOR OVER A 444 00:16:14,096 --> 00:16:15,565 DECADE, CONTINUES TO SERVE AS 445 00:16:15,565 --> 00:16:18,067 ADJUNCT PROFESSOR IN DEPARTMENT 446 00:16:18,067 --> 00:16:20,002 OF MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY. 447 00:16:20,002 --> 00:16:21,671 FORMER MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL 448 00:16:21,671 --> 00:16:23,206 SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD FOR 449 00:16:23,206 --> 00:16:25,508 BIOSECURITY, MEMBER OF THE 450 00:16:25,508 --> 00:16:27,343 W.H.O. INTERNATIONAL HEALTH 451 00:16:27,343 --> 00:16:29,879 REGULATIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR 452 00:16:29,879 --> 00:16:31,314 COVID-19 PANDEMIC, AND MEMBER OF 453 00:16:31,314 --> 00:16:34,817 THE CONTROL AND PREVENTION BOARD 454 00:16:34,817 --> 00:16:36,452 OF SCIENTIFIC COUNSELORS, AMONG 455 00:16:36,452 --> 00:16:37,420 OTHER ACTIVITIES. 456 00:16:37,420 --> 00:16:38,721 HIS CAREER IN GOVERNMENT, JIM 457 00:16:38,721 --> 00:16:42,458 HELD A NUMBER OF LEADERSHIP 458 00:16:42,458 --> 00:16:44,427 POSITIONS AT WALTER REED, CDC, 459 00:16:44,427 --> 00:16:50,466 EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN 460 00:16:50,466 --> 00:16:52,468 GLOBAL HEALTH. 461 00:16:52,468 --> 00:16:55,004 SECOND PANELIST IS JILL TAYLOR, 462 00:16:55,004 --> 00:16:56,973 HAS BEEN SENIOR ADVISER FOR 463 00:16:56,973 --> 00:16:58,174 SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS ASSOCIATION 464 00:16:58,174 --> 00:17:00,176 OF PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES 465 00:17:00,176 --> 00:17:01,110 SINCE OCTOBER OF 2020. 466 00:17:01,110 --> 00:17:04,146 JILL IS A FORMER DIRECTOR OF 467 00:17:04,146 --> 00:17:06,048 WADSWORTH CENTER, NEW YORK STATE 468 00:17:06,048 --> 00:17:08,351 PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY, HAD 469 00:17:08,351 --> 00:17:10,186 OVERSIGHT OF LABORATORY'S 470 00:17:10,186 --> 00:17:12,822 RESPONSE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN 471 00:17:12,822 --> 00:17:14,256 NEW YORK STATE. 472 00:17:14,256 --> 00:17:19,495 HER INTERESTS ARE NOVEL 473 00:17:19,495 --> 00:17:22,365 FORMATIVE USE TECHNOLOGIES, 474 00:17:22,365 --> 00:17:23,666 GENOMIC ANALYSIS TO IMPROVE 475 00:17:23,666 --> 00:17:25,901 RESPONSE AND BRING CARE CLOSER 476 00:17:25,901 --> 00:17:29,171 TO THE COMMUNITY. 477 00:17:29,171 --> 00:17:31,507 THIRD IS MARIA CHAVEZ, BOARD 478 00:17:31,507 --> 00:17:34,410 MEMBER, NOW PRESIDENT AT 479 00:17:34,410 --> 00:17:35,511 BIOCURIOUS, ORGANIZING CLASSES 480 00:17:35,511 --> 00:17:45,054 AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS FOR 11 481 00:17:45,054 --> 00:17:48,324 YEARS, FOUNDING MEMBER OF OPEN 482 00:17:48,324 --> 00:17:50,292 INSULIN PROJECT TO BRING LOW 483 00:17:50,292 --> 00:17:52,495 COST INSULIN TO THE MARKET, 484 00:17:52,495 --> 00:17:58,834 MARIA LED TWO TEAMS IN 2014 AND 485 00:17:58,834 --> 00:18:00,703 2015, AND CO-LEAD OF MULTIPLE 486 00:18:00,703 --> 00:18:02,104 PROJECTS, ADVOCATE FOR OPEN 487 00:18:02,104 --> 00:18:04,974 SOURCE SCIENCE AND CREATION OF 488 00:18:04,974 --> 00:18:08,344 MORE COMMUNITY LAB SPACES, 489 00:18:08,344 --> 00:18:12,948 DEMOCRATIZING SCIENCE GLOBALLY. 490 00:18:12,948 --> 00:18:22,558 SHE'S BEEN CO-ORGANIZER OF THE 491 00:18:22,558 --> 00:18:24,960 BIOSUBMIT PROGRAM. 492 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,263 FINAL PANELIST IS DREW ENDY, 493 00:18:27,263 --> 00:18:29,131 BIOENGINEERING PROFESSOR AT 494 00:18:29,131 --> 00:18:31,367 STANFORD UNIVERSITY, STUDIES 495 00:18:31,367 --> 00:18:35,037 SYNTHESIS IN CONTEXT OF BIOLOGY. 496 00:18:35,037 --> 00:18:39,742 PAST NSABB MEMBER, CURRENTLY ON 497 00:18:39,742 --> 00:18:40,409 W.H.O. ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 498 00:18:40,409 --> 00:18:42,178 HELPED LAUNCH MAJORS IN 499 00:18:42,178 --> 00:18:46,749 BIOENGINEERING AT THE M.I.T. AND 500 00:18:46,749 --> 00:18:53,322 STANFORD, CO-FOUNDER OF IgM 501 00:18:53,322 --> 00:18:54,223 COMPETITION, GLOBAL GENETICS, 502 00:18:54,223 --> 00:18:58,160 ENABLING 60,000 TO PRACTICE 21ST 503 00:18:58,160 --> 00:18:59,028 CENTURY BIOTECHNOLOGIES. 504 00:18:59,028 --> 00:19:01,864 SESSION 1 IS SCHEDULED TO END AT 505 00:19:01,864 --> 00:19:02,231 1:20. 506 00:19:02,231 --> 00:19:04,500 WE'LL HEAR FROM THE FIRST 507 00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:06,202 PANELIST WITHOUT FURTHER ADO. 508 00:19:06,202 --> 00:19:13,042 JIM, THE VIRTUAL FLOOR IS YOURS. 509 00:19:13,042 --> 00:19:16,879 >> THANK YOU, GERRY AND THANKS 510 00:19:16,879 --> 00:19:17,546 TO THE ORGANIZERS. 511 00:19:17,546 --> 00:19:21,150 I'D LIKE TO OPEN BY SAYING WE 512 00:19:21,150 --> 00:19:23,018 HAVE A SOLID FOUNDATION ON PAST 513 00:19:23,018 --> 00:19:26,722 WORK DONE BY THE NSABB AS LYRIC 514 00:19:26,722 --> 00:19:28,023 MENTIONED. 515 00:19:28,023 --> 00:19:29,959 I'D LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY MENTION 516 00:19:29,959 --> 00:19:31,861 2016 REPORT ON RECOMMENDATIONS 517 00:19:31,861 --> 00:19:33,929 FOR THE EVALUATION AND OVERSIGHT 518 00:19:33,929 --> 00:19:38,768 OF PROPOSED GAIN OF FUNCTION 519 00:19:38,768 --> 00:19:39,034 RESEARCH. 520 00:19:39,034 --> 00:19:41,504 AND SPECIFICALLY, CALL OUT CHRIS 521 00:19:41,504 --> 00:19:44,240 AND JOE WHO WILL BE JOINING US 522 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,142 LATER TODAY FOR THEIR 523 00:19:46,142 --> 00:19:46,475 LEADERSHIP. 524 00:19:46,475 --> 00:19:49,178 THIS REALLY WAS QUITE AN 525 00:19:49,178 --> 00:19:49,745 EXTENSIVE EFFORT. 526 00:19:49,745 --> 00:19:53,015 THAT WILL ROLL TO THE FRAMEWORK 527 00:19:53,015 --> 00:19:54,650 OF GUIDING FUNDING DECISIONS FOR 528 00:19:54,650 --> 00:19:58,154 PROPOSE THE RESEARCH INVOLVING 529 00:19:58,154 --> 00:20:00,489 ENHANCED POTENTIAL PANDEMIC 530 00:20:00,489 --> 00:20:07,363 PATHOGENS, ALSO KNOWN AS P3CO 531 00:20:07,363 --> 00:20:08,130 FRAMEWORK. 532 00:20:08,130 --> 00:20:10,566 THERE ARE SOME WEAKNESSES THAT 533 00:20:10,566 --> 00:20:11,467 COULD BE ADDRESSED. 534 00:20:11,467 --> 00:20:13,102 ONE OF THEM WE'VE ALREADY HEARD 535 00:20:13,102 --> 00:20:16,572 IS THE FACT THAT THE FOUNDATION 536 00:20:16,572 --> 00:20:19,442 IS BASED ON 15 PATHOGENS THAT 537 00:20:19,442 --> 00:20:21,744 ARE LISTED SPECIFICALLY. 538 00:20:21,744 --> 00:20:24,780 AND IT'S PRETTY CLEAR, AS GERRY 539 00:20:24,780 --> 00:20:27,449 MENTIONED, WE NEED TO BE BROADER 540 00:20:27,449 --> 00:20:29,185 IN CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL 541 00:20:29,185 --> 00:20:30,953 RISKY RESEARCH THAT MIGHT 542 00:20:30,953 --> 00:20:33,322 INVOLVE ANY PATHOGEN, ANIMAL AND 543 00:20:33,322 --> 00:20:38,828 PLANT, THAT COULD IMPACT HUMAN 544 00:20:38,828 --> 00:20:39,528 HEALTH. 545 00:20:39,528 --> 00:20:42,898 I QUESTION IF THE POLICY IS 546 00:20:42,898 --> 00:20:45,034 ADEQUATELY BEING IMPLEMENTED 547 00:20:45,034 --> 00:20:46,302 ACROSS ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. 548 00:20:46,302 --> 00:20:49,038 I THINK WE COULD LOOK INTO 549 00:20:49,038 --> 00:20:52,107 MAKING BROADER USE OF THIS 550 00:20:52,107 --> 00:20:53,843 ACROSS ALL AGENCIES, AS LYRIC 551 00:20:53,843 --> 00:20:55,544 MENTIONED, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 552 00:20:55,544 --> 00:20:58,547 ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS. 553 00:20:58,547 --> 00:21:02,484 IN ADDITION, THE FACT THAT THIS 554 00:21:02,484 --> 00:21:04,587 IS NOT EASILY IMPLEMENTED 555 00:21:04,587 --> 00:21:06,856 INTERNATIONALLY, I THINK WE 556 00:21:06,856 --> 00:21:07,957 COULD USE THIS EXISTING 557 00:21:07,957 --> 00:21:10,259 FOUNDATION AS EXAMPLE TO OTHER 558 00:21:10,259 --> 00:21:14,296 NATIONS TO DEVELOP SIMILAR 559 00:21:14,296 --> 00:21:14,563 POLICIES. 560 00:21:14,563 --> 00:21:19,602 IT'S FOCUSED ON SEVEN 561 00:21:19,602 --> 00:21:20,970 EXPERIMENTS WE'VE HEARD ABOUT. 562 00:21:20,970 --> 00:21:24,039 EXPERIMENTS THAT FOCUS ON 563 00:21:24,039 --> 00:21:28,077 ENHANCING TRANSMISSIBILITY, EVEN 564 00:21:28,077 --> 00:21:30,713 OF PATHOGENS WITH RELATIVELY LOW 565 00:21:30,713 --> 00:21:31,814 VIRULENCE MIGHT BE OF GREATEST 566 00:21:31,814 --> 00:21:33,849 CONCERN AND WE SHOULD PAY 567 00:21:33,849 --> 00:21:36,285 SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THOSE. 568 00:21:36,285 --> 00:21:38,821 THE CURRENT SYSTEM TARGETS 569 00:21:38,821 --> 00:21:40,256 ACADEMIC AND GOVERNMENT-FUNDED 570 00:21:40,256 --> 00:21:41,757 RESEARCH FACILITIES. 571 00:21:41,757 --> 00:21:42,992 HOWEVER, AS WE'LL HEAR LATER 572 00:21:42,992 --> 00:21:45,160 FROM MARIA AND DREW, THERE'S A 573 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,630 GROWING ARRAY OF POTENTIAL 574 00:21:47,630 --> 00:21:49,532 PLAYERS OUTSIDE OF ACADEMIA THAT 575 00:21:49,532 --> 00:21:53,035 WE NEED TO INCORPORATE INTO THIS 576 00:21:53,035 --> 00:21:54,670 MORE EFFICIENTLY. 577 00:21:54,670 --> 00:21:56,639 THE CURRENT POLICY, REVIEW 578 00:21:56,639 --> 00:22:01,010 POLICY ITSELF, IS CUMBERSOME AND 579 00:22:01,010 --> 00:22:01,677 TIME CONSUMING. 580 00:22:01,677 --> 00:22:03,212 IF YOU'RE AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 581 00:22:03,212 --> 00:22:04,513 WITH YOUR FIRST R01 PROPOSING 582 00:22:04,513 --> 00:22:07,483 WORK ON THIS AND YOU HAVE TO 583 00:22:07,483 --> 00:22:09,118 WAIT MONTHS FOR APPROVAL THROUGH 584 00:22:09,118 --> 00:22:11,086 THE GOVERNMENT PROCESS, THIS 585 00:22:11,086 --> 00:22:13,555 COULD BE VERY, VERY DETRIMENTAL 586 00:22:13,555 --> 00:22:16,458 TO YOUR LONG-TERM CAREER. 587 00:22:16,458 --> 00:22:18,627 AND FINALLY, THE ENTIRE POLICY 588 00:22:18,627 --> 00:22:23,565 IN MY VIEW IS FOCUSED ON 589 00:22:23,565 --> 00:22:25,134 TOP-DOWN GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT. 590 00:22:25,134 --> 00:22:30,272 GOING FORWARD, WE MAY WANT TO 591 00:22:30,272 --> 00:22:34,543 LOOK AT ENHANCING MORE BOTTOM-UP 592 00:22:34,543 --> 00:22:36,512 APPROACH THAT PLACES GREATER 593 00:22:36,512 --> 00:22:38,914 RESPONSIBILITY AND TOOLS TO BOTH 594 00:22:38,914 --> 00:22:40,916 INVESTIGATOR AND PARENT 595 00:22:40,916 --> 00:22:44,520 ORGANIZATION THAT'S CONDUCTING 596 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:45,287 THE RESEARCH. 597 00:22:45,287 --> 00:22:48,257 THIS WOULD INVOLVE RISK 598 00:22:48,257 --> 00:22:50,859 ASSESSMENT OF PROPOSED RESEARCH, 599 00:22:50,859 --> 00:22:53,929 AND FUNDING PROCESS. 600 00:22:53,929 --> 00:22:55,898 THIS WOULD REQUIRE PERHAPS 601 00:22:55,898 --> 00:22:58,200 GREATER U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY 602 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,837 GUIDANCE TO EVALUATE THE RISK 603 00:23:01,837 --> 00:23:02,705 AND POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF 604 00:23:02,705 --> 00:23:05,674 ACCIDENTAL RELEASE OF A 605 00:23:05,674 --> 00:23:05,941 PATHOGEN. 606 00:23:05,941 --> 00:23:09,411 FURTHER, IT DEMANDS THE P.I. 607 00:23:09,411 --> 00:23:10,813 ARTICULATE IN A REALISTIC 608 00:23:10,813 --> 00:23:14,216 ASSESSMENT OF THE BENEFITS OF 609 00:23:14,216 --> 00:23:18,253 THE PROPOSED RESEARCH. 610 00:23:18,253 --> 00:23:22,524 IT WOULD ADDRESS THE GUIDANCE 611 00:23:22,524 --> 00:23:25,461 NECESSARY OF ANY INFORMATION 612 00:23:25,461 --> 00:23:27,730 THAT'S GENERATED AND HAVE THE 613 00:23:27,730 --> 00:23:29,732 CONSIDERATION OF COULD THIS 614 00:23:29,732 --> 00:23:32,134 INFORMATION ITSELF BE 615 00:23:32,134 --> 00:23:33,035 POTENTIALLY MISUSED. 616 00:23:33,035 --> 00:23:36,338 IT WOULD REQUIRE A ROBUST 617 00:23:36,338 --> 00:23:38,841 CONSIDERATION OF BOTH BIOSAFETY 618 00:23:38,841 --> 00:23:40,442 AND BIOSECURITY STANDARDS THAT 619 00:23:40,442 --> 00:23:42,611 ARE INVOLVED IN CARRYING OUT THE 620 00:23:42,611 --> 00:23:44,146 RESEARCH. 621 00:23:44,146 --> 00:23:46,015 AND MAKE SURE THAT THE 622 00:23:46,015 --> 00:23:47,983 INDIVIDUALS CONDUCTING RESEARCH 623 00:23:47,983 --> 00:23:50,085 ARE APPROPRIATELY TRAINED. 624 00:23:50,085 --> 00:23:53,889 IT MIGHT ALSO INVOLVE IN-PROCESS 625 00:23:53,889 --> 00:23:54,957 REVIEW OF STUDIES THAT ARE 626 00:23:54,957 --> 00:23:59,061 UNDERWAY SO THERE COULD BE 627 00:23:59,061 --> 00:24:01,230 ADJUSTMENTS MADE IF UNINTENDED 628 00:24:01,230 --> 00:24:07,803 OR UNANTICIPATED RESULTS ARE 629 00:24:07,803 --> 00:24:08,137 IDENTIFIED. 630 00:24:08,137 --> 00:24:10,005 IN OUR ORGANIZATION, I'D LIKE TO 631 00:24:10,005 --> 00:24:11,974 SPEAK SPECIFICALLY NOW THAT 632 00:24:11,974 --> 00:24:14,043 UTMB'S APPROACH TO THIS, BECAUSE 633 00:24:14,043 --> 00:24:18,881 I THINK, NATIONAL HURRICANE -- 634 00:24:18,881 --> 00:24:21,283 NUMBER ONE WE'RE IN A UNIQUE 635 00:24:21,283 --> 00:24:22,484 POSITION WITH A BIOCONTAINMENT 636 00:24:22,484 --> 00:24:25,120 LABORATORY WITH ALL LEVELS UP TO 637 00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:28,624 AND INCLUDING BSL4, SO WE'VE GOT 638 00:24:28,624 --> 00:24:31,060 LOTS OF OPTIONS HOW TO ADDRESS 639 00:24:31,060 --> 00:24:33,629 BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY ISSUE. 640 00:24:33,629 --> 00:24:36,498 WE'VE HAD A WELL-ESTABLISHED 641 00:24:36,498 --> 00:24:36,999 INSTITUTIONAL BIOSAFETY 642 00:24:36,999 --> 00:24:39,001 COMMITTEE WHICH I THINK IS 643 00:24:39,001 --> 00:24:40,302 EQUIVALENT TO INSTITUTIONAL 644 00:24:40,302 --> 00:24:43,906 REVIEW ENTITY THAT LYRIC HAD 645 00:24:43,906 --> 00:24:45,107 MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY. 646 00:24:45,107 --> 00:24:47,643 OUR IBC IS COMPOSED OF TECHNICAL 647 00:24:47,643 --> 00:24:48,811 EXPERTS, WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT 648 00:24:48,811 --> 00:24:56,051 WE'VE GOT EXPERTISE IN VIRUS 649 00:24:56,051 --> 00:25:00,456 DISEASE AND BACTERIAL AND 650 00:25:00,456 --> 00:25:08,997 RICKETSIAL, A WIDE RANGE, 651 00:25:08,997 --> 00:25:17,840 AUGMENTED BY ANIMAL RESOURCE 652 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:18,774 CENTER, INFECTIOUS DISEASE 653 00:25:18,774 --> 00:25:20,275 CLINICIANS, BIOSAFETY TEAM AND 654 00:25:20,275 --> 00:25:21,677 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH GROUP 655 00:25:21,677 --> 00:25:22,678 ENGAGED, AND ALSO 656 00:25:22,678 --> 00:25:23,879 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE 657 00:25:23,879 --> 00:25:25,414 COMMUNITY THAT ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE 658 00:25:25,414 --> 00:25:28,383 ABOUT MEDICAL SCIENCES IN 659 00:25:28,383 --> 00:25:28,951 GENERAL. 660 00:25:28,951 --> 00:25:30,319 THE ENTIRE PROCESS IS BUILT 661 00:25:30,319 --> 00:25:34,156 AROUND A P.I.-GENERATED NOTICE 662 00:25:34,156 --> 00:25:39,294 OF USE DOCUMENT, AND THIS IS AN 663 00:25:39,294 --> 00:25:39,862 EXTENSIVE DOCUMENT THAT RUNS 664 00:25:39,862 --> 00:25:40,929 LITERALLY 20 PAGES LONG. 665 00:25:40,929 --> 00:25:43,232 I'M HAPPY TO SHARE A TEMPLATE OF 666 00:25:43,232 --> 00:25:47,603 THAT FOR ANYBODY THAT'S 667 00:25:47,603 --> 00:25:47,903 INTERESTED. 668 00:25:47,903 --> 00:25:54,943 BUT IT INCLUDES AN IN-DEPTH 669 00:25:54,943 --> 00:25:55,644 DISCUSSION OF THE AGENT, WHETHER 670 00:25:55,644 --> 00:25:58,814 OR NOT VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE, 671 00:25:58,814 --> 00:26:02,484 DISCUSSION ABOUT INACTIVATION 672 00:26:02,484 --> 00:26:04,052 PROCEDURES, DISINFECTANTS, THE 673 00:26:04,052 --> 00:26:04,720 WASTE STREAM MANAGEMENT 674 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,556 CHALLENGES THAT MIGHT BE FACED. 675 00:26:07,556 --> 00:26:10,259 IT GOES INTO GREAT DETAIL, 676 00:26:10,259 --> 00:26:11,960 DISCUSSING EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN 677 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,730 AND SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES SEVEN 678 00:26:14,730 --> 00:26:16,899 EXPERIMENTS OF CONCERN FOR DUAL 679 00:26:16,899 --> 00:26:18,100 USE RESEARCH. 680 00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:21,270 IF ANIMALS ARE INVOLVED, IT 681 00:26:21,270 --> 00:26:26,341 INVOLVES REVIEW BY VET STAFF AND 682 00:26:26,341 --> 00:26:28,076 COMPLEMENTS IACUC PAPERWORK 683 00:26:28,076 --> 00:26:29,845 SUBMITTED AS WELL. 684 00:26:29,845 --> 00:26:34,616 IT TALKS ABOUT HOW THE PATHOGENS 685 00:26:34,616 --> 00:26:36,618 THEMSELVES ARE GOING TO BE 686 00:26:36,618 --> 00:26:38,687 PASSED AND PROPAGATED, IT 687 00:26:38,687 --> 00:26:40,889 ADDRESSES WHETHER OR NOT VECTOR 688 00:26:40,889 --> 00:26:42,791 STUDIES ARE INVOLVED INCLUDING 689 00:26:42,791 --> 00:26:43,492 AEROSOL EXPOSURES. 690 00:26:43,492 --> 00:26:46,628 BIOSAFETY LEVEL TO BE USED IS 691 00:26:46,628 --> 00:26:48,330 PROPOSED AND REVIEWED CAREFULLY 692 00:26:48,330 --> 00:26:50,499 BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND 693 00:26:50,499 --> 00:26:52,000 SAFETY TEAM, AND THERE'S 694 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:52,868 DOCUMENTATION THAT THE 695 00:26:52,868 --> 00:26:54,836 INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD BE 696 00:26:54,836 --> 00:26:56,371 CONDUCTING THE RESEARCH HAVE 697 00:26:56,371 --> 00:26:58,273 UNDERGONE APPROPRIATE TRAINING. 698 00:26:58,273 --> 00:27:00,209 THERE'S DISCUSSION ABOUT PPE AND 699 00:27:00,209 --> 00:27:00,809 EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION 700 00:27:00,809 --> 00:27:05,781 THAT MIGHT BE USED TO THAT COULD 701 00:27:05,781 --> 00:27:07,449 GENERATE AEROSOLS, IN DEPTH 702 00:27:07,449 --> 00:27:08,984 DISCUSSION OF GENETIC 703 00:27:08,984 --> 00:27:09,885 MODIFICATION OR RECOMBINANT WORK 704 00:27:09,885 --> 00:27:11,053 THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED. 705 00:27:11,053 --> 00:27:14,556 ALL OF THIS FORCES THE P.I. TO 706 00:27:14,556 --> 00:27:17,626 DO THEIR -- TO CONDUCT THEIR OWN 707 00:27:17,626 --> 00:27:19,828 REALLY INTENSIVE RISK ASSESSMENT 708 00:27:19,828 --> 00:27:22,998 PRIOR TO STARTING ANY 709 00:27:22,998 --> 00:27:23,632 EXPERIMENT, AND ENSURES 710 00:27:23,632 --> 00:27:26,602 EVERYTHING'S ALREADY IN PLACE TO 711 00:27:26,602 --> 00:27:28,337 SAFELY CONDUCT THE STUDIES THAT 712 00:27:28,337 --> 00:27:30,539 ARE BEING PROPOSED. 713 00:27:30,539 --> 00:27:33,508 IT ALLOWS CRITICAL EVALUATION BY 714 00:27:33,508 --> 00:27:34,476 EXPERTS KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE 715 00:27:34,476 --> 00:27:36,912 FIELD BUT INDEPENDENT OF THIS 716 00:27:36,912 --> 00:27:38,747 PARTICULAR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. 717 00:27:38,747 --> 00:27:41,049 AND THEY, AGAIN, MAY RECOMMEND 718 00:27:41,049 --> 00:27:44,119 THAT ON AS THE EXPERIMENTS 719 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:47,756 UNFOLD, THEY MAY WANT TO LOOK AT 720 00:27:47,756 --> 00:27:50,492 RESULTS THAT ARE GENERATED THAT 721 00:27:50,492 --> 00:27:52,995 COULD RESULT IN SOME 722 00:27:52,995 --> 00:27:54,029 UNANTICIPATED RESULTS. 723 00:27:54,029 --> 00:27:56,164 AND IT ENSURES THE APPROPRIATE 724 00:27:56,164 --> 00:27:57,266 LEVEL OF BIOCONTAINMENT IS GOING 725 00:27:57,266 --> 00:27:58,900 TO BE USED. 726 00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:02,304 THIS SYSTEM WORKS QUITE WELL FOR 727 00:28:02,304 --> 00:28:02,938 US. 728 00:28:02,938 --> 00:28:06,141 HOWEVER, IT'S BUILT, AGAIN, ON 729 00:28:06,141 --> 00:28:07,542 ACADEMIC MODEL AND WE'RE 730 00:28:07,542 --> 00:28:09,678 FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE 731 00:28:09,678 --> 00:28:12,147 BIOCONTAINMENT AVAILABLE TO US. 732 00:28:12,147 --> 00:28:13,548 BUT WE'LL HEAR LATER FROM DREW 733 00:28:13,548 --> 00:28:16,652 AND MARIA THAT OTHER SITUATIONS 734 00:28:16,652 --> 00:28:19,955 EXIST WHERE POTENTIALLY RISKY 735 00:28:19,955 --> 00:28:21,256 RESEARCH MAY BE CONTEMPLATED, 736 00:28:21,256 --> 00:28:23,859 BUT BY ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAY 737 00:28:23,859 --> 00:28:25,527 LACK EITHER PERSONNEL EXPERTISE 738 00:28:25,527 --> 00:28:28,463 TO HAVE THEIR OWN COMPREHENSIVE 739 00:28:28,463 --> 00:28:32,301 IBC OR ACCESS TO APPROPRIATE 740 00:28:32,301 --> 00:28:33,435 BIOCONTAINMENT LEVELS. 741 00:28:33,435 --> 00:28:35,570 SO POSSIBLE SOLUTION WE MAY WANT 742 00:28:35,570 --> 00:28:40,609 TO TALK ABOUT IS HOW THE 743 00:28:40,609 --> 00:28:41,543 GOVERNMENT MIGHT MORE EXPLICITLY 744 00:28:41,543 --> 00:28:44,446 PROVIDE DIRECTION ON THE RISKS 745 00:28:44,446 --> 00:28:47,416 TO BE CONSIDERED IN REVIEW OF 746 00:28:47,416 --> 00:28:51,687 DURC PROPOSALS. 747 00:28:51,687 --> 00:28:54,323 AND I KNOW THERE'S COURSE 748 00:28:54,323 --> 00:28:55,324 CONTENT AVAILABLE BUT PERHAPS 749 00:28:55,324 --> 00:28:56,625 THIS WOULD BE EXPANDED AS WELL. 750 00:28:56,625 --> 00:28:59,461 ONE OF THE IDEAS WE MIGHT 751 00:28:59,461 --> 00:29:04,633 CONSIDER IS THE CONCEPT OF 752 00:29:04,633 --> 00:29:06,702 CONTRACT INSTITUTIONAL BIOSAFETY 753 00:29:06,702 --> 00:29:09,004 COMMITTEE, THAT WOULD REVIEW 754 00:29:09,004 --> 00:29:11,206 PROPOSALS FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT 755 00:29:11,206 --> 00:29:14,910 LACK EXPERTISE TO SUSTAIN THEIR 756 00:29:14,910 --> 00:29:15,143 OWN IBC. 757 00:29:15,143 --> 00:29:18,280 AND FINALLY, THE U.S. 758 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:18,947 GOVERNMENT'S INVESTED ABOUT A 759 00:29:18,947 --> 00:29:20,816 BILLION DOLLARS IN THE 760 00:29:20,816 --> 00:29:24,019 CONSTRUCTION OF REGIONAL AND 761 00:29:24,019 --> 00:29:25,120 NATIONAL BIOCONTAINMENT 762 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:26,421 LABORATORIES ON ACADEMIC 763 00:29:26,421 --> 00:29:27,155 CAMPUSES. 764 00:29:27,155 --> 00:29:29,157 WE COULD EXPLORE HOW THIS 765 00:29:29,157 --> 00:29:31,026 RESOURCE MIGHT BE MORE 766 00:29:31,026 --> 00:29:33,428 EFFICIENTLY USED TO MAKE 767 00:29:33,428 --> 00:29:34,629 BIOCONTAINMENT SPACE AVAILABLE 768 00:29:34,629 --> 00:29:35,831 FOR THOSE INVESTIGATORS THAT 769 00:29:35,831 --> 00:29:37,366 LACK SUCH ACCESS. 770 00:29:37,366 --> 00:29:40,635 THERE WILL BE SEVERAL QUESTIONS 771 00:29:40,635 --> 00:29:44,606 THAT INVOLVE THAT, INCLUDING 772 00:29:44,606 --> 00:29:45,374 FINANCING, TRAINING 773 00:29:45,374 --> 00:29:47,509 DOCUMENTATION AND A HOST OF 774 00:29:47,509 --> 00:29:51,380 OTHERS I WILL NOT GO INTO NOW 775 00:29:51,380 --> 00:29:54,015 BUT I THINK OVERALL BY LOOKING 776 00:29:54,015 --> 00:29:57,953 AT THIS PROCESS, WE MIGHT 777 00:29:57,953 --> 00:30:00,455 ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS 778 00:30:00,455 --> 00:30:02,224 THE QUESTIONS POSED. 779 00:30:02,224 --> 00:30:06,461 WE IN PLACE A WELL-ESTABLISHED 780 00:30:06,461 --> 00:30:09,431 IACUC SYSTEM THAT ADDRESSES 781 00:30:09,431 --> 00:30:12,701 LABORATORY ANIMAL STUDIES AND 782 00:30:12,701 --> 00:30:13,502 HUMAN RESEARCH PROCESS THROUGH 783 00:30:13,502 --> 00:30:14,436 THE IRBs. 784 00:30:14,436 --> 00:30:18,240 I THINK WE OUGHT TO CONSIDER 785 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:19,174 MAKING THE INSTITUTIONAL 786 00:30:19,174 --> 00:30:20,142 BIOSAFETY COMMITTEES EQUIVALENT 787 00:30:20,142 --> 00:30:22,778 TO THESE ALREADY ESTABLISHED 788 00:30:22,778 --> 00:30:24,980 ORGANIZATIONS, AND THROUGH THAT 789 00:30:24,980 --> 00:30:28,817 PROCESS WE MIGHT ESTABLISH A 790 00:30:28,817 --> 00:30:30,652 MORE RIGOROUS BOTTOM-UP REVIEW 791 00:30:30,652 --> 00:30:32,421 PROCESS THAT COULD AVOID 792 00:30:32,421 --> 00:30:34,723 STARTING RISK OF RESEARCH AND 793 00:30:34,723 --> 00:30:38,226 REDUCE THE NEED FOR DUAL USE 794 00:30:38,226 --> 00:30:39,094 RESEARCH REVIEW BEYOND 795 00:30:39,094 --> 00:30:39,895 INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL. 796 00:30:39,895 --> 00:30:45,033 SO WITH THAT LET ME STOP. 797 00:30:45,033 --> 00:30:45,634 THANK YOU. 798 00:30:45,634 --> 00:30:46,535 >> THANK YOU. 799 00:30:46,535 --> 00:30:48,837 YOU PROVIDED A LOT OF THINGS FOR 800 00:30:48,837 --> 00:30:53,542 US TO THINK ABOUT AND SOME 801 00:30:53,542 --> 00:30:54,743 VERY -- SOLUTIONS THAT PROBABLY 802 00:30:54,743 --> 00:30:57,145 ARE GRASPED. 803 00:30:57,145 --> 00:31:02,083 A COUPLE QUALIFY THINGS, ONE 804 00:31:02,083 --> 00:31:03,618 THING THAT RESONATED, 805 00:31:03,618 --> 00:31:04,419 BIOCONTAINMENT INFRASTRUCTURE, 806 00:31:04,419 --> 00:31:06,221 MORE EFFECTIVE WAY, MAKE SURE 807 00:31:06,221 --> 00:31:11,827 IT'S FINANCED EFFECTIVELY TOO 808 00:31:11,827 --> 00:31:13,495 BUT TRANSMISSION, YOU MENTIONED 809 00:31:13,495 --> 00:31:18,900 WE SHOULD PAY MORE ATTENTION TO 810 00:31:18,900 --> 00:31:20,235 TRANSMISSION AS A CATEGORY, 811 00:31:20,235 --> 00:31:21,470 POST-TROPISM? 812 00:31:21,470 --> 00:31:23,939 >> I WAS THINKING MORE IN TERMS 813 00:31:23,939 --> 00:31:25,307 OF ANY STUDIES THAT WERE BEING 814 00:31:25,307 --> 00:31:28,009 UNDERTAKEN IN THE LABORATORY. 815 00:31:28,009 --> 00:31:30,512 FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO A LOT OF 816 00:31:30,512 --> 00:31:32,614 VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE STUDIES 817 00:31:32,614 --> 00:31:35,317 WHERE WE HAVE TRANSMISSION BY 818 00:31:35,317 --> 00:31:36,384 ARTHROPODS, TICKS OR MOSQUITOES 819 00:31:36,384 --> 00:31:36,985 OR WHATEVER. 820 00:31:36,985 --> 00:31:40,021 ALSO WE HAVE A ROBUST AEROSOL 821 00:31:40,021 --> 00:31:40,655 EXPOSURE CAPABILITY. 822 00:31:40,655 --> 00:31:43,758 SO THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS 823 00:31:43,758 --> 00:31:49,998 I WAS MOST CONCERNED ABOUT. 824 00:31:49,998 --> 00:31:51,967 CLEARLY, IT GOES BEYOND THAT. 825 00:31:51,967 --> 00:31:54,503 >> THANKS, JIM. 826 00:31:54,503 --> 00:31:56,938 NEXT SPEAKER IS JILL TAYLOR, THE 827 00:31:56,938 --> 00:32:03,345 VIRTUAL FLOOR IS YOURS. 828 00:32:03,345 --> 00:32:06,414 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GERRY, 829 00:32:06,414 --> 00:32:08,450 I'D LIKE TO THANK THE NIH AND 830 00:32:08,450 --> 00:32:09,751 NSABB FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 831 00:32:09,751 --> 00:32:13,455 SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. 832 00:32:13,455 --> 00:32:14,623 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 833 00:32:14,623 --> 00:32:16,925 I NEED TO MAKE A DISCLAIMER THAT 834 00:32:16,925 --> 00:32:19,661 THE POSITION THAT I'M GOING TO 835 00:32:19,661 --> 00:32:23,498 TAKE IS MY OWN POSITION, AS A 836 00:32:23,498 --> 00:32:25,567 LIFELONG PUBLIC HEALTH 837 00:32:25,567 --> 00:32:26,768 SCIENTIST, AND TRAINED 838 00:32:26,768 --> 00:32:27,369 VIROLOGIST. 839 00:32:27,369 --> 00:32:29,304 I WORK FOR ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC 840 00:32:29,304 --> 00:32:34,643 HEALTH LAB AND I HAVE ASKED MY 841 00:32:34,643 --> 00:32:36,745 COLLEAGUES THERE TO CONTRIBUTE 842 00:32:36,745 --> 00:32:39,114 TO MY THOUGHTS BUT IT HAS NOT 843 00:32:39,114 --> 00:32:40,882 BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD OR 844 00:32:40,882 --> 00:32:41,983 MEMBERSHIP OF THE ASSOCIATION SO 845 00:32:41,983 --> 00:32:45,487 I NEED TO MAKE THAT DISCLAIMER. 846 00:32:45,487 --> 00:32:48,857 I HAVE TWO POSITIONS I'M GOING 847 00:32:48,857 --> 00:32:49,958 TO PROPOSE. 848 00:32:49,958 --> 00:32:52,694 AND I'M COMING FROM THE 849 00:32:52,694 --> 00:32:56,298 PERSPECTIVE OF PUBLIC HEALTH 850 00:32:56,298 --> 00:32:58,600 SCIENTIST, HAVING GONE THROUGH 851 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:03,371 THE EARLY STAGES OF THE CURRENT 852 00:33:03,371 --> 00:33:05,941 PANDEMIC, ALSO EXPERIENCING THE 853 00:33:05,941 --> 00:33:07,576 MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK THAT WE'RE 854 00:33:07,576 --> 00:33:11,079 NOW IN THE EARLY STAGES OF. 855 00:33:11,079 --> 00:33:14,482 AND SO MY POSITION IS GOING TO 856 00:33:14,482 --> 00:33:19,187 BE BASED ON THE RISK MITIGATION 857 00:33:19,187 --> 00:33:21,056 PORTION OF THE DURC POLICY. 858 00:33:21,056 --> 00:33:23,358 THEN WILL TAKE TWO POSITIONS 859 00:33:23,358 --> 00:33:24,993 WHICH I'LL EXPLAIN IN LATER 860 00:33:24,993 --> 00:33:29,030 SLIDES, ONE WE SHOULD MOVE 861 00:33:29,030 --> 00:33:30,465 BEYOND CONSIDERING AND 862 00:33:30,465 --> 00:33:32,801 RESPONDING TO BIOLOGICAL THREATS 863 00:33:32,801 --> 00:33:35,170 IN DIFFERENT WAYS, BASED ON 864 00:33:35,170 --> 00:33:38,006 ORIGIN, SECOND POSITION I WILL 865 00:33:38,006 --> 00:33:40,442 TAKE IS THAT WE'RE NOT 866 00:33:40,442 --> 00:33:41,643 ADEQUATELY ADDRESSING MITIGATION 867 00:33:41,643 --> 00:33:46,014 OF RISK ASPECTS OF OUR OVERSIGHT 868 00:33:46,014 --> 00:33:46,247 POLICY. 869 00:33:46,247 --> 00:33:47,882 CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE 870 00:33:47,882 --> 00:33:48,283 PLEASE? 871 00:33:48,283 --> 00:33:50,919 I THOUGHT MY BEST APPROACH WAS 872 00:33:50,919 --> 00:33:52,687 JUST TO SPECIFICALLY ANSWER THE 873 00:33:52,687 --> 00:33:55,090 QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED AND 874 00:33:55,090 --> 00:33:57,259 THEN I WILL GO BEYOND THAT WITH 875 00:33:57,259 --> 00:33:58,159 YOUR PERMISSION. 876 00:33:58,159 --> 00:34:03,732 SO IN THE FIRST QUESTION, MY 877 00:34:03,732 --> 00:34:06,568 REVIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND 878 00:34:06,568 --> 00:34:09,971 PRACTICAL PROCESSES IN THE DURC 879 00:34:09,971 --> 00:34:11,606 POLICY SEEM APPROPRIATE. 880 00:34:11,606 --> 00:34:18,546 AND JIM HAS MADE A CLEAR CASE 881 00:34:18,546 --> 00:34:20,248 FOR ADDRESSING SOME GAPS THAT 882 00:34:20,248 --> 00:34:23,852 CURRENTLY ARE IN THAT 883 00:34:23,852 --> 00:34:24,819 ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY AND THESE 884 00:34:24,819 --> 00:34:26,688 SEEM LIKE VERY GOOD IDEAS. 885 00:34:26,688 --> 00:34:29,090 HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THE CURRENT 886 00:34:29,090 --> 00:34:31,593 SCOPE OF THOSE IS TOO NARROW, 887 00:34:31,593 --> 00:34:33,695 BEYOND THE 15 AGENTS AND 7 888 00:34:33,695 --> 00:34:34,462 EXPERIMENTAL TYPES THAT WE 889 00:34:34,462 --> 00:34:37,298 SHOULD LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE IT 890 00:34:37,298 --> 00:34:39,334 BROADER BECAUSE I THINK THAT 891 00:34:39,334 --> 00:34:41,703 POLICY IS BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW 892 00:34:41,703 --> 00:34:43,672 NOW RATHER THAN WHAT IS LIKELY 893 00:34:43,672 --> 00:34:45,340 TO BE POSSIBLE. 894 00:34:45,340 --> 00:34:47,642 AND I THINK THAT'S A RISK THAT 895 00:34:47,642 --> 00:34:52,647 NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. 896 00:34:52,647 --> 00:34:53,982 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 897 00:34:53,982 --> 00:34:56,251 QUESTION 2, I BELIEVE OUR 898 00:34:56,251 --> 00:34:58,453 OVERSIGHT OF RESEARCH AND 899 00:34:58,453 --> 00:34:59,020 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS 900 00:34:59,020 --> 00:35:01,189 INCLUDING SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY 901 00:35:01,189 --> 00:35:05,794 WHICH WILL BE ADDRESSED LATER, 902 00:35:05,794 --> 00:35:07,762 ANY OF THESE RESEARCHERS THAT DO 903 00:35:07,762 --> 00:35:10,398 HAVE A DUAL USE POTENTIAL OR ARE 904 00:35:10,398 --> 00:35:14,869 DURC SHOULD BE AUGMENTED BY 905 00:35:14,869 --> 00:35:17,072 USING NEW FORECASTING, 906 00:35:17,072 --> 00:35:18,273 IDENTIFICATION, SURVEILLANCE 907 00:35:18,273 --> 00:35:20,108 TECHNOLOGIES TO DEVELOP A LIVING 908 00:35:20,108 --> 00:35:22,944 LIST, NOT A STATIC LIST, 909 00:35:22,944 --> 00:35:25,480 ADDRESSING BIOSAFETY AND 910 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:27,549 BIOSECURITY CONCERNS AND 911 00:35:27,549 --> 00:35:29,851 ENHANCES MITIGATION. 912 00:35:29,851 --> 00:35:32,687 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 913 00:35:32,687 --> 00:35:36,091 SO, THE QUESTION 3, YES, I DO 914 00:35:36,091 --> 00:35:38,493 THINK THAT THE DURC DEFINITION 915 00:35:38,493 --> 00:35:42,864 AND OVERSIGHT APPROACH SHOULD BE 916 00:35:42,864 --> 00:35:43,331 REVISITED. 917 00:35:43,331 --> 00:35:45,934 AS A CITIZEN AND AS A PUBLIC 918 00:35:45,934 --> 00:35:48,470 HEALTH SCIENTIST, I THINK THAT 919 00:35:48,470 --> 00:35:53,541 TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE HUMAN 920 00:35:53,541 --> 00:35:56,144 SOCIETAL AND FINANCIAL COST OF 921 00:35:56,144 --> 00:35:59,748 THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC REQUIRES 922 00:35:59,748 --> 00:36:01,516 US TO REVIEW THE CURRENT 923 00:36:01,516 --> 00:36:05,120 DEFINITION AND APPROACH AND I 924 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:06,321 CONGRATULATE NIH AND NSABB FOR 925 00:36:06,321 --> 00:36:09,290 DOING THAT AS PART OF THIS 926 00:36:09,290 --> 00:36:09,524 PROCESS. 927 00:36:09,524 --> 00:36:13,862 I THINK THAT ALSO WE NEED TO AS 928 00:36:13,862 --> 00:36:15,730 YOU'RE DOING CONSIDER ADVANCES 929 00:36:15,730 --> 00:36:17,599 IN SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY WHICH WERE 930 00:36:17,599 --> 00:36:19,000 NOT FULLY ENVISAGED WHEN THE 931 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,837 DURC PROCESS WAS IMPLEMENTED. 932 00:36:22,837 --> 00:36:27,041 WE NEED TO LOOK AT IMPROVED 933 00:36:27,041 --> 00:36:37,552 MITIGATION POTENTIAL OF USING 934 00:36:39,954 --> 00:36:42,023 PATH GENERAL AGNOSTIC, 935 00:36:42,023 --> 00:36:43,224 REGARDLESS OF ORIGIN. 936 00:36:43,224 --> 00:36:46,394 HERE IS MY OVERALL PROPOSAL TO 937 00:36:46,394 --> 00:36:47,829 DEVELOP A MORE COMPREHENSIVE 938 00:36:47,829 --> 00:36:50,498 APPROACH TO DETECTION AND 939 00:36:50,498 --> 00:36:54,569 MITIGATION OF BIOLOGICAL 940 00:36:54,569 --> 00:36:56,671 THREATS, WHETHER NATURAL EVENT 941 00:36:56,671 --> 00:36:58,873 SUCH AS ZOONOTIC, AN ACCIDENTAL 942 00:36:58,873 --> 00:37:01,276 RELEASE FROM LABORATORY WHICH 943 00:37:01,276 --> 00:37:05,647 CAN HAPPEN, THOUGH WE'RE TAKING 944 00:37:05,647 --> 00:37:10,919 GREAT MEASURES TO PREVENT THAT, 945 00:37:10,919 --> 00:37:13,655 OR AN ENGINEERED PATHOGEN WHICH 946 00:37:13,655 --> 00:37:17,225 MAYBE HAD A TERRORIST ORIGIN OR 947 00:37:17,225 --> 00:37:20,562 IN FACT UNINTENDED ORIGIN. 948 00:37:20,562 --> 00:37:22,096 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 949 00:37:22,096 --> 00:37:25,266 SO, I THINK THIS CAN BE DONE IN 950 00:37:25,266 --> 00:37:25,567 STAGES. 951 00:37:25,567 --> 00:37:27,335 IT'S A LOT TO CONSIDER BUT I 952 00:37:27,335 --> 00:37:31,172 THINK IT CAN BE DONE IN STAGES. 953 00:37:31,172 --> 00:37:34,175 WE FIRST BEING WE NEED TO REVIEW 954 00:37:34,175 --> 00:37:35,777 THE CURRENT POLICY, BASED ON 955 00:37:35,777 --> 00:37:37,879 PANDEMIC EXPERIENCE, AND WHAT WE 956 00:37:37,879 --> 00:37:40,748 LEARNED FROM THAT. 957 00:37:40,748 --> 00:37:43,051 IT'S BASED ON EVERYTHING I HAVE 958 00:37:43,051 --> 00:37:44,219 READ. 959 00:37:44,219 --> 00:37:45,887 IT SEEMS THE CONSENSUS IS THAT 960 00:37:45,887 --> 00:37:49,057 THIS WAS A NATURAL ZOONOTIC 961 00:37:49,057 --> 00:37:49,491 EVENT. 962 00:37:49,491 --> 00:37:53,561 THE RELEASE FROM A LABORATORY 963 00:37:53,561 --> 00:37:55,830 HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETELY 964 00:37:55,830 --> 00:37:57,365 ELIMINATED BUT GIVEN A LOWER 965 00:37:57,365 --> 00:37:58,900 CHANCE OF HAVING HAPPENED THAT 966 00:37:58,900 --> 00:37:59,133 WAY. 967 00:37:59,133 --> 00:38:02,770 BUT I DO THINK WE SHOULD LEARN 968 00:38:02,770 --> 00:38:05,240 FROM THE PANDEMIC EXPERIENCE. 969 00:38:05,240 --> 00:38:07,876 I THINK THAT WHAT I'M PROPOSING 970 00:38:07,876 --> 00:38:10,311 SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE CURRENT 971 00:38:10,311 --> 00:38:12,080 POLICY, NOT TO REPLACE THE 972 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:14,115 CURRENT POLICY. 973 00:38:14,115 --> 00:38:16,351 SO WE SHOULD RETAIN THE 974 00:38:16,351 --> 00:38:19,654 CAPABILITY TO OVERSEE DURC 975 00:38:19,654 --> 00:38:21,823 RESEARCH, P3 RESEARCH, ON HIGH 976 00:38:21,823 --> 00:38:23,591 PRIORITY LIST PATHOGENS AND 977 00:38:23,591 --> 00:38:24,392 CONSTRUCTS. 978 00:38:24,392 --> 00:38:27,195 BUT WE NEED TO MODERNIZE 979 00:38:27,195 --> 00:38:28,763 LABORATORY DETECTION METHODS FOR 980 00:38:28,763 --> 00:38:31,132 HIGH PRIORITY PATHOGENS, THESE 981 00:38:31,132 --> 00:38:34,636 ARE LABORATORY RESPONSE METHODS 982 00:38:34,636 --> 00:38:36,905 WHICH WERE DEVELOPED EARLY IN 983 00:38:36,905 --> 00:38:41,743 THE 2000s, AND BASED ON 984 00:38:41,743 --> 00:38:42,644 OUTDATED METHODS, OUTDATED 985 00:38:42,644 --> 00:38:44,145 TARGETED METHODS. 986 00:38:44,145 --> 00:38:47,482 WE SHOULD USE THE INFORMATION 987 00:38:47,482 --> 00:38:56,224 GAINED FROM THE NEW CDC TO ADD 988 00:38:56,224 --> 00:38:58,526 NEW THREAT AGENTS BASED ON 989 00:38:58,526 --> 00:38:59,560 FINDINGS, AND EMERGING PATHOGENS 990 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:03,097 TO CREATE A LIVING LIST OF 991 00:39:03,097 --> 00:39:03,665 TARGETS. 992 00:39:03,665 --> 00:39:06,167 WE SHOULD DEFINITELY ENGAGE WITH 993 00:39:06,167 --> 00:39:08,569 AND CONSULT WITH THE SYNTHETIC 994 00:39:08,569 --> 00:39:10,438 BIOLOGY COMMUNITY TO BETTER 995 00:39:10,438 --> 00:39:12,206 UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL RISKS 996 00:39:12,206 --> 00:39:13,508 OF THEIR WORK. 997 00:39:13,508 --> 00:39:16,444 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HOPE 998 00:39:16,444 --> 00:39:19,981 MARIA WILL ADDRESS AND DREW WILL 999 00:39:19,981 --> 00:39:24,652 ADDRESS ABOUT HOW BEST TO DO 1000 00:39:24,652 --> 00:39:24,852 THAT. 1001 00:39:24,852 --> 00:39:26,421 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 1002 00:39:26,421 --> 00:39:29,624 WE SHOULD MOVE AWAY FROM 1003 00:39:29,624 --> 00:39:31,225 RELIANCE ON TARGETED ASSAYS. 1004 00:39:31,225 --> 00:39:34,696 MOST OF THE METHODS FOR SELECT 1005 00:39:34,696 --> 00:39:38,466 AGENTS ARE BASED ON PCR TARGETED 1006 00:39:38,466 --> 00:39:40,435 PCR ASSAYS SO YOU FIND WHAT 1007 00:39:40,435 --> 00:39:42,403 YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND THAT'S 1008 00:39:42,403 --> 00:39:46,774 ALL YOU FIND. 1009 00:39:46,774 --> 00:39:48,743 WE SHOULD RESEARCH PATHOGEN 1010 00:39:48,743 --> 00:39:51,579 AGNOSTIC APPROACHES SUCH AS 1011 00:39:51,579 --> 00:39:54,082 METAGENOMIC EXPENSES IN COMPLEX 1012 00:39:54,082 --> 00:39:55,850 SAMPLE TIMES SUCH AS WASTE 1013 00:39:55,850 --> 00:40:02,190 WATER, THIS APPROACH HAS BEEN 1014 00:40:02,190 --> 00:40:05,560 WELL DEVELOPED DURING THE COVID 1015 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:06,361 CAMPAIGN, ACADEMIC CENTERS HAVE 1016 00:40:06,361 --> 00:40:10,531 BEEN VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THIS, 1017 00:40:10,531 --> 00:40:12,400 THE METAGENOMIC APPROACH IS 1018 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,302 EARLY BUT HAS GREAT POTENTIAL AS 1019 00:40:14,302 --> 00:40:18,873 WELL AS WE NEED TO DO RESEARCH 1020 00:40:18,873 --> 00:40:23,544 IN BIOINFORMATIC APPROACHES THAT 1021 00:40:23,544 --> 00:40:25,413 ARE NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND 1022 00:40:25,413 --> 00:40:26,381 METAGENOMIC SEQUENCING AND MAKE 1023 00:40:26,381 --> 00:40:27,248 USE OF IT. 1024 00:40:27,248 --> 00:40:30,084 WE NEED TO GET INTO THE 1025 00:40:30,084 --> 00:40:31,953 COMMUNITY AND DEVELOP RAPID 1026 00:40:31,953 --> 00:40:33,588 ADAPTABLE AND SENSITIVE 1027 00:40:33,588 --> 00:40:35,023 SCREENING PLATFORMS FOR MASS 1028 00:40:35,023 --> 00:40:38,459 USAGE AT POINTS OF ENTRY LIKE 1029 00:40:38,459 --> 00:40:42,463 AIRPORTS, URGENT CARE CENTERS, 1030 00:40:42,463 --> 00:40:44,165 EMERGENCY ROOMS, POINTS OF 1031 00:40:44,165 --> 00:40:46,167 OUTBREAK, SO IF THERE IS A LEAK 1032 00:40:46,167 --> 00:40:49,170 FROM A LABORATORY, IF THERE'S AN 1033 00:40:49,170 --> 00:40:52,306 INCOMING PATHOGEN, WE NEED TO BE 1034 00:40:52,306 --> 00:40:57,578 ABLE TO HAVE A VERY BROAD 1035 00:40:57,578 --> 00:40:58,713 POPULATION-BASED APPROACH TO 1036 00:40:58,713 --> 00:41:01,416 FIND THE LIMITS OF THE OUTBREAK. 1037 00:41:01,416 --> 00:41:05,687 WE NEED TO INVEST AT ALL LEVELS 1038 00:41:05,687 --> 00:41:07,889 IN GLOBAL, NATIONAL, REGIONAL 1039 00:41:07,889 --> 00:41:09,457 AND LOCAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS 1040 00:41:09,457 --> 00:41:12,126 TO PROVIDE AN EARLY WARNING OF 1041 00:41:12,126 --> 00:41:15,296 THE DEVELOPMENT OR ENTRY OF NEW 1042 00:41:15,296 --> 00:41:15,563 PATHOGENS. 1043 00:41:15,563 --> 00:41:20,768 AND MY LAST SLIDE PLEASE. 1044 00:41:20,768 --> 00:41:23,938 I THINK WE NEED TO REIMAGINE OUR 1045 00:41:23,938 --> 00:41:26,240 PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM. 1046 00:41:26,240 --> 00:41:27,608 HAVING COME THROUGH -- WELL, 1047 00:41:27,608 --> 00:41:29,210 WE'RE NOT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, 1048 00:41:29,210 --> 00:41:37,185 LOOKING AT WHAT WENT WRONG, WHAT 1049 00:41:37,185 --> 00:41:41,122 WENT RIGHT, EARLY STAGES OF THE 1050 00:41:41,122 --> 00:41:42,223 MONKEYPOX STAGES, GETTING A LOT 1051 00:41:42,223 --> 00:41:43,324 OF CRITICISM. 1052 00:41:43,324 --> 00:41:46,828 WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND PUBLIC 1053 00:41:46,828 --> 00:41:47,595 HEALTH IS EVERYONE'S 1054 00:41:47,595 --> 00:41:50,264 RESPONSIBILITY AND WE NEED TO 1055 00:41:50,264 --> 00:41:53,801 ENGAGE MULTIPLE SECTORS OF THE 1056 00:41:53,801 --> 00:41:56,237 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, COMMERCIAL 1057 00:41:56,237 --> 00:41:59,841 LABS, CLINICAL HOSPITAL LABS, 1058 00:41:59,841 --> 00:42:01,142 MANUFACTURERS, ACADEMIC RESEARCH 1059 00:42:01,142 --> 00:42:03,711 CENTERS, IN MITIGATING RISK 1060 00:42:03,711 --> 00:42:05,379 AGAINST BIOLOGICAL THREATS. 1061 00:42:05,379 --> 00:42:07,748 I MENTIONED THE WASTE WATER 1062 00:42:07,748 --> 00:42:11,152 SURVEILLANCE WHICH WAS RAPIDLY 1063 00:42:11,152 --> 00:42:11,986 ADDRESSED IN ACADEMIC 1064 00:42:11,986 --> 00:42:14,055 COMMUNITIES AND WHERE I THINK 1065 00:42:14,055 --> 00:42:17,158 THEY MADE GOOD PROGRESS. 1066 00:42:17,158 --> 00:42:22,096 SO I THINK THAT WE NEED AS A 1067 00:42:22,096 --> 00:42:23,297 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TO THINK 1068 00:42:23,297 --> 00:42:27,135 ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM AND 1069 00:42:27,135 --> 00:42:32,273 CREATE A SYSTEM WHICH IS WELL 1070 00:42:32,273 --> 00:42:34,809 COORDINATED AND WHERE ROLES ARE 1071 00:42:34,809 --> 00:42:36,244 UNDERSTOOD AND ADDRESSED. 1072 00:42:36,244 --> 00:42:40,915 AND THAT'S MY LAST THOUGHT. 1073 00:42:40,915 --> 00:42:43,017 THANK YOU, GERRY. 1074 00:42:43,017 --> 00:42:45,987 >> JILL, THANK YOU. 1075 00:42:45,987 --> 00:42:47,622 ONE QUICK FOLLOW-UP, I AGREE, 1076 00:42:47,622 --> 00:42:51,559 SOME OF THE SEQUENCING CAPACITY 1077 00:42:51,559 --> 00:42:52,760 THAT WAS RAPIDLY ESTABLISHED, 1078 00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:54,896 WASTE WATER ANALYSIS WHICH IS 1079 00:42:54,896 --> 00:42:56,464 PHENOMENAL, A LOT OF IT 1080 00:42:56,464 --> 00:42:58,099 UNIVERSITY BASED, ONE THING THAT 1081 00:42:58,099 --> 00:43:02,170 WORRIES ME HOW ARE WE GOING TO 1082 00:43:02,170 --> 00:43:02,970 SUSTAIN THAT? 1083 00:43:02,970 --> 00:43:04,739 QUICK THOUGHTS ON THAT. 1084 00:43:04,739 --> 00:43:09,377 >> SO, MY FEELING IS SEQUENCING 1085 00:43:09,377 --> 00:43:10,378 AND METAGENOMIC SEQUENCING IS 1086 00:43:10,378 --> 00:43:13,414 GOING TO BECOME THE NEW GOLD 1087 00:43:13,414 --> 00:43:13,948 STANDARD. 1088 00:43:13,948 --> 00:43:19,120 AT THE MOMENT IT'S REALTIME PCR. 1089 00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:20,655 WE'RE RAPIDLY MOVING BEYOND THAT 1090 00:43:20,655 --> 00:43:22,523 TO THE FIRST LEVEL DONE AS 1091 00:43:22,523 --> 00:43:26,127 SAMPLE COMES TO A LAB, AT LEAST 1092 00:43:26,127 --> 00:43:28,196 PUBLIC HEALTH AND ACADEMIC LABS, 1093 00:43:28,196 --> 00:43:29,830 MAYBE NOT COMMERCIAL LABS, THIS 1094 00:43:29,830 --> 00:43:32,433 IS GOING TO BE METAGENOMIC 1095 00:43:32,433 --> 00:43:34,869 QUEENING AND I DON'T THINK THE 1096 00:43:34,869 --> 00:43:37,872 FUTURE IS THOROUGH. 1097 00:43:37,872 --> 00:43:42,210 >> ME TOO. 1098 00:43:42,210 --> 00:43:43,344 THANK YOU. 1099 00:43:43,344 --> 00:43:48,316 THOUGHTS ABOUT REIMAGINING THE 1100 00:43:48,316 --> 00:43:50,651 PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, YOUR FINAL 1101 00:43:50,651 --> 00:43:50,885 THOUGHT. 1102 00:43:50,885 --> 00:43:53,821 THIRD SPEAKER IS MARIA CHAVEZ. 1103 00:43:53,821 --> 00:43:56,624 MARIA, THE VIRTUAL FLOOR IS 1104 00:43:56,624 --> 00:43:56,991 YOURS. 1105 00:43:56,991 --> 00:43:57,291 >> GREAT. 1106 00:43:57,291 --> 00:44:01,562 WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME 1107 00:44:01,562 --> 00:44:01,762 TODAY. 1108 00:44:01,762 --> 00:44:02,930 I'M REALLY THANKFUL TO BE PART 1109 00:44:02,930 --> 00:44:05,099 OF THIS EVENT. 1110 00:44:05,099 --> 00:44:06,901 I'M NOT THE TYPICAL SPEAKER AT 1111 00:44:06,901 --> 00:44:10,571 DURC SESSIONS BUT I WAS HOPING 1112 00:44:10,571 --> 00:44:12,707 TO BRING A NEW PERSPECTIVE. 1113 00:44:12,707 --> 00:44:15,409 I TALK AT A LOT OF BIOSECURITY 1114 00:44:15,409 --> 00:44:17,411 AND BIOSAFETY EVENTS, GENERALLY 1115 00:44:17,411 --> 00:44:19,013 ADDRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT THE 1116 00:44:19,013 --> 00:44:20,348 SAFETY OF COMMUNITY LABS. 1117 00:44:20,348 --> 00:44:23,751 JUST TO GIVE HISTORY ON THIS, 1118 00:44:23,751 --> 00:44:25,586 COMMUNITY SCIENCE LABS AND DOI 1119 00:44:25,586 --> 00:44:26,921 BIOLOGY LABS IN AND OF 1120 00:44:26,921 --> 00:44:28,656 THEMSELVES ARE NOT IN THE SCOPE 1121 00:44:28,656 --> 00:44:30,391 OF DURC AS BY AND LARGE 1122 00:44:30,391 --> 00:44:31,626 FACILITIES THAT ARE DOING THIS 1123 00:44:31,626 --> 00:44:33,961 AND PEOPLE DOING THIS ARE 1124 00:44:33,961 --> 00:44:35,329 WORKING IN BSL 1 FACILITIES. 1125 00:44:35,329 --> 00:44:40,468 THERE ARE A FEW SUCH AS MY LAB 1126 00:44:40,468 --> 00:44:43,437 BIOCURIOUS THAT ARE BSL 1 WITH 1127 00:44:43,437 --> 00:44:45,072 MAMMALIAN TISSUE CULTURING ON 1128 00:44:45,072 --> 00:44:45,606 SITE. 1129 00:44:45,606 --> 00:44:47,908 LABS SUCH AS MYSELF WE DO HAVE 1130 00:44:47,908 --> 00:44:55,016 INTERNAL REVIEW PROCESS FOR 1131 00:44:55,016 --> 00:44:57,752 EXPERIMENTS AND ORGANISMS BUT DO 1132 00:44:57,752 --> 00:45:00,054 NOT HANDLE SELECT AGENTS OR 1133 00:45:00,054 --> 00:45:00,921 CONDUCT GAIN OF FUNCTION 1134 00:45:00,921 --> 00:45:05,092 RESEARCH BUT WANT TO GIVE MY 1135 00:45:05,092 --> 00:45:08,996 PERSPECTIVE ON DURC GUIDELINES 1136 00:45:08,996 --> 00:45:10,765 AND THE GROWING BIOTECH AND LIFE 1137 00:45:10,765 --> 00:45:11,866 SCIENCE MOVEMENT. 1138 00:45:11,866 --> 00:45:14,468 SO, FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS WE'VE 1139 00:45:14,468 --> 00:45:17,672 SEEN A BIG SPREAD OF THE GLOBAL 1140 00:45:17,672 --> 00:45:18,439 COMMUNITY, GROWN FROM TWO LABS 1141 00:45:18,439 --> 00:45:24,679 IN THE U.S. INITIALLY 1142 00:45:24,679 --> 00:45:29,383 BIOCURIOUS, GEN SPACE IN 1143 00:45:29,383 --> 00:45:30,685 BROOKLYN, TO INTERNATIONAL 1144 00:45:30,685 --> 00:45:32,553 CONFERENCES LIKE THE GLOBAL 1145 00:45:32,553 --> 00:45:33,955 COMMUNITY BIOSUMMIT, WHICH HAS 1146 00:45:33,955 --> 00:45:37,058 BEEN GOING ON FOR SIX YEARS. 1147 00:45:37,058 --> 00:45:41,062 LAST YEAR WE HAD 650 VIRTUAL 1148 00:45:41,062 --> 00:45:42,496 ATTENDEES FROM 62 COUNTRIES. 1149 00:45:42,496 --> 00:45:46,334 WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST BROAD 1150 00:45:46,334 --> 00:45:48,536 REACHES TO COUNTRIES IN THE 1151 00:45:48,536 --> 00:45:49,637 WORLD OF ANY CONFERENCE I'VE 1152 00:45:49,637 --> 00:45:49,970 SEEN. 1153 00:45:49,970 --> 00:45:55,443 EYE MONKS -- AMONGST THE TRACKS 1154 00:45:55,443 --> 00:45:57,745 WE INCLUDE BIOSECURITY AND 1155 00:45:57,745 --> 00:45:58,079 BIOETHICS. 1156 00:45:58,079 --> 00:46:01,449 WE'VE BEEN ASKING WITH LIFE 1157 00:46:01,449 --> 00:46:02,750 SCIENCES AND COMMUNITY LABS ARE 1158 00:46:02,750 --> 00:46:06,087 WE A MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE IN OUR 1159 00:46:06,087 --> 00:46:06,754 COMMUNITIES? 1160 00:46:06,754 --> 00:46:08,155 ALONG THESE LINES OUR GLOBAL 1161 00:46:08,155 --> 00:46:11,625 COMMUNITY WORKED TO NOT JUST 1162 00:46:11,625 --> 00:46:13,394 HOST CONFERENCES BUT CREATE 1163 00:46:13,394 --> 00:46:14,929 SHARED PURPOSE IN THE THIRD YEAR 1164 00:46:14,929 --> 00:46:17,231 OF THE CONFERENCE WE CREATED A 1165 00:46:17,231 --> 00:46:19,166 SHARED PURPOSE STATEMENT. 1166 00:46:19,166 --> 00:46:21,836 AND BASICALLY OUR GLOBAL 1167 00:46:21,836 --> 00:46:25,740 COMMUNITY IS LOOKING TO 1168 00:46:25,740 --> 00:46:28,709 FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM LIFE 1169 00:46:28,709 --> 00:46:30,678 SCIENCE, DEMOCRATIZE BIOTECH, 1170 00:46:30,678 --> 00:46:32,113 INSPIRE CREATIVITY, ORGANIZE 1171 00:46:32,113 --> 00:46:34,749 LIFE SCIENCE CHANGEMAKERS AND 1172 00:46:34,749 --> 00:46:39,687 BIOENTHUSIASTS, BUILD A GLOBAL 1173 00:46:39,687 --> 00:46:42,189 NETWORK, CREATE ACCESSIBLE 1174 00:46:42,189 --> 00:46:44,425 COMMONS OF RESOURCES, LAUNCH 1175 00:46:44,425 --> 00:46:45,693 LABS, ENABLE LOCAL EDUCATORS. 1176 00:46:45,693 --> 00:46:47,228 THE YEAR AFTER WE CO-DEVELOPED 1177 00:46:47,228 --> 00:46:49,430 THAT SHARED STATEMENT OF 1178 00:46:49,430 --> 00:46:51,565 PURPOSE, OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY 1179 00:46:51,565 --> 00:46:53,701 DID ACTUALLY DEVELOP 12 SHARED 1180 00:46:53,701 --> 00:46:54,502 ETHICS POINTS. 1181 00:46:54,502 --> 00:46:55,803 A SUBGROUP OF OUR COMMUNITY 1182 00:46:55,803 --> 00:46:59,974 WORKING ON A GRANT FROM OPEN 1183 00:46:59,974 --> 00:47:02,610 PHILANTHROPY FOUNDATION WITH 1184 00:47:02,610 --> 00:47:05,880 ASSISTANCE WAS ABLE TO CREATE 1185 00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:07,281 250-PAGE COMMUNITY LAB SPECIFIC 1186 00:47:07,281 --> 00:47:09,283 BIOSAFETY MANUAL TO ADDRESS 1187 00:47:09,283 --> 00:47:12,253 UNIQUE NEEDS OF LABS, WHICH ARE 1188 00:47:12,253 --> 00:47:13,020 DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS BECAUSE 1189 00:47:13,020 --> 00:47:14,755 YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE GENERAL 1190 00:47:14,755 --> 00:47:16,056 PUBLIC, DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A 1191 00:47:16,056 --> 00:47:17,691 SINGLE P.I. 1192 00:47:17,691 --> 00:47:19,660 YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE, YOU 1193 00:47:19,660 --> 00:47:21,162 KNOW, AN INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW 1194 00:47:21,162 --> 00:47:22,763 BOARD TO LEAN ON. 1195 00:47:22,763 --> 00:47:25,065 LEANING INTO THE EXAMPLES SET BY 1196 00:47:25,065 --> 00:47:27,034 IgM HUMAN PRACTICES GROUP I 1197 00:47:27,034 --> 00:47:28,669 THINK THE BIGGEST THING THAT I 1198 00:47:28,669 --> 00:47:33,073 TAKE OUT OF DURC IS CULTURE OF 1199 00:47:33,073 --> 00:47:34,675 RESPONSIBILITY, WHAT WE HEARD 1200 00:47:34,675 --> 00:47:37,645 BEFORE TODAY IS ABOUT THIS KIND 1201 00:47:37,645 --> 00:47:41,582 OF BOTTOM-UP IDEA OF BUILDING A 1202 00:47:41,582 --> 00:47:43,350 CULTURE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND 1203 00:47:43,350 --> 00:47:45,419 INSTEAD OF RELYING ON TOP-DOWN 1204 00:47:45,419 --> 00:47:45,753 APPROACH. 1205 00:47:45,753 --> 00:47:47,254 I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT 1206 00:47:47,254 --> 00:47:50,458 THAT WE TALK ABOUT THE CULTURE 1207 00:47:50,458 --> 00:47:53,294 OF RESPONSIBILITY AND GROWTH OF 1208 00:47:53,294 --> 00:47:54,829 BIOTECH, BECAUSE RISKS FROM LIFE 1209 00:47:54,829 --> 00:47:56,697 SCIENCE EXPAND AS IT GROWS. 1210 00:47:56,697 --> 00:47:58,966 AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT 1211 00:47:58,966 --> 00:48:00,501 THESE GUIDELINES AND THINGS WERE 1212 00:48:00,501 --> 00:48:03,471 PRIMARILY IN THE REALM OF 1213 00:48:03,471 --> 00:48:05,439 INSTITUTIONS LIKE UNIVERSITIES, 1214 00:48:05,439 --> 00:48:09,276 PHARMA, AG, AND NOW LIVE 1215 00:48:09,276 --> 00:48:11,011 SCIENCE, BIOTECHING ME 1216 00:48:11,011 --> 00:48:11,879 MAINSTREAMED, BECOMING A 1217 00:48:11,879 --> 00:48:13,214 MANUFACTURING TOOL FOR 1218 00:48:13,214 --> 00:48:14,181 INDUSTRIES AND SECTORS AND 1219 00:48:14,181 --> 00:48:15,349 SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY IS A NORMAL 1220 00:48:15,349 --> 00:48:17,485 PART OF HIGH SCHOOL AND WHAT 1221 00:48:17,485 --> 00:48:21,422 RISKS DO THOSE BRING AS WELL AS 1222 00:48:21,422 --> 00:48:24,091 I THINK OPPORTUNITIES. 1223 00:48:24,091 --> 00:48:27,795 YOU KNOW, AS THIS GROWTH OF 1224 00:48:27,795 --> 00:48:30,631 BIOTECH EXPANDS EXPONENTIALLY 1225 00:48:30,631 --> 00:48:31,632 EVERY YEAR INTERNATIONALLY 1226 00:48:31,632 --> 00:48:36,136 ESPECIALLY, RISKS FROM DUAL USE 1227 00:48:36,136 --> 00:48:37,004 RESEARCH OF CONCERN INCREASE. 1228 00:48:37,004 --> 00:48:39,607 IT'S MY OPINION THE GREATEST 1229 00:48:39,607 --> 00:48:41,342 STRENGTH WITH CURRENT DURC 1230 00:48:41,342 --> 00:48:43,210 REGULATIONS IS THAT BY 1231 00:48:43,210 --> 00:48:45,379 DEVELOPING REGULATIONS, BY 1232 00:48:45,379 --> 00:48:47,481 STARTING THE CONVERSATION 1233 00:48:47,481 --> 00:48:50,117 NATIONALLY, WE'RE LEADING 1234 00:48:50,117 --> 00:48:51,185 INTERNATIONALLY IN BIOSECURITY 1235 00:48:51,185 --> 00:48:53,387 POLICIES INCLUDING DURC AND WE 1236 00:48:53,387 --> 00:48:55,122 OFTEN SET THE STANDARDS FOR 1237 00:48:55,122 --> 00:48:56,490 REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS FOR OTHERS 1238 00:48:56,490 --> 00:48:58,092 TO USE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE 1239 00:48:58,092 --> 00:48:58,959 TO DEVELOP IT. 1240 00:48:58,959 --> 00:49:02,396 THEY CAN LOOK TO US FOR 1241 00:49:02,396 --> 00:49:03,130 GUIDANCE. 1242 00:49:03,130 --> 00:49:04,532 SO AS MORE COUNTRIES EXPAND 1243 00:49:04,532 --> 00:49:06,400 SCOPE OF LIE SCIENCE RESEARCH I 1244 00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:08,936 WOULD ASK WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY 1245 00:49:08,936 --> 00:49:11,772 DOING AND WHAT COMMITMENT ARE WE 1246 00:49:11,772 --> 00:49:13,841 MAKING TO EXPAND AND EDUCATE 1247 00:49:13,841 --> 00:49:17,344 ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT 1248 00:49:17,344 --> 00:49:18,212 GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS. 1249 00:49:18,212 --> 00:49:21,849 SO, THIS IS STUFF THAT'S BEEN 1250 00:49:21,849 --> 00:49:24,451 HAPPENING, ARE WE REQUIRING THIS 1251 00:49:24,451 --> 00:49:27,187 KIND OF BOTTOM-UP APPROACH MORE 1252 00:49:27,187 --> 00:49:27,855 GENERALLY. 1253 00:49:27,855 --> 00:49:29,590 I THINK THE BIGGEST WEAKNESS 1254 00:49:29,590 --> 00:49:34,194 WITH CURRENT DURC POLICY IS 1255 00:49:34,194 --> 00:49:35,930 THATPREDICATED ON AN IDEA IT 1256 00:49:35,930 --> 00:49:37,698 APPLIES TO PEOPLE THAT RECEIVE 1257 00:49:37,698 --> 00:49:38,566 FEDERAL FUNDING. 1258 00:49:38,566 --> 00:49:42,503 AGAIN, I THINK THAT WAS TRUE, 1259 00:49:42,503 --> 00:49:44,605 BUT IT'S LESS AND LESS SO 1260 00:49:44,605 --> 00:49:45,906 BECOMING TRUE. 1261 00:49:45,906 --> 00:49:48,342 BIOTECH IS TAKING PLACE LESS SO 1262 00:49:48,342 --> 00:49:49,543 IN INSTITUTIONS AND SO 1263 00:49:49,543 --> 00:49:52,580 INSTITUTIONS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY 1264 00:49:52,580 --> 00:49:54,114 SORT OF FEDERAL OVERSIGHT AND 1265 00:49:54,114 --> 00:49:55,649 TAKE ANY FEDERAL DOLLARS WOULD 1266 00:49:55,649 --> 00:49:57,818 NOT COME UNDER DURC. 1267 00:49:57,818 --> 00:50:04,992 HOWEVER, I DO THINK THAT THE 1268 00:50:04,992 --> 00:50:07,494 CURRENT FSAP DOES LIMIT SELECT 1269 00:50:07,494 --> 00:50:08,462 AGENTS, SO THAT DOES GIVE 1270 00:50:08,462 --> 00:50:10,564 PROTECTION AS FAR AS WHO IS 1271 00:50:10,564 --> 00:50:12,967 WORKING WITH SELECT AGENTS BUT 1272 00:50:12,967 --> 00:50:17,404 DURC DOES NOT APPLY TO THOSE 1273 00:50:17,404 --> 00:50:20,507 WHO, AGAIN, AREN'T WORKING WITH 1274 00:50:20,507 --> 00:50:21,408 FEDERALLY FUNDED INSTITUTIONS. 1275 00:50:21,408 --> 00:50:24,878 WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO 1276 00:50:24,878 --> 00:50:27,548 EXPAND THAT LIST AND HOW TO LOOK 1277 00:50:27,548 --> 00:50:30,150 AT WHO WE ASSUME THESE POLICIES 1278 00:50:30,150 --> 00:50:30,417 AFFECT. 1279 00:50:30,417 --> 00:50:31,919 I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE 1280 00:50:31,919 --> 00:50:33,954 WAY THE POLICY WAS IMPLEMENTED 1281 00:50:33,954 --> 00:50:35,623 IT REALLY DID MAKE SENSE TO 1282 00:50:35,623 --> 00:50:37,491 START WITH WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL 1283 00:50:37,491 --> 00:50:39,460 AND AS A FEDERAL AGENCY YOU CAN 1284 00:50:39,460 --> 00:50:41,695 CONTROL WHO YOU GIVE MONEY TO. 1285 00:50:41,695 --> 00:50:43,631 BUT AS FAR AS EXPANDING IT WE 1286 00:50:43,631 --> 00:50:46,033 NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHERE IS THE 1287 00:50:46,033 --> 00:50:47,801 RESEARCH HAPPENING, AND IS THE 1288 00:50:47,801 --> 00:50:50,738 RESEARCH HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF 1289 00:50:50,738 --> 00:50:52,373 FEDERALLY FUNDED INSTITUTIONS. 1290 00:50:52,373 --> 00:50:55,009 AS FAR AS THE 15 AGENTS AND 1291 00:50:55,009 --> 00:50:56,644 TOXINS, I AGREE WITH WHAT 1292 00:50:56,644 --> 00:50:58,512 EVERYONE SAID BEFORE AND WOULD 1293 00:50:58,512 --> 00:51:01,482 ASK IS THE POLICY CURRENTLY 1294 00:51:01,482 --> 00:51:03,417 ROBUST ENOUGH TO ADAPT TO NEW 1295 00:51:03,417 --> 00:51:04,151 IDENTIFIED THREATS. 1296 00:51:04,151 --> 00:51:06,286 I THINK ROLLING OUT INITIAL 1297 00:51:06,286 --> 00:51:09,123 POLICY WITH 15 IDENTIFIED 1298 00:51:09,123 --> 00:51:11,659 THREATS WITH SEVEN IDENTIFIED 1299 00:51:11,659 --> 00:51:13,494 EXPERIMENTS WAS GREAT, BECAUSE 1300 00:51:13,494 --> 00:51:18,332 IT GAVE A MANAGEABLE AMOUNT OF 1301 00:51:18,332 --> 00:51:19,233 SUBSETS FOR DIFFERENT AGENCIES 1302 00:51:19,233 --> 00:51:19,967 TO TAKE UP. 1303 00:51:19,967 --> 00:51:21,602 THE QUESTION IS NOW THAT THIS 1304 00:51:21,602 --> 00:51:23,370 HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MANY YEARS 1305 00:51:23,370 --> 00:51:25,773 HOW CAN YOU EXPAND IT. 1306 00:51:25,773 --> 00:51:27,841 IS THERE A SUBSET OF DURC THAT 1307 00:51:27,841 --> 00:51:29,943 COULD BE APPLIED TO THE 55 OTHER 1308 00:51:29,943 --> 00:51:31,812 AGENTS ON THE SELECT AGENTS 1309 00:51:31,812 --> 00:51:32,146 LIST? 1310 00:51:32,146 --> 00:51:34,181 IS THERE A FRAMEWORK THAT CAN 1311 00:51:34,181 --> 00:51:38,218 HELP US WORKING WITH ALL THOSE 1312 00:51:38,218 --> 00:51:38,819 SELECT AGENTS? 1313 00:51:38,819 --> 00:51:40,688 BUT, AGAIN, I'M GOING TO LEAN 1314 00:51:40,688 --> 00:51:46,527 BACK ON CREATING THAT CULTURE OF 1315 00:51:46,527 --> 00:51:49,763 RESPONSIBILITY BOTTOM-UP. 1316 00:51:49,763 --> 00:51:52,733 THE IDEA OF THE RESPONSIBILITY 1317 00:51:52,733 --> 00:51:56,770 HAS RELIED ON INSTITUTIONAL 1318 00:51:56,770 --> 00:51:58,105 REVIEW BOARDS, ON FUNDING 1319 00:51:58,105 --> 00:51:59,206 SOURCES, PUTTING PRESSURE FROM 1320 00:51:59,206 --> 00:52:00,340 THE TOP DOWN. 1321 00:52:00,340 --> 00:52:03,110 BUT I THINK THAT ONE OF THE NICE 1322 00:52:03,110 --> 00:52:04,878 THINGS ABOUT BIOTECH IS IN 1323 00:52:04,878 --> 00:52:05,979 REGARDS TO OTHER TECHNOLOGY 1324 00:52:05,979 --> 00:52:06,980 WE'VE REALLY WORKED TO AS A 1325 00:52:06,980 --> 00:52:08,716 RESULT INDICATE A CULTURE OF 1326 00:52:08,716 --> 00:52:09,883 RESPONSIBILITY THAT NEEDS TO 1327 00:52:09,883 --> 00:52:10,150 CONTINUE. 1328 00:52:10,150 --> 00:52:12,753 ONE THING I WOULD IDENTIFY AS AN 1329 00:52:12,753 --> 00:52:16,223 AREA FOR EVALUATION IS CYBER 1330 00:52:16,223 --> 00:52:16,690 SECTOR. 1331 00:52:16,690 --> 00:52:17,257 AND PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS. 1332 00:52:17,257 --> 00:52:18,659 I THINK A LOT OF WHAT WE THINK 1333 00:52:18,659 --> 00:52:20,427 ABOUT WORKING WITH SELECT 1334 00:52:20,427 --> 00:52:21,962 AGENTS, WITH DURC POLICIES, IS 1335 00:52:21,962 --> 00:52:24,264 PHYSICAL ACCESS TO THESE AND I 1336 00:52:24,264 --> 00:52:28,302 THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SCALE 1337 00:52:28,302 --> 00:52:32,039 OF PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS, ALPHA 1338 00:52:32,039 --> 00:52:32,806 FOLD, BIOINFORMATICS IN GENERAL 1339 00:52:32,806 --> 00:52:36,310 HOW MUCH OF A RISK FOR DURC DO 1340 00:52:36,310 --> 00:52:37,377 THESE TYPE OF TECHNOLOGIES GIVE 1341 00:52:37,377 --> 00:52:39,413 US AND HOW MUCH DO THEY COME 1342 00:52:39,413 --> 00:52:40,147 UNDER DURC REVIEW? 1343 00:52:40,147 --> 00:52:42,216 AND SO I THINK A LOOK AT NEW 1344 00:52:42,216 --> 00:52:43,217 TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE COMING UP 1345 00:52:43,217 --> 00:52:48,822 AND HOW THEY CAN BE APPLIED TO 1346 00:52:48,822 --> 00:52:51,992 BOTH IDENTIFYING DURC RISK AREAS 1347 00:52:51,992 --> 00:52:55,929 BUT THEMSELVES ARE DUAL USE 1348 00:52:55,929 --> 00:52:57,030 RESEARCHES THAT CAN CREATE 1349 00:52:57,030 --> 00:52:58,432 KNOWLEDGE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO 1350 00:52:58,432 --> 00:53:01,869 THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE REGULATE. 1351 00:53:01,869 --> 00:53:05,005 SO, OVERALL, I WANT TO LEAN INTO 1352 00:53:05,005 --> 00:53:07,174 THIS IDEA THAT GLOBAL EDUCATION 1353 00:53:07,174 --> 00:53:09,042 AND LIFE SCIENCES NEEDS TO BE A 1354 00:53:09,042 --> 00:53:11,345 REAL FOCUS AREA AND WE NEED TO 1355 00:53:11,345 --> 00:53:13,180 BUILD UP THAT CULTURE OF 1356 00:53:13,180 --> 00:53:15,282 RESPONSIBILITY, NOT JUST 1357 00:53:15,282 --> 00:53:17,451 NATIONALLY BUT GLOBALLY. 1358 00:53:17,451 --> 00:53:19,219 AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE SO 1359 00:53:19,219 --> 00:53:20,521 MANY EMERGING COMMUNITIES AROUND 1360 00:53:20,521 --> 00:53:23,424 THE WORLD THAT AREN'T IDENTIFIED 1361 00:53:23,424 --> 00:53:25,092 FEDERALLY, A LOT OF WHICH I DO 1362 00:53:25,092 --> 00:53:25,893 HAVE ACCESS TO. 1363 00:53:25,893 --> 00:53:27,528 I'D LIKE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS 1364 00:53:27,528 --> 00:53:29,029 ABOUT HOW CAN WE DO THINGS 1365 00:53:29,029 --> 00:53:37,704 SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH ABSA 1366 00:53:37,704 --> 00:53:38,472 INTERNATIONAL, CREATING 1367 00:53:38,472 --> 00:53:40,541 BIOSAFETY MANUAL, CREATING THE 1368 00:53:40,541 --> 00:53:43,277 CULTURE OF RESPONSIBILITY EARLY, 1369 00:53:43,277 --> 00:53:44,144 HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH 1370 00:53:44,144 --> 00:53:46,880 RESEARCHERS EARLY IN CAREER AS 1371 00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:48,682 WELL AS WITH THE FEDERAL 1372 00:53:48,682 --> 00:53:49,983 INSTITUTIONS OF OTHER NATIONS. 1373 00:53:49,983 --> 00:53:51,785 AND THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING 1374 00:53:51,785 --> 00:53:53,987 RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY IN LATIN 1375 00:53:53,987 --> 00:53:55,622 AMERICA AND AFRICA AROUND 1376 00:53:55,622 --> 00:53:57,391 WANTING TO GROW THEIR ECONOMIES 1377 00:53:57,391 --> 00:53:58,158 WITH BIOTECH. 1378 00:53:58,158 --> 00:54:00,027 IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO HAVE 1379 00:54:00,027 --> 00:54:03,096 THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THESE 1380 00:54:03,096 --> 00:54:04,064 ACTORS. 1381 00:54:04,064 --> 00:54:05,532 THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. 1382 00:54:05,532 --> 00:54:08,335 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1383 00:54:08,335 --> 00:54:08,969 AGAIN, A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION, 1384 00:54:08,969 --> 00:54:12,940 GIVING US A LOT TO THINK ABOUT. 1385 00:54:12,940 --> 00:54:16,076 ONE QUICK QUESTION, HOW BEST 1386 00:54:16,076 --> 00:54:18,445 WOULD YOU SEE -- WHAT WOULD YOU 1387 00:54:18,445 --> 00:54:22,749 SAY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1388 00:54:22,749 --> 00:54:27,588 BRINGING THE COMMUNITY INTO THE 1389 00:54:27,588 --> 00:54:27,921 CONVERSATIONS. 1390 00:54:27,921 --> 00:54:29,356 YOU MENTIONED EDUCATION, 1391 00:54:29,356 --> 00:54:31,859 STARTING EARLY, CULTURE OF 1392 00:54:31,859 --> 00:54:32,226 RESPONSIBILITY. 1393 00:54:32,226 --> 00:54:35,028 SO, THE SINGLE MOST THING TO 1394 00:54:35,028 --> 00:54:37,664 MAKE SURE THE DYI COMMUNITY IS 1395 00:54:37,664 --> 00:54:38,098 BROUGHT IN. 1396 00:54:38,098 --> 00:54:39,733 >> YEAH, I THINK WE NEED TO 1397 00:54:39,733 --> 00:54:41,368 FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUILD INROADS 1398 00:54:41,368 --> 00:54:43,437 AND HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS 1399 00:54:43,437 --> 00:54:45,439 BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY HAS VERY 1400 00:54:45,439 --> 00:54:47,507 PROACTIVELY SHOWN A WILLINGNESS 1401 00:54:47,507 --> 00:54:48,842 TO CREATE THIS CULTURE 1402 00:54:48,842 --> 00:54:50,344 ORGANICALLY WITH OUR SHARED 1403 00:54:50,344 --> 00:54:52,246 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE, WITH 1404 00:54:52,246 --> 00:54:54,414 ETHICS PRACTICES, WE HAVE A 1405 00:54:54,414 --> 00:54:56,149 SUBGROUP THAT'S MEETING THAT'S 1406 00:54:56,149 --> 00:54:58,252 LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE CREATING 1407 00:54:58,252 --> 00:54:59,786 OUR OWN INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW 1408 00:54:59,786 --> 00:55:05,993 BOARD NATIONALLY FOR DIY , WHAT 1409 00:55:05,993 --> 00:55:08,128 IS THE PURPOSE OF IRB AND CREATE 1410 00:55:08,128 --> 00:55:12,266 IRB SUPPORT AND I THINK IT'S NOT 1411 00:55:12,266 --> 00:55:14,101 JUST DIY, I THINK THIS IS 1412 00:55:14,101 --> 00:55:16,069 SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WITH 1413 00:55:16,069 --> 00:55:19,139 STARTUPS AND GROUPS WORKING 1414 00:55:19,139 --> 00:55:20,240 OUTSIDE INSTITUTIONS, I STRADDLE 1415 00:55:20,240 --> 00:55:21,875 BOTH, DIY AND START-UP WORLD, 1416 00:55:21,875 --> 00:55:24,311 BUT WHO CAN BUILD BRIDGES AND 1417 00:55:24,311 --> 00:55:27,247 HOW TO START THE CONVERSATIONS. 1418 00:55:27,247 --> 00:55:29,016 I THINK I THANK YOU FOR 1419 00:55:29,016 --> 00:55:29,883 WELCOMING ME INTO THIS 1420 00:55:29,883 --> 00:55:31,184 CONVERSATION BECAUSE THIS IS HOW 1421 00:55:31,184 --> 00:55:33,086 IT STARTS IS BRINGING 1422 00:55:33,086 --> 00:55:34,154 STAKEHOLDERS IN AND ADDITIONALLY 1423 00:55:34,154 --> 00:55:36,123 HAVING US INVITE YOU TO OUR 1424 00:55:36,123 --> 00:55:37,658 CONFERENCES AND GETTING THE 1425 00:55:37,658 --> 00:55:38,425 CONVERSATIONS GOING. 1426 00:55:38,425 --> 00:55:39,793 >> VERY GOOD. 1427 00:55:39,793 --> 00:55:41,929 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1428 00:55:41,929 --> 00:55:45,098 OUR FINAL PANELIST IS DREW ENDY. 1429 00:55:45,098 --> 00:55:47,234 DREW, YOU'VE GOT THE VIRTUAL 1430 00:55:47,234 --> 00:55:47,434 FLOOR. 1431 00:55:47,434 --> 00:55:48,035 >> THANKS SO MUCH. 1432 00:55:48,035 --> 00:55:51,238 WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO FOR TEN 1433 00:55:51,238 --> 00:55:52,639 MINUTES OR FIVE MINUTES TO 1434 00:55:52,639 --> 00:55:56,910 PRESERVE TIME FOR DISCUSSION? 1435 00:55:56,910 --> 00:55:58,478 >> YES, WE'VE EATEN INTO THE 1436 00:55:58,478 --> 00:56:00,414 TIME A LITTLE BIT. 1437 00:56:00,414 --> 00:56:01,949 FIVE TO EIGHT MINUTES, BUT MAKE 1438 00:56:01,949 --> 00:56:03,617 SURE YOU SAY WHAT YOU WANT TO 1439 00:56:03,617 --> 00:56:03,951 SAY. 1440 00:56:03,951 --> 00:56:06,420 >> THANKS VERY MUCH. 1441 00:56:06,420 --> 00:56:08,822 GRATEFUL TO FOLLOW JIM, JILL, 1442 00:56:08,822 --> 00:56:09,156 MARIA. 1443 00:56:09,156 --> 00:56:12,092 MARIA, I EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE. 1444 00:56:12,092 --> 00:56:14,194 WHEN STANFORD CAMPUS SHUT DOWN 1445 00:56:14,194 --> 00:56:16,596 FOR RESEARCH AND WE HAD IDEAS 1446 00:56:16,596 --> 00:56:18,665 FOR COVID DIAGNOSTICS, ABLE TO 1447 00:56:18,665 --> 00:56:20,167 ACCESS COMMUNITY BIOLABS YOU AND 1448 00:56:20,167 --> 00:56:24,137 YOUR COLLEAGUES SET UP TO 1449 00:56:24,137 --> 00:56:26,006 ADVANCE THEIR RESEARCH. 1450 00:56:26,006 --> 00:56:27,507 COMPLEMENTING THE COMMENTS 1451 00:56:27,507 --> 00:56:29,943 OFFERED, I WANT TO GIVE A 1452 00:56:29,943 --> 00:56:32,946 DIVERSITY OF PERSPECTIVES ON 1453 00:56:32,946 --> 00:56:36,083 WHAT I SEE HAPPENING. 1454 00:56:36,083 --> 00:56:38,151 DURC STARTS WITH RESEARCH, THE 1455 00:56:38,151 --> 00:56:39,586 WORLD IS INCREASINGLY RESEARCH 1456 00:56:39,586 --> 00:56:41,355 IN PRACTICE. 1457 00:56:41,355 --> 00:56:44,591 DUAL USE PRACTICE. 1458 00:56:44,591 --> 00:56:45,592 MANY PEOPLE DEPLOYING 1459 00:56:45,592 --> 00:56:46,793 BIOTECHNOLOGIES ARE NOT 1460 00:56:46,793 --> 00:56:47,995 TECHNICALLY DOING RESEARCH, JUST 1461 00:56:47,995 --> 00:56:52,065 TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, SO THE 1462 00:56:52,065 --> 00:56:54,835 PRACTICE. 1463 00:56:54,835 --> 00:56:58,171 SECOND COMMENT QUICKLY, DURC 2. 1464 00:56:58,171 --> 00:57:00,574 0, DURC PLUS, PLUS, DNA 1465 00:57:00,574 --> 00:57:02,109 SCREENING, HAVING DISTANCE FROM 1466 00:57:02,109 --> 00:57:04,077 WORK OF NSABB AND COMING BACK, 1467 00:57:04,077 --> 00:57:06,580 PREPPING FOR TODAY, THIS IS 1468 00:57:06,580 --> 00:57:07,814 REALLY COMPLICATED. 1469 00:57:07,814 --> 00:57:10,751 AND IT'S COMPLICATED IN A WAY I 1470 00:57:10,751 --> 00:57:13,820 THINK MAKES IT INACCESSIBLE, 1471 00:57:13,820 --> 00:57:15,255 PROBABLY AMPLIFIES INEQUITY AND 1472 00:57:15,255 --> 00:57:17,557 WE WOULD DO WELL TO CONSIDER A 1473 00:57:17,557 --> 00:57:18,425 BETTER WAY OF DESCRIBING WHAT 1474 00:57:18,425 --> 00:57:19,626 THIS IS ABOUT. 1475 00:57:19,626 --> 00:57:23,230 WHAT THIS REMINDED ME OF, AS I 1476 00:57:23,230 --> 00:57:27,367 WAS REENGAGING WITH DETAILS, 1477 00:57:27,367 --> 00:57:29,836 REMINDED ME OF BUILDING CODES. 1478 00:57:29,836 --> 00:57:33,073 HOW COMPLICATED BUILDING CODES 1479 00:57:33,073 --> 00:57:33,473 ON. 1480 00:57:33,473 --> 00:57:34,541 THE PURPOSE ARE TO ESTABLISH 1481 00:57:34,541 --> 00:57:36,943 SAFETY OF A BUILDING AND ITS 1482 00:57:36,943 --> 00:57:37,244 PERFORMANCE. 1483 00:57:37,244 --> 00:57:39,212 SO THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT 1484 00:57:39,212 --> 00:57:40,347 THAT CLICKED FOR ME, THAT MAYBE 1485 00:57:40,347 --> 00:57:43,083 WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS TRYING 1486 00:57:43,083 --> 00:57:44,918 TO ESTABLISH SAFETY WITH RESPECT 1487 00:57:44,918 --> 00:57:47,120 TO RESEARCH AND PRACTICE OF 1488 00:57:47,120 --> 00:57:49,189 BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, ALSO 1489 00:57:49,189 --> 00:57:50,457 PERFORMANCE OF TEAMS, ENHANCING 1490 00:57:50,457 --> 00:58:00,934 ABILITY TO DO USEFUL STUFF. 1491 00:58:01,501 --> 00:58:04,171 A BETTER LABEL, MAYBE THE 1492 00:58:04,171 --> 00:58:05,405 BIOCODES OR BIOLOGY CODES, 1493 00:58:05,405 --> 00:58:06,373 HELPFUL TO LET MORE PEOPLE 1494 00:58:06,373 --> 00:58:11,344 UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TALKING 1495 00:58:11,344 --> 00:58:16,650 ABOUT. 1496 00:58:16,650 --> 00:58:18,952 EVENTUALLLY EVERYONE, IS THE 1497 00:58:18,952 --> 00:58:20,287 JUICE WORTH THE SQUEEZE, IS THIS 1498 00:58:20,287 --> 00:58:24,024 WORLD IT -- WORTH IT? 1499 00:58:24,024 --> 00:58:25,659 IT REVEALS WHAT'S MISSING. 1500 00:58:25,659 --> 00:58:27,227 IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT 1501 00:58:27,227 --> 00:58:35,836 CONSTRUCTION AND THINGS INVOLVED 1502 00:58:35,836 --> 00:58:37,504 IN CONSTRUCTING A BUILDING OR 1503 00:58:37,504 --> 00:58:38,705 BRIDGE BUILDING CODES DON'T 1504 00:58:38,705 --> 00:58:41,108 COVER IT ALL. 1505 00:58:41,108 --> 00:58:42,742 HOW TO REVEAL WHAT WE'RE MISSING 1506 00:58:42,742 --> 00:58:47,914 WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING, RIGHT? 1507 00:58:47,914 --> 00:58:50,484 WE'RE FOCUSED ON PLANT HEALTH, 1508 00:58:50,484 --> 00:58:51,852 ANIMAL HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH. 1509 00:58:51,852 --> 00:58:53,487 ANOTHER THING IS POLITICAL 1510 00:58:53,487 --> 00:58:56,223 HEALTH, HOW ARE WE SECURING 1511 00:58:56,223 --> 00:58:57,190 POLITICAL HEALTH? 1512 00:58:57,190 --> 00:58:59,626 I MEAN TRUST IN SCIENCE AND 1513 00:58:59,626 --> 00:59:02,696 MEDICINE, TRUST AMONG NATION 1514 00:59:02,696 --> 00:59:03,396 STATES, SUSTAINED 1515 00:59:03,396 --> 00:59:07,334 DEMILITARIZATION OF BIOLOGY, AND 1516 00:59:07,334 --> 00:59:09,035 SO ON. 1517 00:59:09,035 --> 00:59:10,570 THE CURRENT SITUATION THINKING 1518 00:59:10,570 --> 00:59:11,972 ABOUT BIOCODES, POLITICAL HEALTH 1519 00:59:11,972 --> 00:59:13,540 IN PARTICULAR, A LOT OF WHAT'S 1520 00:59:13,540 --> 00:59:16,510 BEEN DEVELOPED IS MODE 1521 00:59:16,510 --> 00:59:18,578 VACCINATED TO STRENGTHEN 1522 00:59:18,578 --> 00:59:20,313 POLITICAL HEALTH BUT REVEALED 1523 00:59:20,313 --> 00:59:21,815 THROUGH THE PANDEMIC ONGOING 1524 00:59:21,815 --> 00:59:23,583 SOME GAPS. 1525 00:59:23,583 --> 00:59:25,552 WE'VE ALL ASKED OURSELVES OR 1526 00:59:25,552 --> 00:59:27,954 HAVE BEEN ASKED WHERE DID 1527 00:59:27,954 --> 00:59:28,822 SARS-COV-2 COME FROM? 1528 00:59:28,822 --> 00:59:31,224 A QUESTION WE COULD ASK OF THE 1529 00:59:31,224 --> 00:59:32,993 CURRENT DURC POLICIES AND 1530 00:59:32,993 --> 00:59:33,860 PANDEMIC POTENTIAL PATHOGEN 1531 00:59:33,860 --> 00:59:36,596 POLICIES IS DO OUR CURRENT 1532 00:59:36,596 --> 00:59:38,331 POLICIES MAKE IT EASIER TO 1533 00:59:38,331 --> 00:59:39,332 ANSWER THAT QUESTION OR MORE 1534 00:59:39,332 --> 00:59:40,433 DIFFICULT TO ANSWER THAT 1535 00:59:40,433 --> 00:59:40,834 QUESTION? 1536 00:59:40,834 --> 00:59:49,509 AND I WOULD ARC -- ARGUE, 1537 00:59:49,509 --> 00:59:51,678 WHETHER WE CAN TRUST EACH OTHER, 1538 00:59:51,678 --> 00:59:54,014 WHERE THINGS CAME FROM, MAKES IT 1539 00:59:54,014 --> 00:59:56,183 MORE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO 1540 00:59:56,183 --> 00:59:57,217 ACHIEVE OPERATIONALLY. 1541 00:59:57,217 --> 00:59:59,486 ONE QUESTION WE'VE BEEN ASKED, 1542 00:59:59,486 --> 01:00:01,655 ARE THERE EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT 1543 01:00:01,655 --> 01:00:01,955 APPROACHES? 1544 01:00:01,955 --> 01:00:03,557 WE HEARD ABOUT CYBER AND 1545 01:00:03,557 --> 01:00:04,624 FORECASTING AS ONE SUGGESTION. 1546 01:00:04,624 --> 01:00:07,127 I WANT TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE 1547 01:00:07,127 --> 01:00:10,197 WITH W.H.O. LOOKING AT SMALLPOX 1548 01:00:10,197 --> 01:00:12,332 AND GOVERNANCE OF RESEARCH, A 1549 01:00:12,332 --> 01:00:14,801 DIFFERENT APPROACH FROM HOW WE 1550 01:00:14,801 --> 01:00:16,636 THINK OF PANDEMIC POTENTIAL 1551 01:00:16,636 --> 01:00:17,871 PATHOGENS AND DURC. 1552 01:00:17,871 --> 01:00:19,940 CAN I DO RESEARCH ON SMALLPOX 1553 01:00:19,940 --> 01:00:24,477 USING LIVE VIRUS? 1554 01:00:24,477 --> 01:00:25,879 THE ANSWER IS NO. 1555 01:00:25,879 --> 01:00:27,948 BUT WAIT, I NEED TO DO THE 1556 01:00:27,948 --> 01:00:29,049 EXPERIMENT. 1557 01:00:29,049 --> 01:00:29,516 PLEASE? 1558 01:00:29,516 --> 01:00:31,785 THE ANSWER IS NO BUT MAYBE. 1559 01:00:31,785 --> 01:00:32,352 RIGHT? 1560 01:00:32,352 --> 01:00:34,521 AND THE MAYBE IS SEND US YOUR 1561 01:00:34,521 --> 01:00:35,822 PROPOSAL, WE MIGHT SAY YES ONLY 1562 01:00:35,822 --> 01:00:37,891 IF THE RESEARCH IS ABSOLUTELY 1563 01:00:37,891 --> 01:00:41,728 NECESSARY TO ADVANCE ONE OF 1564 01:00:41,728 --> 01:00:42,629 THREE THINGS, DIAGNOSTIC, 1565 01:00:42,629 --> 01:00:44,497 TREATMENT, MEDICINE, AND YOU'VE 1566 01:00:44,497 --> 01:00:47,934 GOT TO USE LIFE VIRUS, OTHERWISE 1567 01:00:47,934 --> 01:00:48,902 NO. 1568 01:00:48,902 --> 01:00:50,870 THE DETERMINATION IS 1569 01:00:50,870 --> 01:00:52,639 MULTI-LATERAL INTERNATIONAL 1570 01:00:52,639 --> 01:00:52,872 REVIEW. 1571 01:00:52,872 --> 01:00:54,040 AND YES, IF YOU DO THE WORK IT 1572 01:00:54,040 --> 01:00:58,311 HAS TO BE IN A LAB SUBJECT TO 1573 01:00:58,311 --> 01:00:59,012 REGULAR MULTI-LATERAL 1574 01:00:59,012 --> 01:00:59,646 INTERNATIONAL INSPECTION, 1575 01:00:59,646 --> 01:01:00,380 OTHERWISE NO. 1576 01:01:00,380 --> 01:01:07,554 NOW IS THIS SAY APPROACH 1577 01:01:07,554 --> 01:01:08,688 APPROACH PERFECT? 1578 01:01:08,688 --> 01:01:09,122 UH-UH. 1579 01:01:09,122 --> 01:01:12,425 DURING THE PANDEMIC AND AFTER I 1580 01:01:12,425 --> 01:01:13,960 THINK THIS IS APPROACH IS MUCH 1581 01:01:13,960 --> 01:01:15,428 BETTER AT ESTABLISHING AND 1582 01:01:15,428 --> 01:01:17,497 SUSTAINING TRUST WITH RESPECT TO 1583 01:01:17,497 --> 01:01:18,565 POTENTIALLY CONTROVERSIAL 1584 01:01:18,565 --> 01:01:18,832 RESEARCH. 1585 01:01:18,832 --> 01:01:22,836 SO, I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST WE AT 1586 01:01:22,836 --> 01:01:24,604 LEAST CONSIDER ADOPTING NO-LIKE 1587 01:01:24,604 --> 01:01:28,341 APPROACHES FOR LIMITED NUMBER OF 1588 01:01:28,341 --> 01:01:28,908 PANDEMIC-CAUSING INFECTIOUS 1589 01:01:28,908 --> 01:01:30,176 AGENTS, AT LEAST CONSIDER IT. 1590 01:01:30,176 --> 01:01:31,511 I MENTION THE TRUST. 1591 01:01:31,511 --> 01:01:36,616 I WANT TO ELABORATE IN CLOSING. 1592 01:01:36,616 --> 01:01:37,851 APPROACHING HIS 100th BIRTHDAY 1593 01:01:37,851 --> 01:01:39,286 GEORGE SCHULTZ SHARED THOUGHTS 1594 01:01:39,286 --> 01:01:41,121 ON TRUST VIA A WASHINGTON 1595 01:01:41,121 --> 01:01:42,555 POST-OP ED. 1596 01:01:42,555 --> 01:01:45,625 I'M STILL LEARNING FROM THIS OP 1597 01:01:45,625 --> 01:01:46,393 ED. 1598 01:01:46,393 --> 01:01:47,961 HE WROTE TRUST IS THE COIN OF 1599 01:01:47,961 --> 01:01:48,495 THE REALM. 1600 01:01:48,495 --> 01:01:50,563 WHEN TRUST WAS IN THE ROOM, IN 1601 01:01:50,563 --> 01:01:51,765 HIS EXPERIENCE, WHATEVER THAT 1602 01:01:51,765 --> 01:01:53,633 ROOM WAS, THE FAMILY ROOM, 1603 01:01:53,633 --> 01:01:55,502 SCHOOL ROOM, LOCKER ROOM, OFFICE 1604 01:01:55,502 --> 01:01:57,637 ROOM, GOVERNMENT ROOM, MILITARY 1605 01:01:57,637 --> 01:01:59,439 ROOM, GOOD THINGS HAPPENED. 1606 01:01:59,439 --> 01:02:03,943 WHEN TRUST WAS NOT IN THE ROOM, 1607 01:02:03,943 --> 01:02:05,145 GOOD THINGS DID NOT HAPPEN. 1608 01:02:05,145 --> 01:02:06,313 EVERYTHING ELSE IS DETAILS. 1609 01:02:06,313 --> 01:02:09,849 DO WE HAVE TRUST IN BIOLOGY? 1610 01:02:09,849 --> 01:02:11,418 HOW DO WE CREATE STRENGTHENED 1611 01:02:11,418 --> 01:02:12,652 AND SUSTAINED TRUST IN BIOLOGY 1612 01:02:12,652 --> 01:02:15,255 AS AREA OF RESEARCH AND 1613 01:02:15,255 --> 01:02:16,589 INCREASINGLY AREA OF PRACTICE? 1614 01:02:16,589 --> 01:02:19,559 DO WE NEED TO DO THIS? 1615 01:02:19,559 --> 01:02:20,026 ABSOLUTELY! 1616 01:02:20,026 --> 01:02:20,660 WHENEVER SOMETHING BECOMES 1617 01:02:20,660 --> 01:02:22,529 IMPORTANT ENOUGH FOR HUMANITY 1618 01:02:22,529 --> 01:02:24,397 AND CIVILIZATION, WE HAVE TO 1619 01:02:24,397 --> 01:02:25,832 DEVELOP ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO 1620 01:02:25,832 --> 01:02:27,901 SUPPORT THE NEWLY IMPORTANT 1621 01:02:27,901 --> 01:02:28,535 THING. 1622 01:02:28,535 --> 01:02:29,636 BIOLOGY IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY 1623 01:02:29,636 --> 01:02:29,969 IMPORTANT. 1624 01:02:29,969 --> 01:02:33,473 WE'RE IN THE THIRD DECADE OF 1625 01:02:33,473 --> 01:02:35,342 THE, QUOTE, BIOCENTURY. 1626 01:02:35,342 --> 01:02:37,277 THE EASIEST WAY TO THINK ABOUT 1627 01:02:37,277 --> 01:02:38,745 IT IS MONEY. 1628 01:02:38,745 --> 01:02:42,449 MONEY WAS INVENTED IN THE 1629 01:02:42,449 --> 01:02:44,184 HISTORY OF HUMANITY AND BECAME 1630 01:02:44,184 --> 01:02:44,617 USEFUL. 1631 01:02:44,617 --> 01:02:46,619 ALONG THE WAY WE LEARNED THAT 1632 01:02:46,619 --> 01:02:48,521 MONEY IS NOT ALWAYS USED FOR 1633 01:02:48,521 --> 01:02:49,055 GOOD. 1634 01:02:49,055 --> 01:02:51,191 I.E. CAN WE TRUST PEOPLE IN 1635 01:02:51,191 --> 01:02:53,760 INSTITUTIONS WITH MONEY? 1636 01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:54,294 MOSTLY YES. 1637 01:02:54,294 --> 01:02:55,295 ALWAYS NO. 1638 01:02:55,295 --> 01:02:57,497 WE NO SOME PEOPLE WILL MISUSE 1639 01:02:57,497 --> 01:02:58,798 AND CAUSE HARM VIA MONEY. 1640 01:02:58,798 --> 01:03:01,301 WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT? 1641 01:03:01,301 --> 01:03:03,937 DEVELOP AUXILIARY TOOLS AND 1642 01:03:03,937 --> 01:03:04,671 MECHANISMS TO CREATE 1643 01:03:04,671 --> 01:03:07,240 STRENGTHENED AND SUSTAINED TRUST 1644 01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:09,843 IN MONEY, ARE THEY PERFECT, THEY 1645 01:03:09,843 --> 01:03:11,711 OFFER MANY EXAMPLES OF 1646 01:03:11,711 --> 01:03:14,214 OPPORTUNITIES TO CONSIDER TO 1647 01:03:14,214 --> 01:03:14,814 ADVANCING BIOTRUST, INCLUDING 1648 01:03:14,814 --> 01:03:17,217 MECHANISMS THAT CAN BE 1649 01:03:17,217 --> 01:03:21,054 DISTRIBUTED, BOTTOM UP, PRIVATE 1650 01:03:21,054 --> 01:03:21,855 SECTORIZED, INDIVIDUALIZED, SO 1651 01:03:21,855 --> 01:03:22,222 ON. 1652 01:03:22,222 --> 01:03:24,724 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE 1653 01:03:24,724 --> 01:03:26,493 ASPECTS OF BIOSECURITY AND 1654 01:03:26,493 --> 01:03:30,196 BIORISK AND FAILURES OF NATION 1655 01:03:30,196 --> 01:03:32,499 STATE LEVEL INSPECTIONS, 1656 01:03:32,499 --> 01:03:36,636 BIOCAPACITIES, LEAKING INTO 1657 01:03:36,636 --> 01:03:37,837 INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE MAYBE WE 1658 01:03:37,837 --> 01:03:40,807 SHOULD GIVE THAT TO TRUSTED 1659 01:03:40,807 --> 01:03:44,644 THIRD PARTIES TO DO AUDITS UNDER 1660 01:03:44,644 --> 01:03:45,145 BELIEVABLE CONFIDENTIAL 1661 01:03:45,145 --> 01:03:46,312 AGREEMENTS YET EMIT CERTIFICATES 1662 01:03:46,312 --> 01:03:48,681 OF TRUST THAT CAN CREATE AND 1663 01:03:48,681 --> 01:03:50,383 SUSTAIN TRUST AMONG NETWORKS. 1664 01:03:50,383 --> 01:03:52,419 TO WRAP UP, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK 1665 01:03:52,419 --> 01:03:55,922 AT PERIOD OF TIME FROM 1950 TO 1666 01:03:55,922 --> 01:03:59,659 2050, I THINK HISTORIANS WILL 1667 01:03:59,659 --> 01:04:02,595 LABEL THIS CENTURY, 100- YEAR 1668 01:04:02,595 --> 01:04:03,930 PED AS THE BIOTIC TRANSITION. 1669 01:04:03,930 --> 01:04:05,565 IN 1950 WE DIDN'T HAVE THE 1670 01:04:05,565 --> 01:04:08,168 STRUCTURE OF DNA. 1671 01:04:08,168 --> 01:04:11,104 BY 2050 FRANKLY WHAT I SEE 1672 01:04:11,104 --> 01:04:12,472 ANYBODY ANYWHERE WILL PARTNER 1673 01:04:12,472 --> 01:04:13,540 WITH BIOLOGY TO GROW WHATEVER 1674 01:04:13,540 --> 01:04:14,641 BIOLOGY CAN BE PROGRAMMED TO 1675 01:04:14,641 --> 01:04:14,841 GROW. 1676 01:04:14,841 --> 01:04:17,577 THAT'S GOING TO BE THE END OF 1677 01:04:17,577 --> 01:04:18,478 THE BIOTIC TRANSITION. 1678 01:04:18,478 --> 01:04:20,980 WE THINK ABOUT PRACTICE OF DOING 1679 01:04:20,980 --> 01:04:21,881 RISKY THINGS. 1680 01:04:21,881 --> 01:04:22,449 CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTION IS 1681 01:04:22,449 --> 01:04:24,150 THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE 1682 01:04:24,150 --> 01:04:24,417 POSSIBLE. 1683 01:04:24,417 --> 01:04:26,019 AND SO HOW DO WE GET TO THAT 1684 01:04:26,019 --> 01:04:29,422 FUTURE IN A WAY WHERE WE ADDRESS 1685 01:04:29,422 --> 01:04:31,591 THESE CONCERNS SUCH THAT WE CAN 1686 01:04:31,591 --> 01:04:34,360 TRUST EACH OTHER WITH BIOLOGY. 1687 01:04:34,360 --> 01:04:38,832 I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE LEGACY AND 1688 01:04:38,832 --> 01:04:39,799 HISTORY OF ONGOING DELIBERATIONS 1689 01:04:39,799 --> 01:04:45,405 IN THE NSABB BUT ENCOURAGE US 1690 01:04:45,405 --> 01:04:46,906 TO IMAGINE WHERE WE LEANING 1691 01:04:46,906 --> 01:04:48,675 TOWARDS AND ENDING UP AND BUILD 1692 01:04:48,675 --> 01:04:50,477 CAPACITIES NOT JUST AROUND DURC 1693 01:04:50,477 --> 01:04:52,879 AND PANDEMIC POTENTIAL AND 1694 01:04:52,879 --> 01:04:53,613 BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY BUT 1695 01:04:53,613 --> 01:05:01,521 THINGS THAT ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE, 1696 01:05:01,521 --> 01:05:02,088 UNDERSTANDABLE, BIOCODES AND 1697 01:05:02,088 --> 01:05:02,388 BIOTRUST. 1698 01:05:02,388 --> 01:05:04,257 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1699 01:05:04,257 --> 01:05:04,691 >> THANKS. 1700 01:05:04,691 --> 01:05:05,892 YOU'VE GIVEN US THOUGHT 1701 01:05:05,892 --> 01:05:07,560 PROVOKING WAYS TO LOOK AT THE 1702 01:05:07,560 --> 01:05:09,829 FUTURE AND WE'LL HAVE TO SPEND 1703 01:05:09,829 --> 01:05:10,730 MORE TIME UNPACKING. 1704 01:05:10,730 --> 01:05:18,471 HOW DO WE GET TO YEAR 2050 WITH 1705 01:05:18,471 --> 01:05:19,906 THE FOUNDATION OF TRUST AND 1706 01:05:19,906 --> 01:05:20,139 RESPECT. 1707 01:05:20,139 --> 01:05:21,875 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 1708 01:05:21,875 --> 01:05:30,083 NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO AN 1709 01:05:30,083 --> 01:05:31,084 OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS AND 1710 01:05:31,084 --> 01:05:31,417 DISCUSSION. 1711 01:05:31,417 --> 01:05:33,853 I DON'T SEE ALL THE PARTICIPANTS 1712 01:05:33,853 --> 01:05:34,287 YET. 1713 01:05:34,287 --> 01:05:37,891 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER 1714 01:05:37,891 --> 01:05:39,759 PANELISTS, THIS PANEL AND ANY 1715 01:05:39,759 --> 01:05:42,695 OTHERS IN THE SESSION 2 AND 3, 1716 01:05:42,695 --> 01:05:44,998 NSABB MEMBERS WHO WISH TO ASK 1717 01:05:44,998 --> 01:05:52,105 SESSION 1 PANELISTS A QUESTION, 1718 01:05:52,105 --> 01:05:53,606 NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. 1719 01:05:53,606 --> 01:06:00,980 I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS HANDS UP 1720 01:06:00,980 --> 01:06:02,048 YET. 1721 01:06:02,048 --> 01:06:04,384 >> I'LL HELP YOU TO CALL ON 1722 01:06:04,384 --> 01:06:08,454 HANDS SO YOU CAN HE CAN TO US ON 1723 01:06:08,454 --> 01:06:08,888 CONTENT. 1724 01:06:08,888 --> 01:06:10,089 >> ANY HANDS UP? 1725 01:06:10,089 --> 01:06:10,490 NO HANDS UP? 1726 01:06:10,490 --> 01:06:17,830 >> WE DO. 1727 01:06:17,830 --> 01:06:19,532 >> OKAY. 1728 01:06:19,532 --> 01:06:20,133 >> GREAT. 1729 01:06:20,133 --> 01:06:20,900 REALLY GREAT DISCUSSION. 1730 01:06:20,900 --> 01:06:22,969 REALLY GREAT FOOD FOR THOUGHT 1731 01:06:22,969 --> 01:06:23,703 FOR MANY DIFFERENT AREAS, EACH 1732 01:06:23,703 --> 01:06:26,472 OF OF YOU TOUCHED ON. 1733 01:06:26,472 --> 01:06:28,641 MY QUESTION IS MORE ON 1734 01:06:28,641 --> 01:06:33,379 INTANGIBLE TECHNOLOGIES. 1735 01:06:33,379 --> 01:06:35,882 I'D LOVE TO GET PERSPECTIVES, 1736 01:06:35,882 --> 01:06:37,550 DUAL USE LIES ON A SPECTRUM, I'D 1737 01:06:37,550 --> 01:06:40,386 LIKE TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON 1738 01:06:40,386 --> 01:06:44,424 RISK OF TRANSFER OF TANGIBLE 1739 01:06:44,424 --> 01:06:45,191 TECHNOLOGIES, DO YOU THINK MORE 1740 01:06:45,191 --> 01:06:54,133 SHOULD BE DONE ON THAT ASPECT? 1741 01:06:54,133 --> 01:06:55,535 OPEN TO ANYBODY WANTING TO 1742 01:06:55,535 --> 01:06:58,605 PROVIDE THEIR THOUGHTS OR 1743 01:06:58,605 --> 01:07:05,745 SUGGESTIONS ON THAT. 1744 01:07:05,745 --> 01:07:06,946 >> SOMEBODY STEP FORWARD. 1745 01:07:06,946 --> 01:07:08,715 >> YEAH, I THINK IT DEPENDS ON 1746 01:07:08,715 --> 01:07:10,817 WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. 1747 01:07:10,817 --> 01:07:16,155 IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 1748 01:07:16,155 --> 01:07:19,559 AND OFTENTIMES THE QUESTION OF 1749 01:07:19,559 --> 01:07:20,293 KNOWLEDGE SKILLS, DATA, 1750 01:07:20,293 --> 01:07:22,195 CAPACITIES WHEN BROUGHT IN THE 1751 01:07:22,195 --> 01:07:25,665 CONTEXT OF RISK OR GEOPOLITICAL 1752 01:07:25,665 --> 01:07:26,666 COMPETITION TRENDS TOWARDS 1753 01:07:26,666 --> 01:07:28,735 KEEPING IT CLOSE OR LOCKING IT 1754 01:07:28,735 --> 01:07:28,935 DOWN. 1755 01:07:28,935 --> 01:07:31,371 I THINK A LOT ABOUT DEMOCRACY. 1756 01:07:31,371 --> 01:07:33,339 AND HOW BIOLOGY AND 1757 01:07:33,339 --> 01:07:34,774 BIOTECHNOLOGY IS RELATED TO 1758 01:07:34,774 --> 01:07:36,075 DEMOCRACY. 1759 01:07:36,075 --> 01:07:37,910 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TURNS 1760 01:07:37,910 --> 01:07:40,246 INTO A QUESTION FOR ME AT LEAST 1761 01:07:40,246 --> 01:07:43,950 IS WHEN I THINK ABOUT OUR 1762 01:07:43,950 --> 01:07:45,284 BIOLOGICAL FUTURE, AM I A 1763 01:07:45,284 --> 01:07:47,687 CITIZEN OF THAT FUTURE OR A 1764 01:07:47,687 --> 01:07:48,888 CONSUMER OF THAT FUTURE OR 1765 01:07:48,888 --> 01:07:51,124 SUBJECT OR OBJECT IN THAT 1766 01:07:51,124 --> 01:07:52,058 FUTURE? 1767 01:07:52,058 --> 01:07:52,925 AND I'M BIASED. 1768 01:07:52,925 --> 01:07:54,794 LIKE I WOULD PREFER TO BE A 1769 01:07:54,794 --> 01:07:55,361 CITIZEN. 1770 01:07:55,361 --> 01:07:57,530 I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE AN 1771 01:07:57,530 --> 01:07:58,164 AMERICAN BIOECONOMY THAT 1772 01:07:58,164 --> 01:08:00,933 ADVANCES NOT ONLY LIFE WITH 1773 01:08:00,933 --> 01:08:02,135 MEDICINE, FOOD, FUEL, SHELTER, 1774 01:08:02,135 --> 01:08:03,903 ALSO LIBERTY AND PURSUIT OF 1775 01:08:03,903 --> 01:08:04,537 HAPPINESS. 1776 01:08:04,537 --> 01:08:07,340 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN PRACTICE? 1777 01:08:07,340 --> 01:08:09,676 AND UNDERNEATH IT ALL IT MEANS 1778 01:08:09,676 --> 01:08:12,011 THAT PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE 1779 01:08:12,011 --> 01:08:14,747 OPTION OF ACCESSING ESSENTIAL 1780 01:08:14,747 --> 01:08:15,615 CAPACITIES, WHETHER PUBLIC 1781 01:08:15,615 --> 01:08:18,017 HEALTH OR ABILITY TO EARN A 1782 01:08:18,017 --> 01:08:21,087 LIVELIHOOD OR EDUCATION OR SO 1783 01:08:21,087 --> 01:08:21,254 ON. 1784 01:08:21,254 --> 01:08:24,257 AND SO THAT I THINK IS WHAT 1785 01:08:24,257 --> 01:08:25,558 UNDERLIES AND PUT IN MOTION MANY 1786 01:08:25,558 --> 01:08:27,994 OF THE ACTIVITIES I'M PART OF 1787 01:08:27,994 --> 01:08:29,629 THAT RESULT IN PRACTICALLY 1788 01:08:29,629 --> 01:08:31,364 PROMULGATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND 1789 01:08:31,364 --> 01:08:32,999 DATA AND AWARENESS AND 1790 01:08:32,999 --> 01:08:35,334 CAPACITIES, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING 1791 01:08:35,334 --> 01:08:36,202 FOR CITIZENSHIP. 1792 01:08:36,202 --> 01:08:40,239 A FUTURE COMPRISED OF 1793 01:08:40,239 --> 01:08:40,773 BIOCITIZENS. 1794 01:08:40,773 --> 01:08:42,208 HOW TO STEWARD THAT, RIGHT, IN 1795 01:08:42,208 --> 01:08:43,309 WAYS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE I 1796 01:08:43,309 --> 01:08:47,013 THINK MARIA GIVES GREAT 1797 01:08:47,013 --> 01:08:48,815 EXAMPLES, BUT I WOULDN'T 1798 01:08:48,815 --> 01:08:51,284 REPRESENT THOSE AS BEING 1799 01:08:51,284 --> 01:08:51,951 COLLECTIVELY SUFFICIENT. 1800 01:08:51,951 --> 01:08:55,354 AND THEN WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT? 1801 01:08:55,354 --> 01:08:57,256 FOR ME AT LEAST WHAT IT LEADS TO 1802 01:08:57,256 --> 01:09:00,727 IS I'D LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION 1803 01:09:00,727 --> 01:09:01,928 ABOUT CONSERVATIVE STARTING 1804 01:09:01,928 --> 01:09:03,262 ASSUMPTIONS RELATED TO 1805 01:09:03,262 --> 01:09:03,696 BIOSECURITY VICTORY. 1806 01:09:03,696 --> 01:09:07,300 WHAT ARE OUR VICTORY CONDITIONS 1807 01:09:07,300 --> 01:09:09,869 FOR FUTURE WHERE WE'RE NOT AS 1808 01:09:09,869 --> 01:09:13,106 CONCERNED ABOUT - -- - MAYBE WE 1809 01:09:13,106 --> 01:09:14,073 MAKE INFECTIOUS DISEASE 1810 01:09:14,073 --> 01:09:15,608 OBSOLETE, PLEASE, AND WHAT DO WE 1811 01:09:15,608 --> 01:09:17,810 NEED TO DO TO GET TO THAT 1812 01:09:17,810 --> 01:09:19,545 POSITIVE OUTCOME FROM A VICTORY 1813 01:09:19,545 --> 01:09:21,948 CONDITION PERSPECTIVE AND COUPLE 1814 01:09:21,948 --> 01:09:26,052 THAT TO PROMULGATION OF 1815 01:09:26,052 --> 01:09:26,753 KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND 1816 01:09:26,753 --> 01:09:27,053 CITIZENSHIP? 1817 01:09:27,053 --> 01:09:28,421 I DON'T THINK YOU CAN ADVANCE 1818 01:09:28,421 --> 01:09:32,191 ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER, IT HAS TO 1819 01:09:32,191 --> 01:09:34,093 GO HAND IN HAND. 1820 01:09:34,093 --> 01:09:35,294 OTHERWISE YOU WANT TO SHUT 1821 01:09:35,294 --> 01:09:37,029 EVERYTHING DOWN WHICH DOESN'T 1822 01:09:37,029 --> 01:09:47,573 GET US TO ANYPLACE GOOD EITHER. 1823 01:09:49,742 --> 01:09:52,912 >> A QUICK QUESTION, I WOULD 1824 01:09:52,912 --> 01:09:57,950 LIKE TO POSE THE QUESTION TO YOU 1825 01:09:57,950 --> 01:09:59,819 SINCE YOU'RE A FORMER NSABB 1826 01:09:59,819 --> 01:10:03,289 MEMBER, OFFERED A GOOD ANALOGY 1827 01:10:03,289 --> 01:10:07,026 WITH SMALLPOX INTERNATIONAL 1828 01:10:07,026 --> 01:10:07,960 SCIENTIFIC REVIEW COMMITTEE. 1829 01:10:07,960 --> 01:10:11,931 ON A STEP GETTING TO A BIOCODE, 1830 01:10:11,931 --> 01:10:14,367 I LIKE THAT ANALOGY TOO, BUT 1831 01:10:14,367 --> 01:10:17,203 WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 1832 01:10:17,203 --> 01:10:18,704 INTEGRATING THE VARIOUS PATCH 1833 01:10:18,704 --> 01:10:21,574 WORK OF OVERSIGHT POLICIES THAT 1834 01:10:21,574 --> 01:10:26,045 WE HAVE TODAY, DURC, P3CO, 1835 01:10:26,045 --> 01:10:29,549 SELECT AGENTS, DO YOU HAVE 1836 01:10:29,549 --> 01:10:30,249 THOUGHTS OF CONSOLIDATING, 1837 01:10:30,249 --> 01:10:35,588 INTEGRATING ON A WAY TO A 1838 01:10:35,588 --> 01:10:36,522 BIOCODE? 1839 01:10:36,522 --> 01:10:43,696 >> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 1840 01:10:43,696 --> 01:10:44,330 I'M THINKING. 1841 01:10:44,330 --> 01:10:49,602 YEAH, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, IN MY 1842 01:10:49,602 --> 01:10:52,438 EXPERIENCE, THIS IS A VERY 1843 01:10:52,438 --> 01:10:54,440 BIOFOCUSED CONVERSATION, BUT IN 1844 01:10:54,440 --> 01:10:57,276 MY BROADER EXPERIENCE MOST OF 1845 01:10:57,276 --> 01:11:02,014 OUR LEADERSHIP IN INSTITUTIONS 1846 01:11:02,014 --> 01:11:03,850 AND ORGANIZATIONS IS ABIOTIC, 1847 01:11:03,850 --> 01:11:05,051 LIVING CREATURES, PEOPLE, 1848 01:11:05,051 --> 01:11:06,018 OFTENTIMES DO NOT HAVE WORKING 1849 01:11:06,018 --> 01:11:07,954 KNOWLEDGE OF BIOLOGY. 1850 01:11:07,954 --> 01:11:11,624 THEY MIGHT BE AN EXPERT IN, SAY, 1851 01:11:11,624 --> 01:11:13,025 NUCLEAR SECURITY OR SOVIET UNION 1852 01:11:13,025 --> 01:11:14,026 HISTORY OR WHAT HAVE YOU, STILL 1853 01:11:14,026 --> 01:11:17,496 TO THIS DAY MOST OF OUR LEADERS 1854 01:11:17,496 --> 01:11:19,131 ACROSS CORPORATIONS, 1855 01:11:19,131 --> 01:11:22,001 INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNMENT, I 1856 01:11:22,001 --> 01:11:23,302 WOULD CALL ABIOTIC. 1857 01:11:23,302 --> 01:11:25,872 MANY OF US IN BIOLOGY, ALTHOUGH 1858 01:11:25,872 --> 01:11:28,007 WE WRESTLE WITH STRATEGIC 1859 01:11:28,007 --> 01:11:30,543 TOPICS, ARE NOT ALWAYS WELL 1860 01:11:30,543 --> 01:11:32,278 FAMILIAR WITH STRATEGY AND GEO 1861 01:11:32,278 --> 01:11:37,583 POLITICS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. 1862 01:11:37,583 --> 01:11:40,019 IT'S NOT THAT ANYBODY'S AT FAULT 1863 01:11:40,019 --> 01:11:43,656 OR BAD, BUT THEY ARE MERGING 1864 01:11:43,656 --> 01:11:44,357 QUICKLY ENOUGH, QUICKER THAN 1865 01:11:44,357 --> 01:11:46,058 PEOPLE ARE LEARNING FROM EACH 1866 01:11:46,058 --> 01:11:47,393 OTHER SO MY HIGH LEVEL COMMENT 1867 01:11:47,393 --> 01:11:56,469 IN RESPONSE, WE HAVE TO WEAVE 1868 01:11:56,469 --> 01:11:59,071 TOGETHER, USG HAS A CRITICAL 1869 01:11:59,071 --> 01:12:00,706 ROLE, URGENCY, AWARENESS OF 1870 01:12:00,706 --> 01:12:03,242 BIOLOGY AS STRATEGIC DOMAIN TO 1871 01:12:03,242 --> 01:12:07,413 E. THAT CAN LEAD TO CIVIL 1872 01:12:07,413 --> 01:12:09,682 DECISION SCALE FLOURISHING THAT 1873 01:12:09,682 --> 01:12:11,117 DEMOCRATIZES BUT COMES WITH RISK 1874 01:12:11,117 --> 01:12:17,290 AS WE'RE FOCUSING ON HERE. 1875 01:12:17,290 --> 01:12:19,025 GETTING AWARENESS AND 1876 01:12:19,025 --> 01:12:20,793 CONVERSATION SUSTAINED AS 1877 01:12:20,793 --> 01:12:21,360 ALL-HANDS APPROACH ACROSS 1878 01:12:21,360 --> 01:12:22,628 GOVERNMENT IS STILL I WOULD SAY 1879 01:12:22,628 --> 01:12:25,698 A WORK IN PROGRESS AND COULD BE 1880 01:12:25,698 --> 01:12:28,567 STRENGTHENED AND AM LOUSE IF 1881 01:12:28,567 --> 01:12:33,572 WE -- ALLOWS IF WE DO IT RIGHT 1882 01:12:33,572 --> 01:12:39,645 HOW DO WE SUSTAIN METAGENOMIC 1883 01:12:39,645 --> 01:12:43,516 EXPERIENCE IN PERPETUITY. 1884 01:12:43,516 --> 01:12:45,718 WRAPPING UP POLICIES IN THE 1885 01:12:45,718 --> 01:12:49,989 CONTEXT WHERE WE HAVE BIOTIC 1886 01:12:49,989 --> 01:12:51,757 LEADERSHIP, COLLECTIVELY, FEELS 1887 01:12:51,757 --> 01:12:54,360 LIKE THE NEXT MOVE. 1888 01:12:54,360 --> 01:12:59,265 >> YEAH, THANK YOU. 1889 01:12:59,265 --> 01:13:01,734 >> WE HAVE PANELISTS WITH A HAND 1890 01:13:01,734 --> 01:13:01,968 UP. 1891 01:13:01,968 --> 01:13:03,336 >> THAT WAS FANTASTIC. 1892 01:13:03,336 --> 01:13:05,838 THIS MIGHT BE FOR MARIA BUT A 1893 01:13:05,838 --> 01:13:10,776 GENERAL QUESTION AS YOU WERE ALL 1894 01:13:10,776 --> 01:13:12,611 TALKING, THINKING ABOUT TRUST IN 1895 01:13:12,611 --> 01:13:15,281 THE COMMUNITY REMINDED ME ABOUT 1896 01:13:15,281 --> 01:13:19,218 THE POTENTIAL ROLES OF COMMUNITY 1897 01:13:19,218 --> 01:13:20,519 BIOSAFETY BOARDS WHICH NOBODY 1898 01:13:20,519 --> 01:13:23,589 HAS REALLY MENTIONED, AND THAT 1899 01:13:23,589 --> 01:13:25,458 SEEMS LIKE A POTENTIAL CONDUIT 1900 01:13:25,458 --> 01:13:32,665 FOR A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU 1901 01:13:32,665 --> 01:13:34,100 ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT AND WANTED 1902 01:13:34,100 --> 01:13:36,702 TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. 1903 01:13:36,702 --> 01:13:38,371 >> NO, THAT'S SOMETHING MY 1904 01:13:38,371 --> 01:13:39,338 COMMUNITY, THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY, 1905 01:13:39,338 --> 01:13:40,973 HAS BEEN DISCUSSING AS SOMETHING 1906 01:13:40,973 --> 01:13:44,276 THAT THEY WANT TO BUILD OUT AND 1907 01:13:44,276 --> 01:13:47,813 LOOK TOWARDS IS, AGAIN, LOOKING 1908 01:13:47,813 --> 01:13:48,981 AT TOP LEVEL QUESTIONS DREW 1909 01:13:48,981 --> 01:13:50,716 ASKED, THE PURPOSE OF IRB. 1910 01:13:50,716 --> 01:13:52,918 WE HAVE A SUBGROUP MEETING FOR 1911 01:13:52,918 --> 01:13:54,320 TWO YEARS, NOT OFTEN ENOUGH, 1912 01:13:54,320 --> 01:13:58,491 THAT WANTS TO TRY TO CREATE AN 1913 01:13:58,491 --> 01:13:59,258 IRB STRUCTURE FOR COMMUNITY LABS 1914 01:13:59,258 --> 01:14:00,893 AT LEAST IN THE U.S. BUT WE'RE 1915 01:14:00,893 --> 01:14:01,894 ASKING BIGGER QUESTIONS LIKE 1916 01:14:01,894 --> 01:14:04,163 WHAT IS IT IRBs DO AND LOOK AT 1917 01:14:04,163 --> 01:14:08,567 IT AND HOW CAN WE MAKE THEM MORE 1918 01:14:08,567 --> 01:14:11,370 EFFICIENT AT GETTING AWAY FROM 1919 01:14:11,370 --> 01:14:12,304 BUREAUCRACY, GUIDING PEOPLE WHO 1920 01:14:12,304 --> 01:14:13,606 WANT TO DO EXPERIMENTS SAFELY 1921 01:14:13,606 --> 01:14:17,443 BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, 1922 01:14:17,443 --> 01:14:19,178 AGAIN, I LEAN STRONGLY TO WHAT 1923 01:14:19,178 --> 01:14:21,514 DREW SAID, BUILD COMMUNITIES OF 1924 01:14:21,514 --> 01:14:23,649 TRUST, BUILD BOTTOM-UP TRUST NOT 1925 01:14:23,649 --> 01:14:24,550 JUST WITH RESEARCHERS BUT 1926 01:14:24,550 --> 01:14:27,053 GENERAL PUBLIC BECAUSE I DO FEEL 1927 01:14:27,053 --> 01:14:28,988 LIKE THE FAULTS IN THE SYSTEM 1928 01:14:28,988 --> 01:14:30,389 THIS PANDEMIC HAS SHOWN US WHERE 1929 01:14:30,389 --> 01:14:34,994 WE DON'T HAVE TRUST IN SCIENCE, 1930 01:14:34,994 --> 01:14:36,295 IN POLICIES, IN TECHNOLOGY, AND 1931 01:14:36,295 --> 01:14:38,164 WE NEED TO REBUILD THOSE ROADS 1932 01:14:38,164 --> 01:14:39,565 AND SO FIGURING OUT, YOU KNOW, 1933 01:14:39,565 --> 01:14:42,301 HOW CAN WE GET A COMMUNITY 1934 01:14:42,301 --> 01:14:45,805 REVIEW BOARD, HOW CAN WE 1935 01:14:45,805 --> 01:14:47,573 IDENTIFY AND CREATE BOTH WITH 1936 01:14:47,573 --> 01:14:48,908 THE COMMUNITY, WHICH MEANS THE 1937 01:14:48,908 --> 01:14:50,209 RESEARCHERS WHO WANT TO DO 1938 01:14:50,209 --> 01:14:52,311 COMMUNITY RESEARCH, WITH THE 1939 01:14:52,311 --> 01:14:54,447 COMMUNITIES THEMSELVES, AS WELL 1940 01:14:54,447 --> 01:14:55,147 AS POTENTIALLY FEDERAL AGENCIES 1941 01:14:55,147 --> 01:14:59,718 THAT WANT TO SUPPORT US IS 1942 01:14:59,718 --> 01:15:00,386 IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AND 1943 01:15:00,386 --> 01:15:03,989 SUBGROUP WORKING ON THAT IRB HAS 1944 01:15:03,989 --> 01:15:06,726 MULTIPLE FOLKS WHO RUN THEIR 1945 01:15:06,726 --> 01:15:08,027 UNIVERSITY'S IRB GROUPS. 1946 01:15:08,027 --> 01:15:09,795 SO WE'RE LOOKING AGAIN AT 1947 01:15:09,795 --> 01:15:11,197 RETHINKING WHY ARE WE DOING THIS 1948 01:15:11,197 --> 01:15:13,632 AND HOW CAN WE DO IT BETTER. 1949 01:15:13,632 --> 01:15:15,301 AND A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE 1950 01:15:15,301 --> 01:15:25,778 EXAMPLE OF HOW TO DO THAT. 1951 01:15:26,412 --> 01:15:26,712 >> THANK YOU. 1952 01:15:26,712 --> 01:15:27,980 LYRIC, ARE YOU SEEING ANY OTHER 1953 01:15:27,980 --> 01:15:29,181 HANDS UP? 1954 01:15:29,181 --> 01:15:31,484 >> I WOULD LOVE TO ASK A 1955 01:15:31,484 --> 01:15:32,952 QUESTION, IF POSSIBLE. 1956 01:15:32,952 --> 01:15:34,420 I HEARD SOME THEMES FROM THE 1957 01:15:34,420 --> 01:15:36,322 FIRST PANEL ON THE SCOPE AND 1958 01:15:36,322 --> 01:15:37,490 DEFINITION FOR THIS SECTION. 1959 01:15:37,490 --> 01:15:43,095 I'D LIKE TO THINK ABOUT SOME 1960 01:15:43,095 --> 01:15:48,100 CONCRETE STEPS MOVING FORWARD, 1961 01:15:48,100 --> 01:15:49,301 THEME OF BOUGHT-UP, RISK BASED 1962 01:15:49,301 --> 01:15:50,436 APPROACH IS NOT NECESSARILY 1963 01:15:50,436 --> 01:15:54,573 WITHIN THE SCOPE OF 7, 15, OR 1964 01:15:54,573 --> 01:15:57,109 LISTED CATEGORIZATIONS. 1965 01:15:57,109 --> 01:16:00,513 ON THE SAME VEIN, MAKING 1966 01:16:00,513 --> 01:16:01,680 CONVERSATION ACCESSIBLE AND 1967 01:16:01,680 --> 01:16:02,781 BUILDING TRUST, WHAT YOU THINK 1968 01:16:02,781 --> 01:16:04,316 THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE, HOW ARE 1969 01:16:04,316 --> 01:16:06,051 YOU CONCRETE IN MAKING THINGS 1970 01:16:06,051 --> 01:16:07,386 ACCESSIBLE AND DEFINING WHAT WE 1971 01:16:07,386 --> 01:16:12,758 MEAN HERE BUT ALSO HAVING THE 1972 01:16:12,758 --> 01:16:15,060 FLEXIBILITY AND FLUIDITY AROUND 1973 01:16:15,060 --> 01:16:15,761 CULTURE, RISK ASSESSMENT, WHAT 1974 01:16:15,761 --> 01:16:19,832 ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE NEXT 1975 01:16:19,832 --> 01:16:23,836 STEPS FOR THE POLICY? 1976 01:16:23,836 --> 01:16:26,939 >> I'LL JUMP IN BECAUSE YOU SAID 1977 01:16:26,939 --> 01:16:29,008 KEY WORDS I LOVE, CULTURE AROUND 1978 01:16:29,008 --> 01:16:29,408 COMMUNITY. 1979 01:16:29,408 --> 01:16:30,976 I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS I 1980 01:16:30,976 --> 01:16:34,013 TEND TO SEE BEING OUTSIDE OF 1981 01:16:34,013 --> 01:16:35,881 U.S. GOVERNMENT BUT WORKING VERY 1982 01:16:35,881 --> 01:16:38,817 DILIGENTLY FOR TEN YEARS NOW 1983 01:16:38,817 --> 01:16:40,686 BUILDING A GLOBAL COMMUNITY AND 1984 01:16:40,686 --> 01:16:42,988 STARTING TO STEWARD THAT IS THAT 1985 01:16:42,988 --> 01:16:45,591 ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LOVE TO 1986 01:16:45,591 --> 01:16:46,825 SEE IS MORE COMMUNICATION 1987 01:16:46,825 --> 01:16:47,793 AMONGST FEDERAL AGENCIES. 1988 01:16:47,793 --> 01:16:49,562 I THINK RIGHT NOW THE 1989 01:16:49,562 --> 01:16:51,397 DISTRIBUTED NATURE OF THESE 1990 01:16:51,397 --> 01:16:53,165 POLICIES AND AGENCIES THAT ARE 1991 01:16:53,165 --> 01:16:55,701 IMPLEMENTING THEM IS ONE OF THE 1992 01:16:55,701 --> 01:16:58,103 WEAKNESSES, IS GETTING SOME MORE 1993 01:16:58,103 --> 01:17:01,140 UNIFIED APPROACHES TO THEM, MORE 1994 01:17:01,140 --> 01:17:02,041 DISCIPLINARY APPROACH BUT IN 1995 01:17:02,041 --> 01:17:03,142 GENERAL IF YOU WANT TO BUILD 1996 01:17:03,142 --> 01:17:04,109 COMMUNITY YOU START WITH THE 1997 01:17:04,109 --> 01:17:05,311 COMMUNITY YOU HAVE AND YOU HAVE 1998 01:17:05,311 --> 01:17:06,845 THIS COMMUNITY ALREADY IN THE 1999 01:17:06,845 --> 01:17:07,713 U.S. GOVERNMENT. 2000 01:17:07,713 --> 01:17:09,281 SO START WITH BUILDING COMMUNITY 2001 01:17:09,281 --> 01:17:11,250 THERE AS WELL AS REACHING OUT TO 2002 01:17:11,250 --> 01:17:12,418 STAKEHOLDERS IN THE OTHER 2003 01:17:12,418 --> 01:17:14,420 IDENTIFIED GROUPS YOU WANT TO 2004 01:17:14,420 --> 01:17:15,921 TALK WITH, AND INVITING THEM 2005 01:17:15,921 --> 01:17:16,689 INTO THE CONVERSATION. 2006 01:17:16,689 --> 01:17:24,763 I THINK THAT'S STEP ONE. 2007 01:17:24,763 --> 01:17:25,998 >> JIM, I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR 2008 01:17:25,998 --> 01:17:27,433 THOUGHTS ON THAT. 2009 01:17:27,433 --> 01:17:30,169 MY THOUGHTS WERE SIMILAR TO 2010 01:17:30,169 --> 01:17:30,836 LYRIC'S. 2011 01:17:30,836 --> 01:17:32,004 YOU ALMOST LAID OUT A LOT OF 2012 01:17:32,004 --> 01:17:34,640 THINGS THAT COULD BE TURNED INTO 2013 01:17:34,640 --> 01:17:37,142 A ROADMAP OF ACTION ITEMS. 2014 01:17:37,142 --> 01:17:38,143 AND MAYBE ONE SPECIFIC ACTION 2015 01:17:38,143 --> 01:17:42,748 ITEM IS HOW DO WE ELEVATE THE 2016 01:17:42,748 --> 01:17:45,684 IBC TO THE EQUIVALENT OF IACUC 2017 01:17:45,684 --> 01:17:47,586 AND REVIEW BOARDS? 2018 01:17:47,586 --> 01:17:50,055 THAT'S AN ACTIONABLE ITEM. 2019 01:17:50,055 --> 01:17:50,389 >> RIGHT. 2020 01:17:50,389 --> 01:17:53,225 YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD 2021 01:17:53,225 --> 01:17:54,226 QUESTION. 2022 01:17:54,226 --> 01:17:56,395 I THINK THE REAL CHALLENGE IS 2023 01:17:56,395 --> 01:17:58,030 NOT IN ACADEMIA AND RESEARCH 2024 01:17:58,030 --> 01:17:58,497 ORGANIZATIONS. 2025 01:17:58,497 --> 01:18:02,001 I THINK IT'S IN THIS MUCH 2026 01:18:02,001 --> 01:18:03,435 BROADER COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE 2027 01:18:03,435 --> 01:18:05,504 ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND 2028 01:18:05,504 --> 01:18:10,209 HOW DO WE ENGAGE THEM? 2029 01:18:10,209 --> 01:18:12,278 IT REALLY GOES BEYOND THE 2030 01:18:12,278 --> 01:18:14,713 INDIVIDUAL RESEARCHERS. 2031 01:18:14,713 --> 01:18:17,883 THERE'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF 2032 01:18:17,883 --> 01:18:19,785 ENGAGEMENT IN THE COMMERCIAL 2033 01:18:19,785 --> 01:18:22,721 SECTOR THAT REALLY IS 2034 01:18:22,721 --> 01:18:23,789 INDEPENDENTLY FUNDED, DOES THEIR 2035 01:18:23,789 --> 01:18:27,192 OWN THING, AND HOW DO WE ENGAGE 2036 01:18:27,192 --> 01:18:28,060 THEM? 2037 01:18:28,060 --> 01:18:30,929 FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE ALL SEEN ADS 2038 01:18:30,929 --> 01:18:31,697 FOR BOTOX. 2039 01:18:31,697 --> 01:18:36,135 SO, HOW DO WE MAKE BOTOX? 2040 01:18:36,135 --> 01:18:37,736 WHAT'S THAT ENTIRE PROCESS? 2041 01:18:37,736 --> 01:18:39,705 ARE THERE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH 2042 01:18:39,705 --> 01:18:39,905 THAT? 2043 01:18:39,905 --> 01:18:41,907 I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. 2044 01:18:41,907 --> 01:18:45,177 I'M SURE SOMEBODY KNOWS ALL OF 2045 01:18:45,177 --> 01:18:45,377 THAT. 2046 01:18:45,377 --> 01:18:47,479 BUT THERE'S JUST A MUCH BROADER 2047 01:18:47,479 --> 01:18:49,014 COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE 2048 01:18:49,014 --> 01:18:50,883 OUT WAYS TO ENGAGE IN. 2049 01:18:50,883 --> 01:18:53,085 AND I THINK WE DO HAVE A GOOD 2050 01:18:53,085 --> 01:18:54,386 STRUCTURE IN PLACE. 2051 01:18:54,386 --> 01:18:57,990 AND I LOVE THE EMPHASIS ON 2052 01:18:57,990 --> 01:19:01,260 CULTURE OF RESPONSIBILITY. 2053 01:19:01,260 --> 01:19:03,362 I ABSOLUTELY THANK DREW FOR 2054 01:19:03,362 --> 01:19:04,930 RECALLING THE GEORGE SCHULTZ 2055 01:19:04,930 --> 01:19:05,431 EDITORIAL. 2056 01:19:05,431 --> 01:19:07,933 I MEAN, THAT WAS SUCH A 2057 01:19:07,933 --> 01:19:08,801 BEAUTIFUL PIECE. 2058 01:19:08,801 --> 01:19:10,336 SO I THINK THE FOUNDATION IS 2059 01:19:10,336 --> 01:19:10,569 THERE. 2060 01:19:10,569 --> 01:19:13,072 HOW DO WE OPEN THE GATES SO 2061 01:19:13,072 --> 01:19:13,939 WE'RE MORE INCLUSIVE? 2062 01:19:13,939 --> 01:19:16,842 NOT ONLY WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT 2063 01:19:16,842 --> 01:19:18,344 BUT MUCH MORE BROADER. 2064 01:19:18,344 --> 01:19:22,414 LET ME STOP. 2065 01:19:22,414 --> 01:19:23,349 THANK YOU. 2066 01:19:23,349 --> 01:19:23,816 >> OTHERS? 2067 01:19:23,816 --> 01:19:25,317 WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A 2068 01:19:25,317 --> 01:19:26,418 CULTURE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR 2069 01:19:26,418 --> 01:19:28,053 QUITE SOME TIME. 2070 01:19:28,053 --> 01:19:29,321 WE REALLY HAVE TO PROPAGATE IT 2071 01:19:29,321 --> 01:19:31,156 OUT IN OUR OTHER THAN COUNTRY 2072 01:19:31,156 --> 01:19:32,224 AND ACROSS THE WORLD. 2073 01:19:32,224 --> 01:19:34,393 WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT THE WAY 2074 01:19:34,393 --> 01:19:37,930 TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT. 2075 01:19:37,930 --> 01:19:39,098 >> I SEE TWO HANDS AND WE'LL 2076 01:19:39,098 --> 01:19:42,167 HAVE TO GO TO A BREAK. 2077 01:19:42,167 --> 01:19:45,170 FIRST KENNETH BERNARD AND 2078 01:19:45,170 --> 01:19:45,604 CARMELA HAINES. 2079 01:19:45,604 --> 01:19:49,541 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? 2080 01:19:49,541 --> 01:19:50,442 >> YEAH. 2081 01:19:50,442 --> 01:19:53,679 >> I'M ON A PLANE. 2082 01:19:53,679 --> 01:19:55,347 I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT BOTH 2083 01:19:55,347 --> 01:19:56,849 DREW AND JIM JUST SAID. 2084 01:19:56,849 --> 01:19:58,784 WE'VE GOT TO EXPAND THE 2085 01:19:58,784 --> 01:20:02,321 OVERSIGHT IF WE WANT TO BE TAKEN 2086 01:20:02,321 --> 01:20:05,391 SERIOUSLY IN THE NATIONAL 2087 01:20:05,391 --> 01:20:07,259 SECURITY STRATEGIC POLICIES 2088 01:20:07,259 --> 01:20:10,329 ARENA WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF 2089 01:20:10,329 --> 01:20:12,398 OUR BIOWORLD WHERE WE ALL KNOW 2090 01:20:12,398 --> 01:20:12,965 EACH OTHER. 2091 01:20:12,965 --> 01:20:14,700 THERE SHOULD BE A BUNCH OF 2092 01:20:14,700 --> 01:20:16,668 PEOPLE ON THESE COMMITTEES THAT 2093 01:20:16,668 --> 01:20:18,570 COME FROM DIFFERENT SECTORS, 2094 01:20:18,570 --> 01:20:21,507 PRIVATE AND PUBLIC, INCLUDING 2095 01:20:21,507 --> 01:20:23,575 DEFENSE SECTORS AND OTHERS. 2096 01:20:23,575 --> 01:20:27,546 I THINK A RECENT INFORMATION WE 2097 01:20:27,546 --> 01:20:30,048 JUST GOT A P3CO REALLY IT'S ONLY 2098 01:20:30,048 --> 01:20:36,622 HHS WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT IT. 2099 01:20:36,622 --> 01:20:38,791 IT'S SHOULD BE A CONCERN ACROSS 2100 01:20:38,791 --> 01:20:44,596 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND 2101 01:20:44,596 --> 01:20:44,963 INTERNATIONALLY. 2102 01:20:44,963 --> 01:20:45,464 DREW NAILED THIS. 2103 01:20:45,464 --> 01:20:53,238 WE HAVE TO STOP LOOKING FROM A 2104 01:20:53,238 --> 01:20:55,307 BIOSPECIFIC PERSPECTIVE AND LOOK 2105 01:20:55,307 --> 01:20:56,875 AT A STRATEGIC ISSUE, LOOK AT 2106 01:20:56,875 --> 01:20:59,711 IMPACT OF COVID OR DISCUSSION ON 2107 01:20:59,711 --> 01:21:00,813 SMALL POSITION TO REALIZE WHY 2108 01:21:00,813 --> 01:21:08,120 THAT'S THE CASE. 2109 01:21:08,120 --> 01:21:09,154 THANK YOU. 2110 01:21:09,154 --> 01:21:10,222 >> IT'S A CONVERSATION WE'VE 2111 01:21:10,222 --> 01:21:11,990 BEEN TRYING TO HAVE FOR SOME 2112 01:21:11,990 --> 01:21:15,360 TIME BUT NOW IS THE TIME. 2113 01:21:15,360 --> 01:21:19,765 >> I SEE CARMELA. 2114 01:21:19,765 --> 01:21:23,202 >> HELLO, EVERYBODY, FROM EMORY 2115 01:21:23,202 --> 01:21:24,837 UNIVERSITY, MEMBERS OF NSABB. 2116 01:21:24,837 --> 01:21:27,339 GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. 2117 01:21:27,339 --> 01:21:37,382 I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP AND AND 2118 01:21:37,382 --> 01:21:39,017 DREW'S POINT, ABOUT POLITICAL 2119 01:21:39,017 --> 01:21:40,853 HEALTH, RIGHT? 2120 01:21:40,853 --> 01:21:42,054 THAT'S HUGE, RIGHT? 2121 01:21:42,054 --> 01:21:48,293 SCIENTISTS ARE GOOD AT 2122 01:21:48,293 --> 01:21:49,228 ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, TECHNICAL 2123 01:21:49,228 --> 01:21:51,163 SOLUTIONS FOR PROBLEMS BUT USING 2124 01:21:51,163 --> 01:21:54,433 COVID AS AN EXAMPLE WE'VE HAD 2125 01:21:54,433 --> 01:21:57,135 THIS BEAUTIFUL SORT OF SPED-UP 2126 01:21:57,135 --> 01:22:00,906 DEVELOPMENT OF A VACCINE THAT IS 2127 01:22:00,906 --> 01:22:03,475 SAFE AND THEN WE SEE YOU CAN 2128 01:22:03,475 --> 01:22:04,409 DEVELOP THIS BEAUTIFUL THING, 2129 01:22:04,409 --> 01:22:06,512 AND THEN IT'S UP TO A PERSON TO 2130 01:22:06,512 --> 01:22:07,946 ACTUALLY TAKE THE VACCINE SO 2131 01:22:07,946 --> 01:22:12,718 THERE'S ALWAYS THAT PART. 2132 01:22:12,718 --> 01:22:17,322 I WANTED TO SECOND HIS POINT. 2133 01:22:17,322 --> 01:22:19,157 IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT AND 2134 01:22:19,157 --> 01:22:21,593 SORT OF DEALING WITH THE ASPECT 2135 01:22:21,593 --> 01:22:23,629 OF THINGS, FOLKS SHY AWAY, IT'S 2136 01:22:23,629 --> 01:22:24,463 HARD. 2137 01:22:24,463 --> 01:22:26,865 IT'S NOT EASY. 2138 01:22:26,865 --> 01:22:34,540 THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A 2139 01:22:34,540 --> 01:22:35,741 CRITICISM, IT'S HARD TO DO BUT 2140 01:22:35,741 --> 01:22:37,776 THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD NOT. 2141 01:22:37,776 --> 01:22:40,212 I JUST WANTED TO ALSO ADD WHAT 2142 01:22:40,212 --> 01:22:42,948 I'VE WITNESSED ON THE GROUND, 2143 01:22:42,948 --> 01:22:45,017 SOME THINGS I'VE OBSERVED, THE 2144 01:22:45,017 --> 01:22:48,854 PUSHBACK AND REJECTION AND 2145 01:22:48,854 --> 01:22:51,723 MISTRUST, KEY FACTOR IN THAT IS 2146 01:22:51,723 --> 01:22:56,094 THAT WHEN THERE IS SORT OF LIKE 2147 01:22:56,094 --> 01:22:59,031 A HOLE OR GAP THAT SORT OF 2148 01:22:59,031 --> 01:23:00,332 DIVIDES, YOU KNOW, PRACTICING 2149 01:23:00,332 --> 01:23:02,000 SCIENTISTS FROM PEOPLE WHO DON'T 2150 01:23:02,000 --> 01:23:03,869 HAPPEN TO BE PRACTICING 2151 01:23:03,869 --> 01:23:06,038 SCIENTISTS, THERE'S THIS HOLE 2152 01:23:06,038 --> 01:23:07,139 THAT'S GETTING FILLED IN BY 2153 01:23:07,139 --> 01:23:09,841 PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALL THE 2154 01:23:09,841 --> 01:23:11,710 CONFIDENCE AND NO COMPETENCE, 2155 01:23:11,710 --> 01:23:15,347 WHO PROCLAIM THEY KNOW THINGS, 2156 01:23:15,347 --> 01:23:17,449 THAT THEY DON'T. 2157 01:23:17,449 --> 01:23:19,952 LITERALLY TO AVOID USING THE 2158 01:23:19,952 --> 01:23:21,286 BUZZWORD, MISINFORMATION, THAT 2159 01:23:21,286 --> 01:23:25,757 PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN KEEPING 2160 01:23:25,757 --> 01:23:34,733 THAT DIVIDE THERE, EVEN WIDENING 2161 01:23:34,733 --> 01:23:34,900 IT. 2162 01:23:34,900 --> 01:23:39,137 I WOULD LIKE TO HE SEE US GET 2163 01:23:39,137 --> 01:23:39,504 COMFORTABLE. 2164 01:23:39,504 --> 01:23:40,872 ANTICIPATE AND ENGAGE. 2165 01:23:40,872 --> 01:23:42,841 WE SEPARATE OURSELVES FROM 2166 01:23:42,841 --> 01:23:45,077 PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND SPREADING 2167 01:23:45,077 --> 01:23:47,012 MISINFORMATION, WHO EVEN MAKE A 2168 01:23:47,012 --> 01:23:49,314 SHOW OUT OF CONFRONTING 2169 01:23:49,314 --> 01:23:50,716 SCIENTISTS AND ALL THIS, WE 2170 01:23:50,716 --> 01:23:54,019 SHOULDN'T GIVE UP IN THAT ARENA 2171 01:23:54,019 --> 01:23:56,455 BECAUSE YOU DEFINITELY LOSE WHEN 2172 01:23:56,455 --> 01:23:59,691 YOU COMPLETELY DISENGAGE. 2173 01:23:59,691 --> 01:24:01,760 WHAT'S GIVEN ME HOPE, I PRAISE 2174 01:24:01,760 --> 01:24:03,395 PEOPLE WITH ENOUGH PATIENCE TO 2175 01:24:03,395 --> 01:24:06,598 GET INTO THAT ARENA AND ENGAGE 2176 01:24:06,598 --> 01:24:09,368 BUT HAVING US CONSTANTLY SORT OF 2177 01:24:09,368 --> 01:24:12,037 BEING THERE AND BEING PRESENT 2178 01:24:12,037 --> 01:24:15,340 AND ALSO INVITING PEOPLE INTO 2179 01:24:15,340 --> 01:24:18,277 CONVERSATIONS IS CRITICAL. 2180 01:24:18,277 --> 01:24:20,379 I'VE SEEN SOME AMAZING PUBLIC 2181 01:24:20,379 --> 01:24:22,014 SCIENCE AND PUBLIC EDUCATION 2182 01:24:22,014 --> 01:24:24,683 PEOPLE JUMP INTO THE RING AND 2183 01:24:24,683 --> 01:24:28,887 PUSH BACK AGAINST A LOT OF 2184 01:24:28,887 --> 01:24:30,222 INFORMATION AND I'VE WITNESSED 2185 01:24:30,222 --> 01:24:32,891 AT A MICROSCALE THAT ENGAGEMENT 2186 01:24:32,891 --> 01:24:35,694 ACTUALLY HAVING A GOOD SORT OF 2187 01:24:35,694 --> 01:24:38,964 OPPOSITE AND POSITIVE EFFECT TO 2188 01:24:38,964 --> 01:24:42,701 HELP HEAL THE MISTRUST AND THE 2189 01:24:42,701 --> 01:24:43,135 SEPARATION. 2190 01:24:43,135 --> 01:24:44,603 >> THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. 2191 01:24:44,603 --> 01:24:52,411 WE HAVE TO STAY ENGAGED IN 2192 01:24:52,411 --> 01:24:53,645 MULTIPLE ARENAS, INCLUDING 2193 01:24:53,645 --> 01:24:55,814 POLITICAL ARENA AND NATIONAL 2194 01:24:55,814 --> 01:24:56,181 SECURITY ARENA. 2195 01:24:56,181 --> 01:24:57,349 WE'VE COME TO THE END TIME OF 2196 01:24:57,349 --> 01:24:59,317 THIS SESSION. 2197 01:24:59,317 --> 01:25:00,285 I THANK OUR PANELISTS. 2198 01:25:00,285 --> 01:25:01,820 IF WE WERE IN PERSON I WOULD ASK 2199 01:25:01,820 --> 01:25:07,292 FOR A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR YOUR 2200 01:25:07,292 --> 01:25:07,859 THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS AND 2201 01:25:07,859 --> 01:25:10,796 PREPARATION FOR THIS SESSION AND 2202 01:25:10,796 --> 01:25:14,099 I THANK THE PANELISTS AND 2203 01:25:14,099 --> 01:25:15,667 MEMBERS FOR ASKING THOUGHTFUL 2204 01:25:15,667 --> 01:25:17,102 QUESTIONS, ENGAGING IN 2205 01:25:17,102 --> 01:25:18,003 DISCUSSION. 2206 01:25:18,003 --> 01:25:20,005 LYRIC, BACK OVER TO YOU FOR 2207 01:25:20,005 --> 01:25:22,941 DIRECTIONS ON THE BREAK AND 2208 01:25:22,941 --> 01:25:23,608 RECONVENING. 2209 01:25:23,608 --> 01:25:24,910 THANK YOU. 2210 01:25:24,910 --> 01:25:26,778 >> I SECOND YOUR THANKS TO THE 2211 01:25:26,778 --> 01:25:28,980 PANELISTS AND THOSE WHO 2212 01:25:28,980 --> 01:25:30,282 PARTICIPATED. 2213 01:25:30,282 --> 01:25:32,784 WE ARE TO GIVE EVERYONE A FULL 2214 01:25:32,784 --> 01:25:36,488 TEN MINUTES, LET'S RECONVENE AT 2215 01:25:36,488 --> 01:25:38,156 1:35 FOR SESSION 2, TURN YOUR 2216 01:25:38,156 --> 01:25:42,260 CAMERAS OFF AND WE'LL REJOIN AT 2217 01:25:42,260 --> 01:25:43,863 1:35 PROMPTLY. 2218 01:25:43,863 --> 01:25:47,633 I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL 2219 01:25:47,633 --> 01:25:50,903 TO MS. RACHEL LEVINSON, NATIONAL 2220 01:25:50,903 --> 01:25:52,605 RESEARCH INITIATIVES KNOWLEDGE 2221 01:25:52,605 --> 01:25:53,439 ENTERPRISE, ARIZONA STATE 2222 01:25:53,439 --> 01:25:56,609 UNIVERSITY, AS MODERATOR FOR 2223 01:25:56,609 --> 01:26:00,346 SESSION 2, FOCUSED AROUND DURC 2224 01:26:00,346 --> 01:26:03,816 POLICY IMPLEMENTATION, IN 2225 01:26:03,816 --> 01:26:05,351 RELATION TO OTHER OVERSIGHT 2226 01:26:05,351 --> 01:26:09,288 APPROACHES TO ASSESSING AND 2227 01:26:09,288 --> 01:26:10,923 EDUCATING STAFF ABOUT RISK AND 2228 01:26:10,923 --> 01:26:13,025 THOUGHTS REGARDING BENEFITS AND 2229 01:26:13,025 --> 01:26:14,226 CHALLENGES TO RESEARCHERS, 2230 01:26:14,226 --> 01:26:15,327 PROJECTS CONSIDERING POLICY 2231 01:26:15,327 --> 01:26:18,364 SCOPE AND POTENTIAL FUTURE 2232 01:26:18,364 --> 01:26:18,631 CHANGES. 2233 01:26:18,631 --> 01:26:20,032 I RECOGNIZE THESE WERE TOGETHER 2234 01:26:20,032 --> 01:26:22,101 AND THAT'S OKAY, WE'LL CAPTURE 2235 01:26:22,101 --> 01:26:26,806 THE KEY POINTS MOVING FORWARD. 2236 01:26:26,806 --> 01:26:28,474 RACHEL, I HAND IT OVER TO YOU. 2237 01:26:28,474 --> 01:26:30,076 >> THANK YOU AND THANKS TO THE 2238 01:26:30,076 --> 01:26:33,412 STAFF OF THE OFFICE OF SCIENCE 2239 01:26:33,412 --> 01:26:35,247 POLICY BECAUSE PUTTING THIS 2240 01:26:35,247 --> 01:26:36,949 TOGETHER IS TIMELY AND 2241 01:26:36,949 --> 01:26:37,516 NECESSARY. 2242 01:26:37,516 --> 01:26:38,918 I THINK THE SPEAKERS ON THE 2243 01:26:38,918 --> 01:26:40,619 PREVIOUS PANEL IDENTIFIED A 2244 01:26:40,619 --> 01:26:43,889 NUMBER OF AREAS WHERE THAT 2245 01:26:43,889 --> 01:26:45,324 BECOMES PARENT. 2246 01:26:45,324 --> 01:26:47,393 GETTING YOUR BACKGROUND ON THE 2247 01:26:47,393 --> 01:26:48,861 ATMOSPHERE AND ATTITUDE TOWARD 2248 01:26:48,861 --> 01:26:50,596 DURC RESEARCH BACK IN THE DAYS 2249 01:26:50,596 --> 01:26:53,065 WHEN THIS POLICY OR SET OF 2250 01:26:53,065 --> 01:26:54,633 POLICIES WAS BEING DEVELOPED WAS 2251 01:26:54,633 --> 01:26:55,668 HELPFUL ESPECIALLY NOW AS WE 2252 01:26:55,668 --> 01:26:59,572 LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF 2253 01:26:59,572 --> 01:27:02,074 THE CURRENT PANDEMIC AND SOME 2254 01:27:02,074 --> 01:27:04,076 CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN 2255 01:27:04,076 --> 01:27:07,012 THE LABORATORY PRACTICES AND 2256 01:27:07,012 --> 01:27:09,749 CAPABILITIES THAT WE WITNESSED, 2257 01:27:09,749 --> 01:27:11,383 I THINK SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, THE 2258 01:27:11,383 --> 01:27:12,251 PRACTICE OF PUBLISHING 2259 01:27:12,251 --> 01:27:17,056 PRE-PRINTS WHICH LEADS US TO 2260 01:27:17,056 --> 01:27:17,723 SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT 2261 01:27:17,723 --> 01:27:19,358 COMMUNICATION AND CYBERSECURITY 2262 01:27:19,358 --> 01:27:27,032 AS WELL AND SOME ISSUES 2263 01:27:27,032 --> 01:27:27,800 IDENTIFIED BY PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, 2264 01:27:27,800 --> 01:27:30,102 THEY ARE OF I HOPE THEY FOLLOW 2265 01:27:30,102 --> 01:27:32,638 ALONG AND ARE INVITED TO THE 2266 01:27:32,638 --> 01:27:33,272 DISCUSSION PORTION TO 2267 01:27:33,272 --> 01:27:42,381 PARTICIPATE IN THAT AS WELL 2268 01:27:42,381 --> 01:27:43,482 BECAUSE THEY ENUNCIATED CONCERNS 2269 01:27:43,482 --> 01:27:46,752 AND WE WANT TO SEE WHAT THE 2270 01:27:46,752 --> 01:27:48,821 IMPACT THIS PARTICULAR SET OF 2271 01:27:48,821 --> 01:27:49,922 PANELISTS COULD HAVE IF THAT 2272 01:27:49,922 --> 01:27:50,589 WERE TO CHANGE. 2273 01:27:50,589 --> 01:27:52,925 WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT POLICIES 2274 01:27:52,925 --> 01:27:55,861 AND IMPLEMENTATION, HOW THEY 2275 01:27:55,861 --> 01:27:57,296 IMPACTED RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, 2276 01:27:57,296 --> 01:27:58,397 RESEARCHERS, AND BROADER 2277 01:27:58,397 --> 01:28:00,733 RESEARCH COMMUNITY AND WHAT 2278 01:28:00,733 --> 01:28:02,434 WORKS WELL AND COULD BE 2279 01:28:02,434 --> 01:28:02,902 IMPROVED. 2280 01:28:02,902 --> 01:28:05,037 OUR PANEL OF THREE PEEKERS HAVE 2281 01:28:05,037 --> 01:28:07,139 GREAT EXPERTISE AND WILL BE 2282 01:28:07,139 --> 01:28:09,108 REPRESENTING THE VIEWS OF 2283 01:28:09,108 --> 01:28:10,109 INSTITUTIONS, THOSE WITH WHICH 2284 01:28:10,109 --> 01:28:11,677 THEY MAY BE FAMILIAR AS WELL 2285 01:28:11,677 --> 01:28:13,946 THAT WILL BE BRING A LOT TO THIS 2286 01:28:13,946 --> 01:28:14,280 DISCUSSION. 2287 01:28:14,280 --> 01:28:15,247 WE ALSO WANT TO HEAR AS TO 2288 01:28:15,247 --> 01:28:17,116 WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE 2289 01:28:17,116 --> 01:28:20,519 DIFFERENT MODELS OF 2290 01:28:20,519 --> 01:28:21,954 IMPLEMENTATION THAT HAVE BEEN 2291 01:28:21,954 --> 01:28:23,289 USEFUL IN THEIR INSTITUTIONS BUT 2292 01:28:23,289 --> 01:28:25,658 COULD HELP IN ACHIEVING GOALS OF 2293 01:28:25,658 --> 01:28:27,626 THE POLICIES, WHEN THE GOALS 2294 01:28:27,626 --> 01:28:29,628 HAVE NOT CHANGED. 2295 01:28:29,628 --> 01:28:31,697 HOW DO INSTITUTIONS GO BEYOND 2296 01:28:31,697 --> 01:28:35,601 CURRENT DURC POLICY REQUIREMENT 2297 01:28:35,601 --> 01:28:36,869 TO ADDRESS OTHER RISKS, ONE AREA 2298 01:28:36,869 --> 01:28:39,638 THERE MIGHT BE TO LOOK AT 2299 01:28:39,638 --> 01:28:42,174 TRAINING THAT THEY USE, 2300 01:28:42,174 --> 01:28:43,475 TRAININGS AND MATERIALS AND 2301 01:28:43,475 --> 01:28:45,211 OTHER RESOURCES PROVIDED BY THE 2302 01:28:45,211 --> 01:28:46,445 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND PERHAPS 2303 01:28:46,445 --> 01:28:48,314 IDENTIFY ONES WHERE THEY FEEL 2304 01:28:48,314 --> 01:28:49,381 MORE COULD BE DONE. 2305 01:28:49,381 --> 01:28:51,250 WE WOULD LIKE THE PANELISTS TO 2306 01:28:51,250 --> 01:28:56,121 LOOK AT WHAT IMPACT THE POLICIES 2307 01:28:56,121 --> 01:29:04,797 HAVE HAD ON PUBLICATION AND 2308 01:29:04,797 --> 01:29:05,965 DISSEMINATION, TAKING ON NEW 2309 01:29:05,965 --> 01:29:06,899 MEANING WHERE THERE'S 2310 01:29:06,899 --> 01:29:08,200 DISCUSSION. 2311 01:29:08,200 --> 01:29:09,935 WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE 2312 01:29:09,935 --> 01:29:12,671 DISCUSSION BEFORE PUBLICATION 2313 01:29:12,671 --> 01:29:13,405 BUT PRE-PRINTS, PRE-PUBLICATION 2314 01:29:13,405 --> 01:29:14,974 DISCUSSION THAT DON'T HAVE 2315 01:29:14,974 --> 01:29:15,941 ADVANTAGE OF PEER REVIEW RAISE 2316 01:29:15,941 --> 01:29:21,547 NEW QUESTIONS THAT I THINK ARE 2317 01:29:21,547 --> 01:29:21,981 WORTH LOOKING AT. 2318 01:29:21,981 --> 01:29:24,817 I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE THREE 2319 01:29:24,817 --> 01:29:26,018 SPEAKERS AND GO FOR TEN MINUTES 2320 01:29:26,018 --> 01:29:27,887 EACH AND IF I CAN ASK YOU TO 2321 01:29:27,887 --> 01:29:30,889 KEEP YOUR CAMERAS ON FOR THE 2322 01:29:30,889 --> 01:29:32,691 ENTIRE SESSION THAT WOULD BE 2323 01:29:32,691 --> 01:29:37,029 HELPFUL FOR DISCUSSION. 2324 01:29:37,029 --> 01:29:38,264 KALPANA WORKS AT EMORY 2325 01:29:38,264 --> 01:29:39,932 UNIVERSITY IN ATLANTA, DIRECTOR 2326 01:29:39,932 --> 01:29:41,333 OF RESEARCH SAFETY FOR 2327 01:29:41,333 --> 01:29:45,070 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY 2328 01:29:45,070 --> 01:29:46,372 OFFICE, AND INSTITUTIONAL 2329 01:29:46,372 --> 01:29:48,007 BIOSAFETY OFFICER. 2330 01:29:48,007 --> 01:29:50,075 SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR 2331 01:29:50,075 --> 01:29:51,176 DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING 2332 01:29:51,176 --> 01:29:52,711 MAINTAINING LABORATORY SAFETY 2333 01:29:52,711 --> 01:29:53,946 PROGRAMS, TO CONTROL 2334 01:29:53,946 --> 01:29:56,348 OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES AND 2335 01:29:56,348 --> 01:29:59,685 OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION AND 2336 01:29:59,685 --> 01:30:01,453 COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND 2337 01:30:01,453 --> 01:30:03,155 STATE LAWS, AND PROVIDES 2338 01:30:03,155 --> 01:30:05,124 BIOSAFETY SUPPORT FOR THE 2339 01:30:05,124 --> 01:30:06,525 COMMUNICABLE DISEASE UNIT AT 2340 01:30:06,525 --> 01:30:09,828 EMORY AND PRIOR TO EMORY WAS 2341 01:30:09,828 --> 01:30:11,130 RESEARCH ASSOCIATE AT THE 2342 01:30:11,130 --> 01:30:12,064 VACCINE CENTER AND VISITING 2343 01:30:12,064 --> 01:30:13,866 ASSOCIATE AT THE NATIONAL EYE 2344 01:30:13,866 --> 01:30:14,833 INSTITUTE AT NIH. 2345 01:30:14,833 --> 01:30:16,936 SHE HOLDS A Ph.D. IN 2346 01:30:16,936 --> 01:30:22,441 IMMUNOLOGY AND RECEIVED MASTER 2347 01:30:22,441 --> 01:30:25,778 OF PUBLIC HEALTH FROM EMORY, 2348 01:30:25,778 --> 01:30:28,314 SERVES ON COMMITTEES FOR ABSENT 2349 01:30:28,314 --> 01:30:29,281 INTERNATIONAL, HELPFUL AS A 2350 01:30:29,281 --> 01:30:35,421 PERSPECTIVE TO BRING TO THIS 2351 01:30:35,421 --> 01:30:40,259 DISCUSSION, AND IS A TECHNICAL 2352 01:30:40,259 --> 01:30:41,360 WRITER. 2353 01:30:41,360 --> 01:30:46,865 JOE KANABROCKI IS PROFESSOR OF 2354 01:30:46,865 --> 01:30:48,367 MICROBIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF 2355 01:30:48,367 --> 01:30:52,538 CHICAGO, A VOTING MEMBER OF THE 2356 01:30:52,538 --> 01:30:53,672 INSTITUTIONAL BIOSAFETY 2357 01:30:53,672 --> 01:30:57,343 COMMITTEE, VICE CARE OF SELECT 2358 01:30:57,343 --> 01:30:58,644 AGENT INSTITUTIONAL BIOSAFETY 2359 01:30:58,644 --> 01:30:59,978 COMMITTEE, RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL 2360 01:30:59,978 --> 01:31:04,016 FOR U.C. SELECT AGENT PROGRAM, 2361 01:31:04,016 --> 01:31:06,852 FORMER VOTING MEMBER OF THE NIH 2362 01:31:06,852 --> 01:31:08,387 RECOMBINANT DNA ADVISORY 2363 01:31:08,387 --> 01:31:09,588 COMMITTEE AND NSABB WHERE HE 2364 01:31:09,588 --> 01:31:12,992 SERVED ON THE DURC WORKING GROUP 2365 01:31:12,992 --> 01:31:14,727 AND CO-CHAIR OF NSABB GAIN OF 2366 01:31:14,727 --> 01:31:16,061 FUNCTION WORKING GROUP. 2367 01:31:16,061 --> 01:31:17,930 HE'S A FORMER CO-CHAIR OF THE 2368 01:31:17,930 --> 01:31:18,797 EXTERNAL LABORATORY SAFETY 2369 01:31:18,797 --> 01:31:20,632 WORKING GROUP OF THE ADVISORY 2370 01:31:20,632 --> 01:31:29,108 COMMITTEE TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE 2371 01:31:29,108 --> 01:31:29,441 CDC. 2372 01:31:29,441 --> 01:31:33,078 CURRENT VOTING MEMBER OF THE 2373 01:31:33,078 --> 01:31:36,982 WORKING GROUP. 2374 01:31:36,982 --> 01:31:39,518 DR. SIMON ANTHONY, UNIVERSITY OF 2375 01:31:39,518 --> 01:31:42,354 CALIFORNIA DAVIS, DEPARTMENT OF 2376 01:31:42,354 --> 01:31:44,423 PATHOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY AND 2377 01:31:44,423 --> 01:31:46,525 IMMUNOLOGY, RESEARCH ON ZOONOTIC 2378 01:31:46,525 --> 01:31:48,494 VIRUSES IN WILDLIFE, PRIMARILY 2379 01:31:48,494 --> 01:31:48,894 BATS. 2380 01:31:48,894 --> 01:31:56,135 THIS INCLUDES VIRAL DISCOVERY TO 2381 01:31:56,135 --> 01:31:58,003 BETTER UNDERSTAND MECHANISMS BY 2382 01:31:58,003 --> 01:32:00,506 WHICH VIRUSES ACQUIRE OR LOSE 2383 01:32:00,506 --> 01:32:01,807 ABILITY TO INFECT HUMAN CELLS. 2384 01:32:01,807 --> 01:32:03,776 THE MISSION OF HIS WORK IS TO 2385 01:32:03,776 --> 01:32:06,745 IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE 2386 01:32:06,745 --> 01:32:08,180 GENETIC AND ECOLOGICAL 2387 01:32:08,180 --> 01:32:09,481 DETERMINANTS, SPILLOVER AND 2388 01:32:09,481 --> 01:32:10,783 DISEASE EMERGENCE, LONG-TERM 2389 01:32:10,783 --> 01:32:12,317 GOAL IS TO BUILD BETTER 2390 01:32:12,317 --> 01:32:14,686 INTELLIGENCE TO BE USED FOR 2391 01:32:14,686 --> 01:32:15,387 PANDEMIC PREVENTION. 2392 01:32:15,387 --> 01:32:19,792 DR. ANTHONY DID HIS DOCTORATES 2393 01:32:19,792 --> 01:32:23,829 AT OXFORD, FOLLOWED BY POSTDOC 2394 01:32:23,829 --> 01:32:32,171 POSITIONS AT SAN DIEGO ZOO AND 2395 01:32:32,171 --> 01:32:35,607 COLUMBIA IN NEW YORK. 2396 01:32:35,607 --> 01:32:38,377 I THANK YOU ALL FOR AGREEING TO 2397 01:32:38,377 --> 01:32:39,711 SHARE PERSPECTIVES AND 2398 01:32:39,711 --> 01:32:41,113 EXPERIENCE IN INSTITUTIONS YOU 2399 01:32:41,113 --> 01:32:51,657 REPRESENT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 2400 01:32:58,797 --> 01:33:02,367 YOUR COMMENTS. 2401 01:33:02,367 --> 01:33:03,268 THANK YOU. 2402 01:33:03,268 --> 01:33:06,104 WOULD YOU PLEASE GO AHEAD, 2403 01:33:06,104 --> 01:33:06,805 KALPANA? 2404 01:33:06,805 --> 01:33:14,313 PLEASE LEAVE YOUR CAMERAS ON. 2405 01:33:14,313 --> 01:33:19,651 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 2406 01:33:19,651 --> 01:33:20,986 THANK YOU, RACHEL, FOR THE 2407 01:33:20,986 --> 01:33:24,256 INTRODUCTION AND THANK YOU TO 2408 01:33:24,256 --> 01:33:26,225 THE ORGANIZERS FOR GIVING ME AN 2409 01:33:26,225 --> 01:33:28,260 OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR 2410 01:33:28,260 --> 01:33:30,162 EXPERIENCE AT EMORY UNIVERSITY. 2411 01:33:30,162 --> 01:33:34,333 SO, BEFORE I EVEN START I WOULD 2412 01:33:34,333 --> 01:33:38,704 LIKE THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW EMORY 2413 01:33:38,704 --> 01:33:40,339 UNIVERSITY DOES NOT WORK WITH 2414 01:33:40,339 --> 01:33:41,740 SELECT AGENTS HERE, NOT THE 2415 01:33:41,740 --> 01:33:42,508 SELECT AGENT SITE. 2416 01:33:42,508 --> 01:33:44,743 HOW DID WE GET INTO THIS WHOLE 2417 01:33:44,743 --> 01:33:47,646 THING WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THOSE 2418 01:33:47,646 --> 01:33:48,780 AGENTS, THE 15 AGENTS LISTED 2419 01:33:48,780 --> 01:33:53,452 THERE OR ANY OF THE SEVEN 2420 01:33:53,452 --> 01:33:54,253 EXPERIMENTS? 2421 01:33:54,253 --> 01:34:01,693 WE AT EMORY UNIVERSITY GOT AN 2422 01:34:01,693 --> 01:34:04,997 NIH CONTRACT, SEVEN-YEAR 2423 01:34:04,997 --> 01:34:06,632 CONTRACT, INVOLVES WORK 2424 01:34:06,632 --> 01:34:07,900 BASICALLY THE LOW PATHOGENIC 2425 01:34:07,900 --> 01:34:11,336 AVIAN INFLUENCE OF WHAT WE'LL BE 2426 01:34:11,336 --> 01:34:11,870 USING. 2427 01:34:11,870 --> 01:34:14,406 IN THE CONTRACT, WE WERE TOLD A 2428 01:34:14,406 --> 01:34:18,844 FEW MONTHS AGO THAT WE HAVE TO 2429 01:34:18,844 --> 01:34:22,614 CONSIDER SARS-COV-2, AND THE 2430 01:34:22,614 --> 01:34:26,218 HUMAN TRANSMISSIBLE LOW 2431 01:34:26,218 --> 01:34:28,187 PATHOGENIC INFLUENCE OF TLBAI, 2432 01:34:28,187 --> 01:34:30,222 DUAL USE RESEARCH OF CONCERN 2433 01:34:30,222 --> 01:34:30,722 AGENTS. 2434 01:34:30,722 --> 01:34:33,659 TYPICALLY WHAT THEY ARE USING 2435 01:34:33,659 --> 01:34:37,162 FOR RESEARCH IS NOT UNDER ANY OF 2436 01:34:37,162 --> 01:34:39,631 THOSE 15 LISTED AGENTS BUT ASKED 2437 01:34:39,631 --> 01:34:40,999 TO CONSIDER SARS-COV-2 WHICH 2438 01:34:40,999 --> 01:34:45,070 WE'RE USING IN SOME OF THESE 2439 01:34:45,070 --> 01:34:48,707 EXPERIMENTS AS IF IT WAS DURC 2440 01:34:48,707 --> 01:34:49,141 AGENT. 2441 01:34:49,141 --> 01:34:51,843 AND THEREFORE WE ARE OBLIGATED 2442 01:34:51,843 --> 01:34:54,112 TO COMPLY WITH ALL ASPECT OF 2443 01:34:54,112 --> 01:34:57,115 POLICY FOR THESE PATHOGENS. 2444 01:34:57,115 --> 01:35:00,619 SO, THE RESEARCH THAT IS GOING 2445 01:35:00,619 --> 01:35:05,624 ON CAMPUS, PARTICULARLY WITH 2446 01:35:05,624 --> 01:35:06,458 REFERENCE IN THIS PARTICULAR 2447 01:35:06,458 --> 01:35:10,395 GRANT WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH 2448 01:35:10,395 --> 01:35:11,597 THE CONSORTIUM THERE'S NO WORK 2449 01:35:11,597 --> 01:35:14,099 CAN SARS-COV-2 BUT YES WE DO 2450 01:35:14,099 --> 01:35:16,735 WORK WITH INFLUENZA VIRUS, AND 2451 01:35:16,735 --> 01:35:19,237 THEN THE INVESTIGATOR IS TRYING 2452 01:35:19,237 --> 01:35:23,075 TO WORK WITH ONE OF THE LOW 2453 01:35:23,075 --> 01:35:27,279 PATHOGENIC AVIAN VIRUS, WITH 2454 01:35:27,279 --> 01:35:32,451 CO-INFECTION WITH ANOTHER H1N1 2455 01:35:32,451 --> 01:35:32,651 VIRUS. 2456 01:35:32,651 --> 01:35:34,553 SO THEREFORE THERE IS POTENTIAL 2457 01:35:34,553 --> 01:35:39,057 RISK OF INFECTION FOR LABORATORY 2458 01:35:39,057 --> 01:35:40,459 PERSONNEL AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS 2459 01:35:40,459 --> 01:35:42,394 FOR ONWARD TRANSMISSION OF 2460 01:35:42,394 --> 01:35:43,128 LABORATORY-ACQUIRED INFECTION IN 2461 01:35:43,128 --> 01:35:43,629 THE COMMUNITY. 2462 01:35:43,629 --> 01:35:46,898 HERE WHAT WE DO IS CO-INFECTION 2463 01:35:46,898 --> 01:35:51,403 OF A LOW PATHOGENIC AVIAN 2464 01:35:51,403 --> 01:35:53,238 INFLUENZA VIRUS WITH HUMAN 2465 01:35:53,238 --> 01:35:55,440 VIRUS, THIS IS THE POTENTIAL 2466 01:35:55,440 --> 01:35:56,475 RISK CO-INFECTION EXPERIMENTS 2467 01:35:56,475 --> 01:35:57,409 BEING DONE. 2468 01:35:57,409 --> 01:36:02,014 THERE ARE WE HAVE TO DEVELOP, 2469 01:36:02,014 --> 01:36:07,319 THE REQUEST WAS TO REQUEST DURC 2470 01:36:07,319 --> 01:36:09,221 AGENT, WE HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL 2471 01:36:09,221 --> 01:36:10,656 THE EVALUATIONS, MADE THE 2472 01:36:10,656 --> 01:36:12,290 INVESTIGATOR COME AND PRESENT 2473 01:36:12,290 --> 01:36:14,593 THE WORK AT OUR INSTITUTION 2474 01:36:14,593 --> 01:36:15,661 BIOSAFETY COMMITTEE, THE 2475 01:36:15,661 --> 01:36:18,630 COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED, WE 2476 01:36:18,630 --> 01:36:23,568 HAD TO DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF 2477 01:36:23,568 --> 01:36:24,536 RISK MITIGATION STRATEGY, 2478 01:36:24,536 --> 01:36:25,637 EVALUATION, ET CETERA. 2479 01:36:25,637 --> 01:36:27,506 THE QUESTION BASED ON WHAT WE'RE 2480 01:36:27,506 --> 01:36:35,480 TALKING HERE IS HOW HAS THAT 2481 01:36:35,480 --> 01:36:37,349 IMPACTED THE BROADER RESEARCH 2482 01:36:37,349 --> 01:36:37,949 COMMUNITY? 2483 01:36:37,949 --> 01:36:41,720 WE FEEL THE DURC POLICIES GIVE 2484 01:36:41,720 --> 01:36:45,324 A USEFUL FRAME WORE FOR RESEARCH 2485 01:36:45,324 --> 01:36:48,493 INSTITUTIONS AND RESEARCHERS TO 2486 01:36:48,493 --> 01:36:49,027 WORK. 2487 01:36:49,027 --> 01:36:51,763 THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE VERY CLEAR, 2488 01:36:51,763 --> 01:36:52,464 THERE'S NO AMBIGUITY, AND 2489 01:36:52,464 --> 01:36:56,268 THEREFORE THAT IS ONE OF THE 2490 01:36:56,268 --> 01:36:57,803 BIGGEST TRENDS OF THE DURC 2491 01:36:57,803 --> 01:36:59,338 INSTRUCTION AND GUIDANCE FROM 2492 01:36:59,338 --> 01:37:01,106 NIH ON HOW INSTITUTIONS SHOULD 2493 01:37:01,106 --> 01:37:03,408 WORK WITH RESEARCHERS TO 2494 01:37:03,408 --> 01:37:05,043 UNDERTAKE RISK ASSESSMENT IS 2495 01:37:05,043 --> 01:37:05,711 EXTREMELY HELPFUL. 2496 01:37:05,711 --> 01:37:08,980 GUIDANCE DOCUMENT IS VERY 2497 01:37:08,980 --> 01:37:09,214 HELPFUL. 2498 01:37:09,214 --> 01:37:13,251 APART FROM GUIDANCE ON DURC, AS 2499 01:37:13,251 --> 01:37:14,786 WELL AS NIH GUIDANCE, 2500 01:37:14,786 --> 01:37:16,855 RESEARCHERS HAVE BEEN CLEARLY 2501 01:37:16,855 --> 01:37:19,491 TOLD US INVOLVEMENT OF LOCAL 2502 01:37:19,491 --> 01:37:20,125 INSTITUTIONAL BIOSAFETY 2503 01:37:20,125 --> 01:37:23,228 COMMITTEE IS A BIG STRENGTH FOR 2504 01:37:23,228 --> 01:37:30,635 THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE DOING 2505 01:37:30,635 --> 01:37:33,505 THE RIGHT THING. 2506 01:37:33,505 --> 01:37:35,340 WHAT COULD BE A BETTER SCOPE IS 2507 01:37:35,340 --> 01:37:39,010 COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE TYPE OF 2508 01:37:39,010 --> 01:37:39,745 RESEARCH THAT GOES ON, 2509 01:37:39,745 --> 01:37:50,288 COMMUNICATION THAT HAS TO GO TO 2510 01:37:50,655 --> 01:37:53,992 THE PUBLIC. 2511 01:37:53,992 --> 01:37:54,860 PREVIOUS PANELISTS ALLUDED TO 2512 01:37:54,860 --> 01:37:56,828 PERCEPTION, PARTICULARLY IN THE 2513 01:37:56,828 --> 01:37:59,631 LAST FEW WEEKS WITH OUTBREAK OF 2514 01:37:59,631 --> 01:38:01,099 SARS-COV-2, A LOT OF THINGS 2515 01:38:01,099 --> 01:38:02,634 KNOWN, A LOT OF PERCEPTION AND A 2516 01:38:02,634 --> 01:38:05,804 LOT OF FEAR. 2517 01:38:05,804 --> 01:38:07,973 IN OUR EXPERIENCE, PARTICULARLY 2518 01:38:07,973 --> 01:38:11,276 WORKING WITH THE INFLUENZA 2519 01:38:11,276 --> 01:38:13,678 VIRUSES, IN THE LAST 12 YEARS 2520 01:38:13,678 --> 01:38:16,615 THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL AD HOC 2521 01:38:16,615 --> 01:38:19,484 RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON THE 2522 01:38:19,484 --> 01:38:25,690 INFLUENZA RESEARCH, BASICALLY 2523 01:38:25,690 --> 01:38:27,392 TWO MORATORIA, AND OUR THOUGHT 2524 01:38:27,392 --> 01:38:29,961 PROCESS WAS INSTEAD OF PLACING 2525 01:38:29,961 --> 01:38:32,164 RESTRICTION AND MORATORIUM TO 2526 01:38:32,164 --> 01:38:34,332 STOP WORK IT COULD HAVE BEEN 2527 01:38:34,332 --> 01:38:36,234 BETTER HANDLED WITHIN THE 2528 01:38:36,234 --> 01:38:42,507 WELL-ESTABLISHED DURC FRAMEWORK 2529 01:38:42,507 --> 01:38:43,175 WE HAVE NOW. 2530 01:38:43,175 --> 01:38:47,846 YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THIS AS 2531 01:38:47,846 --> 01:38:50,715 DUAL USE RESEARCH BUT IN THE 2532 01:38:50,715 --> 01:38:54,219 PAST YEARS, ALL THE THINGS GOING 2533 01:38:54,219 --> 01:38:54,653 ON. 2534 01:38:54,653 --> 01:38:56,288 SUCH AN APPROACH WOULD 2535 01:38:56,288 --> 01:38:58,924 APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO PUBLIC 2536 01:38:58,924 --> 01:39:00,659 CONCERNS, MAINLY BECAUSE THE 2537 01:39:00,659 --> 01:39:04,062 PUBLIC NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THE 2538 01:39:04,062 --> 01:39:08,867 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGHLY 2539 01:39:08,867 --> 01:39:09,768 PATHOGENIC INFLUENZA VIRUSES AND 2540 01:39:09,768 --> 01:39:11,069 NOT -- TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 2541 01:39:11,069 --> 01:39:14,673 NOT THE BENIGN BUT NOT HIGHLY 2542 01:39:14,673 --> 01:39:15,340 PATHOGENIC INFLUENZA VIRUSES, 2543 01:39:15,340 --> 01:39:19,544 AND THEREFORE HOW THE RESEARCH 2544 01:39:19,544 --> 01:39:20,145 ACTIVITIES ARE BEING HANDLED 2545 01:39:20,145 --> 01:39:21,546 THAT IT COULD NOT BE A PUBLIC 2546 01:39:21,546 --> 01:39:22,781 THREAT TO THEM. 2547 01:39:22,781 --> 01:39:24,115 WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE TO THE 2548 01:39:24,115 --> 01:39:26,084 PUBLIC IN A BETTER WAY RIGHT 2549 01:39:26,084 --> 01:39:27,586 THERE. 2550 01:39:27,586 --> 01:39:29,120 ALSO, THERE SEEMS TO BE A VIEW 2551 01:39:29,120 --> 01:39:33,525 AMONG THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS 2552 01:39:33,525 --> 01:39:37,162 POLITICIANS THAT RESEARCHERS DO 2553 01:39:37,162 --> 01:39:38,129 EXPERIMENTS IN SECRET. 2554 01:39:38,129 --> 01:39:39,898 EVERYBODY ON THIS PANEL AND 2555 01:39:39,898 --> 01:39:41,967 EVERY ATTENDEE HERE WILL 2556 01:39:41,967 --> 01:39:44,703 DEFINITELY CONCUR WITH MY 2557 01:39:44,703 --> 01:39:46,438 THOUGHT, THERE'S MORE PERCEPTION 2558 01:39:46,438 --> 01:39:47,739 OF GAIN, THINKING MORE RESEARCH 2559 01:39:47,739 --> 01:39:49,207 THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS AND IT'S 2560 01:39:49,207 --> 01:39:52,177 BEING DONE IN SECRET, THAT'S 2561 01:39:52,177 --> 01:39:57,716 WHAT THE PERCEPTION IS. 2562 01:39:57,716 --> 01:40:00,118 IN FACT OFFER TRANSPARENT AND 2563 01:40:00,118 --> 01:40:01,653 WELL THOUGHT OF FRAMEWORK FOR 2564 01:40:01,653 --> 01:40:03,188 REGULATING THAT TYPE OF RESEARCH 2565 01:40:03,188 --> 01:40:13,865 ON PATHOGENS THAT WE USE RIGHT 2566 01:40:13,865 --> 01:40:13,999 HERE. 2567 01:40:13,999 --> 01:40:15,867 THE OTHER THING, THE QUESTION 2568 01:40:15,867 --> 01:40:18,870 WAS WHAT IMPACTS POLICIES HAD ON 2569 01:40:18,870 --> 01:40:19,304 PUBLICATION, PUBLIC 2570 01:40:19,304 --> 01:40:22,874 COMMUNICATION, ET CETERA. 2571 01:40:22,874 --> 01:40:23,541 AGAIN, DURC USUALLY SHAPES 2572 01:40:23,541 --> 01:40:25,577 RESEARCH PLANS RATHER THAN 2573 01:40:25,577 --> 01:40:27,012 COMMUNICATION OF RESEARCH AFTER 2574 01:40:27,012 --> 01:40:29,314 IT HAS BEEN PERFORMED, SO MOST 2575 01:40:29,314 --> 01:40:31,082 RESEARCHERS ARE UNLIKELY TO 2576 01:40:31,082 --> 01:40:35,220 UNDERTAKE LINE OF INVESTIGATION 2577 01:40:35,220 --> 01:40:36,421 THAT FALLS UNDER DURC, 2578 01:40:36,421 --> 01:40:38,089 PARTICULARLY THAT ENTAILS ONE OF 2579 01:40:38,089 --> 01:40:39,724 THE SEVEN SELECT EXPERIMENTS ON 2580 01:40:39,724 --> 01:40:50,168 ONE OF THE LISTED AGENTS. 2581 01:40:54,172 --> 01:40:56,174 TALKING ABOUT TRAINING, WE HAVE 2582 01:40:56,174 --> 01:40:57,008 THE INVESTIGATOR, PRINCIPAL 2583 01:40:57,008 --> 01:40:59,778 INVESTIGATOR, AND THEN WE HAVE A 2584 01:40:59,778 --> 01:41:00,779 HANDFUL OF HANDS-ON RESEARCHERS 2585 01:41:00,779 --> 01:41:04,249 IN THE LABORATORY WHO WORK WITH 2586 01:41:04,249 --> 01:41:06,384 THEM, I HAVE TO DO A COMPLETE 2587 01:41:06,384 --> 01:41:08,086 TRAINING, NOT JUST ON THE AGENT 2588 01:41:08,086 --> 01:41:10,155 ALONE, BUT I HAVE TO DO A 2589 01:41:10,155 --> 01:41:14,559 TRAINING ON DUAL USE RESEARCH OF 2590 01:41:14,559 --> 01:41:18,430 CONCERN, AS I INDICATED EARLIER 2591 01:41:18,430 --> 01:41:23,301 THE AGENT IS TRULY NOT DURC 2592 01:41:23,301 --> 01:41:23,568 AGENT. 2593 01:41:23,568 --> 01:41:25,036 HOWEVER, TRYING TO CONVINCE THEM 2594 01:41:25,036 --> 01:41:27,138 TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHY IT IS 2595 01:41:27,138 --> 01:41:28,873 BEING CONSIDERED, WHY DID THE 2596 01:41:28,873 --> 01:41:31,076 AGENCY SAY WE HAVE TO CONSIDER 2597 01:41:31,076 --> 01:41:32,410 THIS WAY. 2598 01:41:32,410 --> 01:41:34,879 THE MORE IMPORTANT PART IS TO 2599 01:41:34,879 --> 01:41:38,116 CONVINCE THEM THIS IS NOTHING 2600 01:41:38,116 --> 01:41:39,684 WRONG AND SOMEBODY MENTIONED 2601 01:41:39,684 --> 01:41:42,620 ABOUT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2602 01:41:42,620 --> 01:41:43,922 PROGRESSING FASTER THAN OUR 2603 01:41:43,922 --> 01:41:46,424 THOUGHTS, THINGS THAT POP OUT OF 2604 01:41:46,424 --> 01:41:47,993 UNPRECEDENTED RESULTS, IT'S NOT 2605 01:41:47,993 --> 01:41:49,527 THAT WE WANT EVERYBODY TO HALT 2606 01:41:49,527 --> 01:41:51,262 EVERYBODY AND DO NO WORK BUT WE 2607 01:41:51,262 --> 01:41:53,331 WANT THEM TO BE AWARE OF WHAT IS 2608 01:41:53,331 --> 01:41:54,966 HAPPENING, REPORT TO US, SO THAT 2609 01:41:54,966 --> 01:41:57,369 WE CAN HANDLE IT SAFELY AND 2610 01:41:57,369 --> 01:42:01,539 REPORT TO NIH AND OTHER 2611 01:42:01,539 --> 01:42:02,173 AGENCIES. 2612 01:42:02,173 --> 01:42:05,143 SO, THAT PART IS CONVINCING 2613 01:42:05,143 --> 01:42:07,145 RESEARCHERS AND CONVINCING THE 2614 01:42:07,145 --> 01:42:08,747 PUBLIC, BOTH ASPECTS, MORE 2615 01:42:08,747 --> 01:42:09,381 IMPORTANT HANDS-ON RESEARCHERS 2616 01:42:09,381 --> 01:42:11,383 TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THIS IS 2617 01:42:11,383 --> 01:42:12,384 NOT TO HALT RESEARCH, THIS IS 2618 01:42:12,384 --> 01:42:14,619 ONLY TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN WORK 2619 01:42:14,619 --> 01:42:16,955 SAFELY AND IT IS SAFE FOR THEM 2620 01:42:16,955 --> 01:42:21,059 TO WORK WITH AND SAFE FOR THE 2621 01:42:21,059 --> 01:42:22,527 ENVIRONMENT AND SURROUNDING 2622 01:42:22,527 --> 01:42:22,861 COMMUNITY. 2623 01:42:22,861 --> 01:42:25,230 THAT I THINK AS A BIOSAFETY 2624 01:42:25,230 --> 01:42:26,398 OFFICER IS CHALLENGING BECAUSE 2625 01:42:26,398 --> 01:42:31,936 IN THE MIND OF THE RESEARCHERS 2626 01:42:31,936 --> 01:42:33,672 IT'S THE RESULTS COMING OUT, FOR 2627 01:42:33,672 --> 01:42:37,542 THEM TO THINK OUT OF THAT BOX 2628 01:42:37,542 --> 01:42:41,246 WHAT THEY ARE THINKING, WHAT 2629 01:42:41,246 --> 01:42:42,447 THESE MEAN, IS SOMETHING 2630 01:42:42,447 --> 01:42:44,082 DIFFICULT IN THE SPEED AT WHICH 2631 01:42:44,082 --> 01:42:46,918 THEY WANT TO MOVE THEIR POINTS. 2632 01:42:46,918 --> 01:42:51,122 THESE ARE OUR EXPERIENCES AT 2633 01:42:51,122 --> 01:42:53,291 EMORY UNIVERSITY HERE. 2634 01:42:53,291 --> 01:42:55,060 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KALPANA. 2635 01:42:55,060 --> 01:42:58,163 I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL ALSO 2636 01:42:58,163 --> 01:42:59,731 FOR THE OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE 2637 01:42:59,731 --> 01:43:00,598 DISCUSSION TO TALK ABOUT THE 2638 01:43:00,598 --> 01:43:04,002 SAME CHALLENGES THAT YOU 2639 01:43:04,002 --> 01:43:04,969 IDENTIFIED BECAUSE THE SYSTEM 2640 01:43:04,969 --> 01:43:06,938 DOES START WITH RESEARCHERS, 2641 01:43:06,938 --> 01:43:09,674 P.I.s AND PEOPLE IN 2642 01:43:09,674 --> 01:43:10,875 LABORATORIES AS THE FIRST LINE 2643 01:43:10,875 --> 01:43:13,845 TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S 2644 01:43:13,845 --> 01:43:15,346 THE DURC POTENTIAL IN RESEARCH 2645 01:43:15,346 --> 01:43:16,081 SO HELPFUL FOR OTHERS TO BRING 2646 01:43:16,081 --> 01:43:17,115 THAT UP AS WELL. 2647 01:43:17,115 --> 01:43:20,185 JOE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO NEXT? 2648 01:43:20,185 --> 01:43:22,120 >> THANK YOU, RACHEL. 2649 01:43:22,120 --> 01:43:24,255 I WANT TO THANK THE NSABB AND 2650 01:43:24,255 --> 01:43:26,091 OFFICE OF SCIENCE POLICY FOR 2651 01:43:26,091 --> 01:43:28,593 INVITING ME TO PARTICIPATE IN 2652 01:43:28,593 --> 01:43:29,360 THIS IMPORTANT WORKSHOP. 2653 01:43:29,360 --> 01:43:30,728 I WANT TO ADD THAT IT'S REALLY 2654 01:43:30,728 --> 01:43:34,299 GREAT TO SEE SO MANY OF MY I'LL 2655 01:43:34,299 --> 01:43:42,373 SAY LONGTIME COLLEAGUES FROM OSP 2656 01:43:42,373 --> 01:43:44,075 AND NSABB, GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. 2657 01:43:44,075 --> 01:43:46,478 I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE HOW WE'RE 2658 01:43:46,478 --> 01:43:48,012 MANAGING DURC RESEARCH AT 2659 01:43:48,012 --> 01:43:51,616 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. 2660 01:43:51,616 --> 01:43:56,020 AND SHALL I SHARE MY SCREEN? 2661 01:43:56,020 --> 01:44:00,825 IS THAT HOW IT SHOULD GO HERE? 2662 01:44:00,825 --> 01:44:11,035 ONE SECOND. 2663 01:44:31,656 --> 01:44:32,257 SORRY ABOUT THIS. 2664 01:44:32,257 --> 01:44:34,692 ALL RIGHT. 2665 01:44:34,692 --> 01:44:37,228 SORRY ABOUT THAT. 2666 01:44:37,228 --> 01:44:39,197 SO, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO TELL 2667 01:44:39,197 --> 01:44:42,367 YOU ABOUT THE COMPOSITION OF OUR 2668 01:44:42,367 --> 01:44:46,504 IRB AND HOW WE DO PROJECT 2669 01:44:46,504 --> 01:44:46,971 REVIEWS. 2670 01:44:46,971 --> 01:44:48,840 WE BEGIN BY SAYING UNIVERSITY OF 2671 01:44:48,840 --> 01:44:50,675 CHICAGO WE HAVE TWO 2672 01:44:50,675 --> 01:44:51,543 INSTITUTIONAL BIOSAFETY 2673 01:44:51,543 --> 01:44:51,976 COMMITTEES. 2674 01:44:51,976 --> 01:44:53,645 WE HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT 2675 01:44:53,645 --> 01:45:02,487 OVERSEES THE WORK CONDUCTED ON 2676 01:45:02,487 --> 01:45:09,027 THE HYDE PARK CAMPUS, THE MANY, 2677 01:45:09,027 --> 01:45:17,702 CAMPUS, AND ANOTHER AT THE 2678 01:45:17,702 --> 01:45:21,539 RICKETTS LAB, AND REVIEWS ANY 2679 01:45:21,539 --> 01:45:24,075 PROJECT CONDUCTED AT THE 2680 01:45:24,075 --> 01:45:28,146 RICKETTS LABORATORY. 2681 01:45:28,146 --> 01:45:30,615 HYDE PARK OVERSEES RECOMBINANT 2682 01:45:30,615 --> 01:45:33,051 DNA RESEARCH, REQUIRING REVIEW 2683 01:45:33,051 --> 01:45:38,189 BY THE IBC BUT EVEN EXPERIMENTS 2684 01:45:38,189 --> 01:45:41,593 THAT ARE NOTIFICATION TO IBC AND 2685 01:45:41,593 --> 01:45:43,127 EXEMPT EXPERIMENTS. 2686 01:45:43,127 --> 01:45:44,662 WE REVIEW PROJECTS THAT PROVE 2687 01:45:44,662 --> 01:45:46,631 PATHOGENS, HUMAN, PLANT OR 2688 01:45:46,631 --> 01:45:53,137 ANIMAL, AND ALSO REGISTER 2689 01:45:53,137 --> 01:45:54,305 PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE WORKING 2690 01:45:54,305 --> 01:45:56,040 WITH BIOLOGICAL TOXINS. 2691 01:45:56,040 --> 01:45:58,810 WE HAVE AN ONLINE APPLICATION 2692 01:45:58,810 --> 01:46:02,313 SYSTEM THAT WE USE TO REGISTER 2693 01:46:02,313 --> 01:46:09,387 OUR IBC PROTOCOLS AND REVIEW 2694 01:46:09,387 --> 01:46:10,922 IBC PROTOCOLS, ASKING 2695 01:46:10,922 --> 01:46:11,823 RESEARCHERS DOING ANY 2696 01:46:11,823 --> 01:46:14,559 RECOMBINANT DNA RESEARCH OR ANY 2697 01:46:14,559 --> 01:46:15,760 RESEARCH SUBMITTED TO IBC TO 2698 01:46:15,760 --> 01:46:17,896 ANSWER QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE 2699 01:46:17,896 --> 01:46:20,164 SEVEN EXPERIMENTS OF CONCERN. 2700 01:46:20,164 --> 01:46:22,667 AND WE THEN ASK AN EIGHTH 2701 01:46:22,667 --> 01:46:24,302 QUESTION, IF ANY QUESTIONS TO 2702 01:46:24,302 --> 01:46:26,170 THE FIRST SEVEN EXPERIMENTS OF 2703 01:46:26,170 --> 01:46:28,773 CONCERN WITH ANSWERED YES, THE 2704 01:46:28,773 --> 01:46:30,541 EIGHTH QUESTION APPEARS AND THAT 2705 01:46:30,541 --> 01:46:33,344 ASKS WHETHER OR NOT THAT WORK 2706 01:46:33,344 --> 01:46:36,014 HAS ANY POTENTIAL THREAT TO THE 2707 01:46:36,014 --> 01:46:37,649 PUBLIC HEALTH OR PUBLIC 2708 01:46:37,649 --> 01:46:39,183 SECURITY. 2709 01:46:39,183 --> 01:46:41,286 WHAT HAPPENS IS UPSTREAM OF THE 2710 01:46:41,286 --> 01:46:44,756 IBC REVIEW THE BIOSAFETY TIME 2711 01:46:44,756 --> 01:46:46,090 REVIEWS PROTOCOLS, WHEN WE SEE 2712 01:46:46,090 --> 01:46:47,292 SOMETHING WHERE AN INVESTIGATOR 2713 01:46:47,292 --> 01:46:50,695 HAS INDICATED YES TO ANY OF 2714 01:46:50,695 --> 01:46:53,531 THESE QUESTIONS WE INITIATE A 2715 01:46:53,531 --> 01:46:53,932 DIALOGUE. 2716 01:46:53,932 --> 01:46:58,002 AGAIN, WE MAKE AN EFFORT TO 2717 01:46:58,002 --> 01:46:59,971 EXTEND OUR OVERSIGHT BEYOND THE 2718 01:46:59,971 --> 01:47:02,941 AGENTS LISTED IN THE REGULATION. 2719 01:47:02,941 --> 01:47:06,644 NOW, AGAIN, THESE ARE THE 15 2720 01:47:06,644 --> 01:47:09,480 AGENTS FORMALLY COVERED BY THE 2721 01:47:09,480 --> 01:47:10,915 DURC GOVERNMENT POLICY AND 2722 01:47:10,915 --> 01:47:12,450 INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES, AND I'VE 2723 01:47:12,450 --> 01:47:14,552 HIGHLIGHTED THOSE WITH WHICH 2724 01:47:14,552 --> 01:47:17,388 WE'VE HAD DIRECT EXPERIENCE HERE 2725 01:47:17,388 --> 01:47:23,394 AT U CHICAGO, WE HAVE ONGOING 2726 01:47:23,394 --> 01:47:25,363 TRACES AND PROGRAMS GOING, WE 2727 01:47:25,363 --> 01:47:27,231 MONITOR PROJECTS, BUT WE HAD 2728 01:47:27,231 --> 01:47:28,967 AVIAN INFLUENZA PROJECT AS WELL 2729 01:47:28,967 --> 01:47:30,168 THAT INVESTIGATOR HAS LEFT THE 2730 01:47:30,168 --> 01:47:34,672 UNIVERSITY SO WE NO LONGER ARE 2731 01:47:34,672 --> 01:47:41,012 OVERSEEING THAT WORK. 2732 01:47:41,012 --> 01:47:42,880 NOW, THE IBCs BASICALLY MEET 2733 01:47:42,880 --> 01:47:45,283 MONTHLY, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS 2734 01:47:45,283 --> 01:47:46,484 CREATED A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT 2735 01:47:46,484 --> 01:47:49,754 INCLUDES MEMBERSHIP OF BOTH OF 2736 01:47:49,754 --> 01:47:50,621 THESE IBCs TO BASICALLY 2737 01:47:50,621 --> 01:47:52,924 OVERSEE THE DURC WORK THAT'S 2738 01:47:52,924 --> 01:47:53,624 HAPPENING. 2739 01:47:53,624 --> 01:47:57,895 WE HAVE THE TWO CHAIRS OF THE 2740 01:47:57,895 --> 01:48:01,699 REGULAR IBC, HYDE PARK AND 2741 01:48:01,699 --> 01:48:03,368 SELECT AGENT IBC, A SENIOR 2742 01:48:03,368 --> 01:48:04,736 FACULTY MEMBER FROM DEPARTMENT 2743 01:48:04,736 --> 01:48:09,574 OF MICROBIOLOGY WHO IS ALSO A 2744 01:48:09,574 --> 01:48:11,009 MEMBER AND A DURC PRINCIPAL 2745 01:48:11,009 --> 01:48:11,442 INVESTIGATOR. 2746 01:48:11,442 --> 01:48:18,716 WE HAVE A JUNIOR FACULTY MEMBER, 2747 01:48:18,716 --> 01:48:24,889 A MEMBER OF OUR IBC, OFFICE OF 2748 01:48:24,889 --> 01:48:27,692 GENERAL COUNSEL, DIRECTOR OF THE 2749 01:48:27,692 --> 01:48:29,761 OFFICE OF LABORATORY REGULATORY 2750 01:48:29,761 --> 01:48:33,364 COMPLIANCE WHO OVERSEES AND 2751 01:48:33,364 --> 01:48:34,966 MANAGES ADMINISTRATION OF IBC 2752 01:48:34,966 --> 01:48:36,768 AND IACUC AT THE UNIVERSITY. 2753 01:48:36,768 --> 01:48:39,604 I SIT ON THAT TASK FORCE, I'M 2754 01:48:39,604 --> 01:48:40,905 ALSO THE RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL 2755 01:48:40,905 --> 01:48:43,007 FOR OUR SELECT AGENT PROGRAM AND 2756 01:48:43,007 --> 01:48:45,610 THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR DUAL 2757 01:48:45,610 --> 01:48:48,880 USE RESEARCH OF CONCERN PROGRAM. 2758 01:48:48,880 --> 01:48:49,514 SENIOR BIOSAFETY OFFICERS 2759 01:48:49,514 --> 01:49:00,024 PARTICIPATE AS MEMBER OF THE 2760 01:49:02,660 --> 01:49:11,469 DURC TASK FORCE. 2761 01:49:11,469 --> 01:49:13,971 IT'S A DIALOGUE WITH THE 2762 01:49:13,971 --> 01:49:15,073 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, OF 2763 01:49:15,073 --> 01:49:16,374 COURSE THE FUNDING AGENCIES 2764 01:49:16,374 --> 01:49:19,343 THEMSELVES ARE INVOLVED IN THIS 2765 01:49:19,343 --> 01:49:20,511 DIALOGUE. 2766 01:49:20,511 --> 01:49:23,181 WE HAVE MY OFFICE, AS WELL AS 2767 01:49:23,181 --> 01:49:27,251 IBC AND DURC TASK FORCE WHO ARE 2768 01:49:27,251 --> 01:49:28,753 REALLY RUNNING POINT ON 2769 01:49:28,753 --> 01:49:35,092 OVERSIGHT OF THESE PROJECTS AT 2770 01:49:35,092 --> 01:49:36,060 OUR INSTITUTION. 2771 01:49:36,060 --> 01:49:38,596 I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT 2772 01:49:38,596 --> 01:49:41,933 TO SHARE SOME FRAMEWORK FOR OUR 2773 01:49:41,933 --> 01:49:43,468 RISK MITIGATION DEVELOPMENT AND 2774 01:49:43,468 --> 01:49:46,270 SO THE FIRST STEP IS REVIEW 2775 01:49:46,270 --> 01:49:48,573 RESEARCH, VERIFY IT'S DIRECTLY 2776 01:49:48,573 --> 01:49:49,540 INVOLVING NON-ATTENUATED FORMS 2777 01:49:49,540 --> 01:49:52,443 OR ONE OR MORE OF EXPECT AGENTS, 2778 01:49:52,443 --> 01:49:53,478 LISTED AGENTS. 2779 01:49:53,478 --> 01:49:55,780 STEP 2 TO ASSESS WHETHER THE 2780 01:49:55,780 --> 01:49:56,981 RESEARCH STILL PRODUCES, AIMS TO 2781 01:49:56,981 --> 01:49:59,083 PRODUCE OR CAN BE REASONABLY 2782 01:49:59,083 --> 01:50:02,186 ANTICIPATED TO PRODUCE ONE OF 2783 01:50:02,186 --> 01:50:06,424 THE SEVEN EXPERIMENTAL EFFECTS. 2784 01:50:06,424 --> 01:50:08,259 STEP 3 WHETHER RESEARCH MEETS 2785 01:50:08,259 --> 01:50:09,060 DEFINITION OF DURC. 2786 01:50:09,060 --> 01:50:12,363 STEP 4 TO REVIEW AS NECESSARY 2787 01:50:12,363 --> 01:50:14,098 AND REVISE RISK MITIGATION PLAN. 2788 01:50:14,098 --> 01:50:20,238 WE USE AS OUR RESOURCE HERE THE 2789 01:50:20,238 --> 01:50:21,873 SEPTEMBER 2014 PUBLICATION OF 2790 01:50:21,873 --> 01:50:26,878 IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT OF 2791 01:50:26,878 --> 01:50:37,121 DURC RESEARCH. 2792 01:50:40,258 --> 01:50:41,926 SOME MITIGATION MEASURES TO 2793 01:50:41,926 --> 01:50:43,161 MITIGATE CONCERNS, SOME 2794 01:50:43,161 --> 01:50:44,862 PRACTICES MIGHT BE TAKEN INTO 2795 01:50:44,862 --> 01:50:45,663 CONSIDERATION, ONE TO CHANGE THE 2796 01:50:45,663 --> 01:50:47,498 TIMING MODE OR VENUE OF 2797 01:50:47,498 --> 01:50:49,800 COMMUNICATION FOR THE DURC IN 2798 01:50:49,800 --> 01:50:50,067 QUESTION. 2799 01:50:50,067 --> 01:50:53,638 ANOTHER TO ESTABLISH A MECHANISM 2800 01:50:53,638 --> 01:50:54,605 FOR PRE-PUBLICATION OR 2801 01:50:54,605 --> 01:50:57,575 PRE-COMMUNICATION REVIEW BY THE 2802 01:50:57,575 --> 01:50:58,309 INSTITUTION, AS KALPANA 2803 01:50:58,309 --> 01:51:04,148 INTELLECTUAL CAL PAN -- AS 2804 01:51:04,148 --> 01:51:05,116 KALPANA POINTED OUT, REDACT 2805 01:51:05,116 --> 01:51:09,287 SPECIFIC INFORMATION IN LIGHT OF 2806 01:51:09,287 --> 01:51:11,589 SECURITY CONCERNS, SOMETHING WE 2807 01:51:11,589 --> 01:51:14,659 ROUTINELY DO WITH ANIMAL 2808 01:51:14,659 --> 01:51:16,294 RESEARCH IN ANY CASE FOR 2809 01:51:16,294 --> 01:51:19,897 CONCERNS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS 2810 01:51:19,897 --> 01:51:20,965 CONCERNS. 2811 01:51:20,965 --> 01:51:21,766 THAT'S SOMETHING WE PLAY PAY 2812 01:51:21,766 --> 01:51:24,602 CLOSE ATTENTION TO. 2813 01:51:24,602 --> 01:51:25,603 VERY IMPORTANT BIWHEN WE 2814 01:51:25,603 --> 01:51:28,339 COMMUNICATE, DO RESEARCH OF 2815 01:51:28,339 --> 01:51:31,075 CONCERN, EMPHASIZE BIOSAFETY AND 2816 01:51:31,075 --> 01:51:32,276 BIOSECURITY MEASURES ESTABLISHED 2817 01:51:32,276 --> 01:51:33,744 AND PUT IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE 2818 01:51:33,744 --> 01:51:35,880 COURSE OF THE RESEARCH. 2819 01:51:35,880 --> 01:51:37,982 FINALLY WE THINK THAT IT'S 2820 01:51:37,982 --> 01:51:39,850 IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THE 2821 01:51:39,850 --> 01:51:41,485 PUBLIC HEALTH AND BROADER 2822 01:51:41,485 --> 01:51:43,955 SIGNIFICANCE OF DURC AND EXPLAIN 2823 01:51:43,955 --> 01:51:45,790 WHY THE WORK IS IMPORTANT AND 2824 01:51:45,790 --> 01:51:48,826 HOW IT MAY INFORM THE 2825 01:51:48,826 --> 01:51:49,794 DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTER-MEASURES, 2826 01:51:49,794 --> 01:51:51,228 DISEASE SURVEILLANCE AND 2827 01:51:51,228 --> 01:51:55,800 PREPAREDNESS AS WELL AS RESPONSE 2828 01:51:55,800 --> 01:51:56,400 EFFORTS. 2829 01:51:56,400 --> 01:51:58,202 NOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE 2830 01:51:58,202 --> 01:52:00,605 COMMON TO ALL OF OUR RISK 2831 01:52:00,605 --> 01:52:02,907 MITIGATION PLANS ARE THE 2832 01:52:02,907 --> 01:52:03,507 FOLLOWING. 2833 01:52:03,507 --> 01:52:05,876 EACH HAS THEIR OWN UNIQUE ASPECT 2834 01:52:05,876 --> 01:52:07,845 OF COURSE BUT THESE ARE THINGS 2835 01:52:07,845 --> 01:52:10,581 COMMON TO ALL RISK MITIGATION 2836 01:52:10,581 --> 01:52:10,881 PLANS. 2837 01:52:10,881 --> 01:52:13,317 FIRST IS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE 2838 01:52:13,317 --> 01:52:14,752 ENHANCED BIOSAFETY AND 2839 01:52:14,752 --> 01:52:16,587 BIOSECURITY MEASURES IN PLACE, 2840 01:52:16,587 --> 01:52:20,224 ALL FORM OF COMMUNICATIONS, 2841 01:52:20,224 --> 01:52:22,393 WHETHER MANUSCRIPT PUBLICATION, 2842 01:52:22,393 --> 01:52:23,227 ABSTRACT, POSTER PRESENTATION, 2843 01:52:23,227 --> 01:52:24,462 CONFERENCE, ET CETERA. 2844 01:52:24,462 --> 01:52:26,764 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY 2845 01:52:26,764 --> 01:52:28,833 WANT TO PUT FRONT AND CENTER. 2846 01:52:28,833 --> 01:52:31,035 WE TRAIN OUR INVESTIGATORS ON 2847 01:52:31,035 --> 01:52:32,336 DURC, WHETHER DOING DURC 2848 01:52:32,336 --> 01:52:33,004 RESEARCH OR NOT. 2849 01:52:33,004 --> 01:52:36,974 THIS IS PART OF OUR STANDARD 2850 01:52:36,974 --> 01:52:38,909 BIOSAFETY TRAINING. 2851 01:52:38,909 --> 01:52:41,646 WE DO ONGOING MONITOR OF DURC 2852 01:52:41,646 --> 01:52:41,912 PROJECTS. 2853 01:52:41,912 --> 01:52:43,414 ANOTHER THING WE'VE DONE FOR 2854 01:52:43,414 --> 01:52:47,251 SELECT AGENT PROGRAM AGAIN WHICH 2855 01:52:47,251 --> 01:52:48,419 INCLUDES DURC WORK IS 2856 01:52:48,419 --> 01:52:52,289 INSTALLMENT OF ETHICAL CODE OF 2857 01:52:52,289 --> 01:52:54,258 CONDUCT FOR THE WORK AND THIS IS 2858 01:52:54,258 --> 01:52:57,962 SOMETHING THAT IS SIGNED 2859 01:52:57,962 --> 01:52:59,930 ANNUALLY BY SELECT AGENT 2860 01:52:59,930 --> 01:53:00,731 INVESTIGATORS, DISCUSSED POINT 2861 01:53:00,731 --> 01:53:03,334 BY POINT WHEN WE DO ANNUAL 2862 01:53:03,334 --> 01:53:05,903 INTERVIEWS WITH SELECT AGENT 2863 01:53:05,903 --> 01:53:06,203 INTERVIEWS. 2864 01:53:06,203 --> 01:53:07,738 LASTLY, ANOTHER ELEMENT COMMON 2865 01:53:07,738 --> 01:53:09,573 TO THESE MITIGATION PLANS IS, 2866 01:53:09,573 --> 01:53:10,808 AGAIN, TO DISCUSS THE PUBLIC 2867 01:53:10,808 --> 01:53:14,111 HEALTH BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED 2868 01:53:14,111 --> 01:53:16,347 FROM WORK, THAT SHOULD BE 2869 01:53:16,347 --> 01:53:20,117 INCLUDED IN ALL FORMS OF THE 2870 01:53:20,117 --> 01:53:21,952 COMMUNICATION ABOUT THAT WORK. 2871 01:53:21,952 --> 01:53:24,789 SO NOW THE DURC TASK FORCE 2872 01:53:24,789 --> 01:53:26,891 PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE 2873 01:53:26,891 --> 01:53:27,224 FOLLOWING. 2874 01:53:27,224 --> 01:53:30,194 FIRST, DESIGN AND CONDUCT OF 2875 01:53:30,194 --> 01:53:33,998 INVESTIGATORS RESEARCH WITH DURC 2876 01:53:33,998 --> 01:53:36,233 TO REQUIREMENT FOR ENHANCED 2877 01:53:36,233 --> 01:53:37,301 BIOSAFETY OR BIOSECURITY 2878 01:53:37,301 --> 01:53:40,137 MEASURES FOR THAT WORK. 2879 01:53:40,137 --> 01:53:42,106 THREE, VERY IMPORTANTLY, 2880 01:53:42,106 --> 01:53:46,711 EVALUATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF 2881 01:53:46,711 --> 01:53:47,912 MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES EFFICACY 2882 01:53:47,912 --> 01:53:52,183 FOR THE WORK BEING CONDUCTED. 2883 01:53:52,183 --> 01:53:53,951 AND THEN FOURTH, EDUCATIONAL 2884 01:53:53,951 --> 01:53:56,020 TOOLS ON BIOSECURITY AND DUAL 2885 01:53:56,020 --> 01:53:58,923 USE RESEARCH THAT HAVE BEEN 2886 01:53:58,923 --> 01:53:59,857 DEVELOPED BY THE NSABB. 2887 01:53:59,857 --> 01:54:02,360 SO HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT HAS 2888 01:54:02,360 --> 01:54:03,828 THIS HAD? 2889 01:54:03,828 --> 01:54:10,801 IT'S NOT BEEN AN OVERLY I WOULD 2890 01:54:10,801 --> 01:54:12,670 SAY INTRUSIVE ACTIVITY, 2891 01:54:12,670 --> 01:54:16,273 BASICALLY WE'VE REVIEWED SEVEN 2892 01:54:16,273 --> 01:54:20,411 GRANT PROPOSALS, MIGHT HAVE FAN 2893 01:54:20,411 --> 01:54:23,080 YOUR SCRIPTS, TEN GRANT 2894 01:54:23,080 --> 01:54:25,049 PROPOSALS AND THREE MANUSCRIPTS, 2895 01:54:25,049 --> 01:54:28,119 AND THEN IN INFLUENZA PROGRAM WE 2896 01:54:28,119 --> 01:54:30,855 HAD SIX GRANT PROPOSALS, WE DID 2897 01:54:30,855 --> 01:54:32,156 REVIEWS FOR, AN INVESTIGATOR 2898 01:54:32,156 --> 01:54:34,125 LEFT OUR INSTITUTION BEFORE 2899 01:54:34,125 --> 01:54:34,558 PUBLISHING. 2900 01:54:34,558 --> 01:54:37,728 SO WE HAD NO MANUSCRIPT REVIEW 2901 01:54:37,728 --> 01:54:38,496 INVOLVED THERE. 2902 01:54:38,496 --> 01:54:40,998 THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE ARE AT, 2903 01:54:40,998 --> 01:54:48,773 HOW WE'RE MANAGING OUR DURC 2904 01:54:48,773 --> 01:54:49,006 PROGRAM. 2905 01:54:49,006 --> 01:54:50,641 I'LL STOP AND THANK YOU FOR 2906 01:54:50,641 --> 01:54:52,743 INVITING ME TO PARTICIPATE IN 2907 01:54:52,743 --> 01:54:53,411 THIS INTERESTING DISCUSSION AND 2908 01:54:53,411 --> 01:54:55,880 LOOK FOR WASHED TO THE REMAINDER 2909 01:54:55,880 --> 01:54:57,581 OF THE PROGRAM. 2910 01:54:57,581 --> 01:54:58,282 THANK YOU. 2911 01:54:58,282 --> 01:55:00,451 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOE. 2912 01:55:00,451 --> 01:55:07,224 IF I COULD JUST ASK, YOU TALKED 2913 01:55:07,224 --> 01:55:09,126 ABOUT REDACTION, I WONDERED HOW 2914 01:55:09,126 --> 01:55:11,629 THAT RECOMMENDATION IS MADE, WHO 2915 01:55:11,629 --> 01:55:15,032 MAKES THE RECOMMENDATION AND HOW 2916 01:55:15,032 --> 01:55:19,970 IS IT RECEIVED, IS THAT IS A 2917 01:55:19,970 --> 01:55:22,173 DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH JOURNAL 2918 01:55:22,173 --> 01:55:22,406 EDITORS? 2919 01:55:22,406 --> 01:55:23,574 >> YES, OBVIOUSLY IT'S SOMETHING 2920 01:55:23,574 --> 01:55:25,442 WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE 2921 01:55:25,442 --> 01:55:26,410 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR ON. 2922 01:55:26,410 --> 01:55:28,979 AND OF COURSE THE IDEA IS THAT 2923 01:55:28,979 --> 01:55:29,947 WHEN YOU PUBLISH, YOU'RE 2924 01:55:29,947 --> 01:55:31,048 SUPPOSED TO -- THE PERSON IS 2925 01:55:31,048 --> 01:55:34,652 SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO REPRODUCE 2926 01:55:34,652 --> 01:55:36,554 THAT WORK BASED ON WHAT'S 2927 01:55:36,554 --> 01:55:36,987 DESCRIBED. 2928 01:55:36,987 --> 01:55:39,890 AND SO THIS IS A DIALOGUE THAT, 2929 01:55:39,890 --> 01:55:42,026 YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST THERE'S 2930 01:55:42,026 --> 01:55:43,160 NOT A LOT REDACTED. 2931 01:55:43,160 --> 01:55:45,763 I MEAN, IT'S PART OF THE 2932 01:55:45,763 --> 01:55:48,432 CONSIDERATION, BUT THAT'S REALLY 2933 01:55:48,432 --> 01:55:52,403 SOMETHING CASE BY CASE WITH 2934 01:55:52,403 --> 01:55:53,204 INVESTIGATOR AND JOURNAL 2935 01:55:53,204 --> 01:55:53,470 EDITORS. 2936 01:55:53,470 --> 01:55:55,072 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2937 01:55:55,072 --> 01:55:58,142 SO WE'LL GO ON TO SIMON AND COME 2938 01:55:58,142 --> 01:55:59,343 BACK FOR BROADER QUESTIONS TO 2939 01:55:59,343 --> 01:56:05,616 THE ENTIRE PANEL. 2940 01:56:05,616 --> 01:56:12,456 THANK YOU. 2941 01:56:12,456 --> 01:56:13,891 >> I WAS PLEASED YOU PREFACED 2942 01:56:13,891 --> 01:56:19,029 THE WAY YOU DID. 2943 01:56:19,029 --> 01:56:27,671 I COME FROM A DIFFERENT 2944 01:56:27,671 --> 01:56:28,439 PERSPECTIVE, RESEARCHER AT 2945 01:56:28,439 --> 01:56:30,608 UC-DAVIS, ENGAGING WITH POLICY 2946 01:56:30,608 --> 01:56:32,943 AT DIFFERENT LEVELS. 2947 01:56:32,943 --> 01:56:42,286 FUNDAMENTALLY IT STARTS WITH ME, 2948 01:56:42,286 --> 01:56:48,225 FORMULATING AND DEVISING GRANTS 2949 01:56:48,225 --> 01:56:50,661 AND COMPLIANCE REVIEWS IS A, AND 2950 01:56:50,661 --> 01:56:53,497 ENGAGE IN OTHER TYPES OF REVIEWS 2951 01:56:53,497 --> 01:56:56,467 COMMITTEES, EVEN NIH STUDY 2952 01:56:56,467 --> 01:57:00,070 SECTIONS WHERE SELECT AGENTS ARE 2953 01:57:00,070 --> 01:57:02,473 REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED AND GAIN 2954 01:57:02,473 --> 01:57:12,883 OF FUNCTION RESEARCH IS 2955 01:57:16,654 --> 01:57:18,122 INCREASINGLY BEING HIGHLIGHTED. 2956 01:57:18,122 --> 01:57:19,590 I DON'T PERFORM RESEARCH WITH 2957 01:57:19,590 --> 01:57:22,059 THE SCOPE OF DURC BUT THE POLICY 2958 01:57:22,059 --> 01:57:23,160 IS RELEVANT. 2959 01:57:23,160 --> 01:57:26,664 WE FOCUS ON VIRAL DISCOVERY AND 2960 01:57:26,664 --> 01:57:27,298 CHARACTERIZATION SO WE'RE 2961 01:57:27,298 --> 01:57:31,669 LOOKING FOR AND TRYING TO 2962 01:57:31,669 --> 01:57:34,004 CHARACTERIZE UNKNOWN VIRUSES. 2963 01:57:34,004 --> 01:57:35,539 AND OFTEN IN BATS AND MANY 2964 01:57:35,539 --> 01:57:37,274 SELECT AGENTS ON THE LIST 2965 01:57:37,274 --> 01:57:40,177 CURRENTLY ARE VIRUSES THAT HAVE 2966 01:57:40,177 --> 01:57:42,546 COME FROM BATS. 2967 01:57:42,546 --> 01:57:45,449 WE THINK ABOUT THE SCOPE A FAIR 2968 01:57:45,449 --> 01:57:48,118 AMOUNT BECAUSE OF CHANGES TO THE 2969 01:57:48,118 --> 01:57:49,753 AGENTS OR EXPERIMENTAL 2970 01:57:49,753 --> 01:57:51,188 CONDITIONS CAN SUDDENLY CHANGE 2971 01:57:51,188 --> 01:57:55,125 OUR OWN WORK FROM BEING NOT 2972 01:57:55,125 --> 01:57:57,294 UNDER THE SCOPE OF DURC TO 2973 01:57:57,294 --> 01:57:59,830 SUDDENLY BEING UNDER THE SCOPE. 2974 01:57:59,830 --> 01:58:01,899 AND BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING WITH 2975 01:58:01,899 --> 01:58:04,668 VIRUSES THAT HAVE UNDEFINED 2976 01:58:04,668 --> 01:58:06,170 RISKS, VIRUSES, THIS IS KIND OF 2977 01:58:06,170 --> 01:58:07,371 IMPORTANT, VIRUSES FOR WHICH THE 2978 01:58:07,371 --> 01:58:09,206 ANSWERS TO MANY OF THESE 2979 01:58:09,206 --> 01:58:10,708 QUESTIONS, MANY OF THESE DURC 2980 01:58:10,708 --> 01:58:13,277 QUESTIONS ARE LIKELY TO ACTUALLY 2981 01:58:13,277 --> 01:58:23,821 BE "I DON'T KNOW" RATHER THAN " 2982 01:58:25,289 --> 01:58:26,423 YES" OR "NO," PERHAPS AN 2983 01:58:26,423 --> 01:58:29,860 EXPANSION OF SCOPE SHOULD AT 2984 01:58:29,860 --> 01:58:34,298 LEAST CONSIDER THIS INCREASING 2985 01:58:34,298 --> 01:58:35,833 EFFORT TO CHARACTERIZE VIRUSES, 2986 01:58:35,833 --> 01:58:38,135 WILDLIFE, BECAUSE WE FIND NOVEL 2987 01:58:38,135 --> 01:58:42,172 VIRUSES THAT FALL INTO THESE 2988 01:58:42,172 --> 01:58:43,140 TAXONOMIC GRAY ZONES. 2989 01:58:43,140 --> 01:58:46,543 IF YOU FIND EBOLA VIRUS, YOU'LL 2990 01:58:46,543 --> 01:58:47,678 SURVEY CLOSE VARIANTS OF THE 2991 01:58:47,678 --> 01:58:51,448 EBOLA VIRUS, WHEN IS IT SUDDENLY 2992 01:58:51,448 --> 01:58:53,083 NO LONGER EBOLA VIRUS, HOW 2993 01:58:53,083 --> 01:58:53,951 DIFFERENT DOES THE NEW VIRUS 2994 01:58:53,951 --> 01:58:57,287 HAVE TO BE BEFORE IT SUDDENLY IS 2995 01:58:57,287 --> 01:59:02,826 NOT EBOLA AND THEREFORE NOT 2996 01:59:02,826 --> 01:59:04,528 UNDER THE DURC POLICY. 2997 01:59:04,528 --> 01:59:05,663 THERE'S BEEN GOOD DISCUSSION 2998 01:59:05,663 --> 01:59:07,965 ABOUT THE SCOPE AND 2999 01:59:07,965 --> 01:59:09,733 IMPLEMENTATION OF DURC, I THINK 3000 01:59:09,733 --> 01:59:12,503 THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND 3001 01:59:12,503 --> 01:59:14,204 AGREE ON ONE HAND THERE'S 3002 01:59:14,204 --> 01:59:16,774 CLEARLY ROOM TO EXPAND LIST OF 3003 01:59:16,774 --> 01:59:17,241 AGENTS AND EXPERIMENT 3004 01:59:17,241 --> 01:59:19,710 CONDITIONS, BUT ON THE OTHER IT 3005 01:59:19,710 --> 01:59:20,377 CREATES INCREASED REGULATORY 3006 01:59:20,377 --> 01:59:22,680 BURDEN AND I DO WORRY ABOUT 3007 01:59:22,680 --> 01:59:26,917 CHALLENGES THAT IT POSES FOR 3008 01:59:26,917 --> 01:59:27,418 FUNDING AND PUBLISHING. 3009 01:59:27,418 --> 01:59:29,019 I THINK IN PRACTICE ACTUALLY THE 3010 01:59:29,019 --> 01:59:31,755 SCOPE IS ALREADY EXPANDING AND 3011 01:59:31,755 --> 01:59:36,060 WE HEARD ABOUT THAT FROM THE 3012 01:59:36,060 --> 01:59:37,895 SARS 2 WORK. 3013 01:59:37,895 --> 01:59:39,163 AND EVEN BEYOND THAT, THERE'S SO 3014 01:59:39,163 --> 01:59:43,467 MUCH FOCUS ON GAIN OF FUNCTION 3015 01:59:43,467 --> 01:59:44,701 EXPERIMENTS IN GENERAL, EVEN FOR 3016 01:59:44,701 --> 01:59:47,871 AGENTS THAT ARE NOT ON THIS LIST 3017 01:59:47,871 --> 01:59:48,639 AT ALL. 3018 01:59:48,639 --> 01:59:53,077 IN SOME WAYS I THINK THAT'S GOOD 3019 01:59:53,077 --> 01:59:54,545 BECAUSE IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE 3020 01:59:54,545 --> 01:59:55,879 VIEW OR FLEXIBILITY BUILT INTO 3021 01:59:55,879 --> 01:59:58,182 THE POLICY THAT IT CAN BE 3022 01:59:58,182 --> 02:00:01,351 EXPANDED AND USED BEYOND JUST 3023 02:00:01,351 --> 02:00:03,120 THE AGENTS, AND THE CONDITIONS 3024 02:00:03,120 --> 02:00:08,926 LAID OUT CURRENTLY BUT IN SOME 3025 02:00:08,926 --> 02:00:14,598 WAYS IT'S BAD BECAUSE 3026 02:00:14,598 --> 02:00:16,467 SPECIFICITY IS AN IMPORTANT 3027 02:00:16,467 --> 02:00:17,768 INDICATOR WHAT IS ALLOWED AND 3028 02:00:17,768 --> 02:00:19,636 REGULATED AND WHAT IS NOT. 3029 02:00:19,636 --> 02:00:21,605 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS A 3030 02:00:21,605 --> 02:00:23,741 RESEARCHER, CLARITY OVER THE 3031 02:00:23,741 --> 02:00:25,375 SCOPE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 3032 02:00:25,375 --> 02:00:27,744 WE WANT TO BE COMPLIANT AND 3033 02:00:27,744 --> 02:00:29,713 NAVIGATING THE MANY POLICIES AND 3034 02:00:29,713 --> 02:00:33,117 REGULATIONS FOR LIFE SCIENCES 3035 02:00:33,117 --> 02:00:36,053 RESEARCH, CAN BE DIFFICULT AS 3036 02:00:36,053 --> 02:00:38,589 ALL SORTS OF BIOSAFETY AND 3037 02:00:38,589 --> 02:00:39,790 BIOSECURITY PURPOSES THAT HAVE 3038 02:00:39,790 --> 02:00:43,260 TO BE NAVIGATED AND SORT OF 3039 02:00:43,260 --> 02:00:43,727 INTEGRATED. 3040 02:00:43,727 --> 02:00:45,028 I WORRY ABOUT THE ABILITY TO 3041 02:00:45,028 --> 02:00:53,804 PUBLIC OR GET GRANTS FOR WORK 3042 02:00:53,804 --> 02:00:55,239 THAT CONSTITUTES DURC, WE SHOULD 3043 02:00:55,239 --> 02:00:56,373 CONSIDER POTENTIAL FOR REDUCTION 3044 02:00:56,373 --> 02:00:57,541 IN RESEARCH ON THOSE AGENTS OR 3045 02:00:57,541 --> 02:01:08,085 AT LEAST ON THE WORK THAT COMES 3046 02:01:08,986 --> 02:01:09,453 UNDER THAT. 3047 02:01:09,453 --> 02:01:11,788 SCOPE CHANGES. 3048 02:01:11,788 --> 02:01:13,090 WHAT WAS ALLOWED PREVIOUSLY IS 3049 02:01:13,090 --> 02:01:14,958 NO LONGER ALLOWED, THE WORLD HAS 3050 02:01:14,958 --> 02:01:17,694 MOVED ON, WE'VE ALSO SEEN 3051 02:01:17,694 --> 02:01:18,862 THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC SOME 3052 02:01:18,862 --> 02:01:22,166 UNFORTUNATE AND VERY NEGATIVE 3053 02:01:22,166 --> 02:01:29,306 DISCUSSIONS AROUND THIS SORT OF 3054 02:01:29,306 --> 02:01:35,112 THING. 3055 02:01:35,112 --> 02:01:41,585 AS WE LEARN AND CHARACTERIZE 3056 02:01:41,585 --> 02:01:43,987 MORE IS IT EXTRA-REGULATORY OR 3057 02:01:43,987 --> 02:01:47,491 SHOULD WE REGULATE IBCs AND 3058 02:01:47,491 --> 02:01:56,133 ELEVATING BIOCONTAINMENT, FOR 3059 02:01:56,133 --> 02:01:56,366 EXAMPLE. 3060 02:01:56,366 --> 02:01:58,135 IT'S DIFFICULT TO REGULATE 3061 02:01:58,135 --> 02:01:59,670 THINGS ABOUT WHICH WE KNOW 3062 02:01:59,670 --> 02:02:04,575 NOTHING, THE THREAT OF THESE 3063 02:02:04,575 --> 02:02:05,576 UNKNOWN UNCHARACTERIZED, 3064 02:02:05,576 --> 02:02:08,946 UNEMERGED VIRUSES IS SORT OF AN 3065 02:02:08,946 --> 02:02:09,279 ONGOING ISSUE. 3066 02:02:09,279 --> 02:02:11,381 WE DO A LOT OF VIRAL DISCOVERY, 3067 02:02:11,381 --> 02:02:14,218 LOOKING FOR NEW THINGS, OFTEN 3068 02:02:14,218 --> 02:02:15,953 NEW VIRUSES IN BATS AND THESE DO 3069 02:02:15,953 --> 02:02:19,690 NOT COME UNDER THE CURRENT 3070 02:02:19,690 --> 02:02:20,824 DEFINITION. 3071 02:02:20,824 --> 02:02:22,559 BATS HOST MANY VIRUSES, 3072 02:02:22,559 --> 02:02:23,961 INCLUDING SELECT AGENTS, ON THE 3073 02:02:23,961 --> 02:02:26,029 OTHER IT'S A GREAT LEAP TO 3074 02:02:26,029 --> 02:02:29,099 SUGGEST ALL OR PERHAPS EVEN THE 3075 02:02:29,099 --> 02:02:32,069 MAJORITY OF BAT VIRUSES POSE A 3076 02:02:32,069 --> 02:02:33,704 THREAT TO HUMANS. 3077 02:02:33,704 --> 02:02:35,239 AND THEN THE VARIANTS, THAT I 3078 02:02:35,239 --> 02:02:36,874 MENTIONED EARLY, WHEN IS A TIER 3079 02:02:36,874 --> 02:02:41,144 1 VIRUS NOT A TIER 1 VIRUS? 3080 02:02:41,144 --> 02:02:44,081 HOW MUCH VARIATION IS THERE 3081 02:02:44,081 --> 02:02:45,616 BEFORE SUDDENLY WE'RE EITHER 3082 02:02:45,616 --> 02:02:48,552 WITHIN OR UNDER OR NOT UNDER 3083 02:02:48,552 --> 02:02:49,920 THIS POLICY? 3084 02:02:49,920 --> 02:02:52,789 I ALSO WONDER ABOUT SURROGATE 3085 02:02:52,789 --> 02:02:53,023 SYSTEMS. 3086 02:02:53,023 --> 02:02:54,424 IN THE PAST WE'VE SORT OF USED 3087 02:02:54,424 --> 02:02:56,827 THIS IN A WAY TOO GET AWAY FROM 3088 02:02:56,827 --> 02:02:59,963 OR GET AROUND THESE SORTS OF 3089 02:02:59,963 --> 02:03:00,564 POLICIES. 3090 02:03:00,564 --> 02:03:03,800 YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN DOING 3091 02:03:03,800 --> 02:03:04,801 GENETIC MANIPULATION OF 3092 02:03:04,801 --> 02:03:07,304 AUTHENTIC VIRUSES DO SURROGATE 3093 02:03:07,304 --> 02:03:08,071 SYSTEMS TO INTERROGATE 3094 02:03:08,071 --> 02:03:11,808 DETERMINANTS THAT MAY BE 3095 02:03:11,808 --> 02:03:12,442 ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICULAR 3096 02:03:12,442 --> 02:03:17,281 PHENOTYPES, AND WHILE THAT'S NOT 3097 02:03:17,281 --> 02:03:20,350 GENERATING A MORE INFECTIOUS 3098 02:03:20,350 --> 02:03:23,420 VIRUS, IT'S STILL GENERATING 3099 02:03:23,420 --> 02:03:27,090 INFORMATION THAT ARGUABLY CAN 3100 02:03:27,090 --> 02:03:28,358 CONTRIBUTE TO SUCH CONCERNS. 3101 02:03:28,358 --> 02:03:34,931 SO AT OUR OWN INSTITUTION AT 3102 02:03:34,931 --> 02:03:36,233 UC-DAVIS WE TRIED TO BE 3103 02:03:36,233 --> 02:03:37,868 EXPANSIVE IN OUR INTERPRETATION 3104 02:03:37,868 --> 02:03:40,170 OF DURC AND BIOSAFETY POLICIES 3105 02:03:40,170 --> 02:03:43,707 IN GENERAL, BECAUSE MANY OF THE 3106 02:03:43,707 --> 02:03:46,643 VIRUSES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, 3107 02:03:46,643 --> 02:03:49,446 SAMPLES OR SPECIES, THAT WE'RE 3108 02:03:49,446 --> 02:03:50,480 WORKING WITH, ARE 3109 02:03:50,480 --> 02:03:50,981 UNCHARACTERIZED. 3110 02:03:50,981 --> 02:03:52,916 I THINK IT'S BEEN THE GENERAL 3111 02:03:52,916 --> 02:03:54,551 APPROACH TO DOWNGRADE THE RISK 3112 02:03:54,551 --> 02:03:56,620 OF UNKNOWN AGENTS BECAUSE 3113 02:03:56,620 --> 02:03:58,722 THERE'S NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION 3114 02:03:58,722 --> 02:04:00,791 THAT ELEVATES THEM TO A HIGHER 3115 02:04:00,791 --> 02:04:01,658 RISK CATEGORY. 3116 02:04:01,658 --> 02:04:04,995 BUT WE TEND TO START WITH SORT 3117 02:04:04,995 --> 02:04:07,931 OF ASSUMPTION OF HIGHER RISK, 3118 02:04:07,931 --> 02:04:08,765 UNTIL WE KNOW OTHERWISE. 3119 02:04:08,765 --> 02:04:13,570 WE TRY TO BE A BIT MORE AGNOSTIC 3120 02:04:13,570 --> 02:04:15,672 IN THAT SENSE, AND WHEREVER WE 3121 02:04:15,672 --> 02:04:20,711 CAN WE IMPLEMENT RISK MITIGATION 3122 02:04:20,711 --> 02:04:23,780 PRACTICES OR ACCORDINGLY, SO WE 3123 02:04:23,780 --> 02:04:26,850 MAY PROCESS INFECTIOUS -- 3124 02:04:26,850 --> 02:04:27,751 POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS SAMPLES, 3125 02:04:27,751 --> 02:04:31,755 DIAGNOSTIC SAMPLES FROM BATS IN 3126 02:04:31,755 --> 02:04:36,693 A BSL3 UNTIL ACTIVATED, MAY 3127 02:04:36,693 --> 02:04:38,995 PERFORM EXPERIMENTS AT BSL3 EVEN 3128 02:04:38,995 --> 02:04:41,298 IF NOT OFFICIALLY CLASSIFIED AS 3129 02:04:41,298 --> 02:04:43,567 BSL3, LYSIS BATH IN THE FIELD, 3130 02:04:43,567 --> 02:04:46,003 BIG PROCESS WHETHER OR NOT WE 3131 02:04:46,003 --> 02:04:47,537 EVEN NEED POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS 3132 02:04:47,537 --> 02:04:49,206 SAMPLE, CAN WE MITIGATE THAT 3133 02:04:49,206 --> 02:04:51,608 RISK RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING? 3134 02:04:51,608 --> 02:04:56,913 I ALSO THOUGHT THAT THE EARLIER 3135 02:04:56,913 --> 02:04:58,415 COMMENTS ABOUT TRAINING WERE 3136 02:04:58,415 --> 02:04:59,516 IMPORTANT AND INSIGHTFUL. 3137 02:04:59,516 --> 02:05:03,353 OFTEN THE TRAINING AROUND THIS 3138 02:05:03,353 --> 02:05:05,989 IS LIMITED TO PEOPLE IN 3139 02:05:05,989 --> 02:05:07,724 PROGRAMS, SO IT'S ONLY THOSE 3140 02:05:07,724 --> 02:05:09,493 PEOPLE THAT DO UNDERSTAND, AT 3141 02:05:09,493 --> 02:05:11,561 LEAST UNDERSTAND THE BEST, THE 3142 02:05:11,561 --> 02:05:14,197 RISKS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 3143 02:05:14,197 --> 02:05:16,500 SO, WHILE THIS IS NOT 3144 02:05:16,500 --> 02:05:17,267 NECESSARILY AN INSTITUTIONAL 3145 02:05:17,267 --> 02:05:20,437 THING, IN MY OWN GROUP WE HAVE 3146 02:05:20,437 --> 02:05:23,507 SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE SORT OF BSL3 3147 02:05:23,507 --> 02:05:25,008 AND SOME PEOPLE THAT DON'T, 3148 02:05:25,008 --> 02:05:26,977 MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS FULLY 3149 02:05:26,977 --> 02:05:30,947 AWARE OF SORT OF THE DISTINCTION 3150 02:05:30,947 --> 02:05:34,651 AND WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO RISK AND 3151 02:05:34,651 --> 02:05:35,519 ELEVATES TO CERTAIN RISK 3152 02:05:35,519 --> 02:05:37,421 CATEGORIES IS IMPORTANT FOR THE 3153 02:05:37,421 --> 02:05:40,223 COMMUNICATION AND THAT WAS 3154 02:05:40,223 --> 02:05:40,624 MENTIONED EARLIER. 3155 02:05:40,624 --> 02:05:43,627 I THINK I WILL END MY COMMENTS 3156 02:05:43,627 --> 02:05:43,827 THERE. 3157 02:05:43,827 --> 02:05:44,161 THANK YOU. 3158 02:05:44,161 --> 02:05:46,730 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 3159 02:05:46,730 --> 02:05:48,131 YOU'VE GIVEN US QUITE A BIT OF 3160 02:05:48,131 --> 02:05:49,032 FOOD FOR THOUGHT. 3161 02:05:49,032 --> 02:05:51,435 WE DO NEED TO GO TO BROADER 3162 02:05:51,435 --> 02:05:54,171 QUESTIONS BUT IF I COULD ASK JOE 3163 02:05:54,171 --> 02:05:56,106 AND KALPANA FROM THEIR 3164 02:05:56,106 --> 02:05:58,909 PERSPECTIVE BEING PEOPLE ON THE 3165 02:05:58,909 --> 02:06:03,814 FRONT LINE OF THE IBCs, WHAT 3166 02:06:03,814 --> 02:06:05,916 YOUR EXPECTATION MIGHT BE AT THE 3167 02:06:05,916 --> 02:06:08,084 IMPACT ON RESEARCH IF SCOPE WERE 3168 02:06:08,084 --> 02:06:10,287 BROADENED IN SOME WAY, GENERALLY 3169 02:06:10,287 --> 02:06:17,427 SPEAKING, IF YOU COULD QUICKLY 3170 02:06:17,427 --> 02:06:20,263 JUST ADDRESS THAT. 3171 02:06:20,263 --> 02:06:22,099 >> SO, I CAN BEGIN. 3172 02:06:22,099 --> 02:06:23,834 YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK 3173 02:06:23,834 --> 02:06:26,236 THAT IF SCOPE IS BROADENED THEN 3174 02:06:26,236 --> 02:06:28,438 THE PROCESS HAS TO BECOME MORE 3175 02:06:28,438 --> 02:06:28,839 FORMALIZED. 3176 02:06:28,839 --> 02:06:31,875 I THINK THAT DOES OBVIOUSLY 3177 02:06:31,875 --> 02:06:32,676 REQUIRE ADDITIONAL EFFORT, ON 3178 02:06:32,676 --> 02:06:35,912 BOTH OF THE PART OF THE 3179 02:06:35,912 --> 02:06:37,280 INVESTIGATOR AND THE COMMITTEES. 3180 02:06:37,280 --> 02:06:38,815 AGAIN, THAT BEING SAID, WE DO 3181 02:06:38,815 --> 02:06:41,551 TRY TO GET IN FRONT OF THAT AND 3182 02:06:41,551 --> 02:06:43,420 TRY TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE THIS 3183 02:06:43,420 --> 02:06:45,055 APPROACH WHERE THIS IS 3184 02:06:45,055 --> 02:06:48,058 CONSIDERED FOR ALL OF OUR WORK 3185 02:06:48,058 --> 02:06:49,793 BUT WE DON'T OBVIOUSLY 3186 02:06:49,793 --> 02:06:51,161 NECESSARILY HAVE TO DEVELOP 3187 02:06:51,161 --> 02:06:52,863 MITIGATION PLANS, ET CETERA. 3188 02:06:52,863 --> 02:06:54,531 I THINK IF SCOPE WERE EXPANDED 3189 02:06:54,531 --> 02:06:56,500 WE WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT 3190 02:06:56,500 --> 02:06:59,436 WHAT DO WE REALLY NEED TO 3191 02:06:59,436 --> 02:07:01,438 MONITOR, TO PUT IN PLACE, TO 3192 02:07:01,438 --> 02:07:04,808 MONITOR AND MANAGE THESE 3193 02:07:04,808 --> 02:07:05,809 EXPANDED PROJECTS. 3194 02:07:05,809 --> 02:07:08,211 BECAUSE I DO THINK, AGAIN, IT 3195 02:07:08,211 --> 02:07:09,513 DOES REQUIRE ADDITIONAL LABOR ON 3196 02:07:09,513 --> 02:07:13,450 THE INVESTIGATOR AND THE 3197 02:07:13,450 --> 02:07:13,750 COMMITTEES. 3198 02:07:13,750 --> 02:07:18,788 >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO WHAT 3199 02:07:18,788 --> 02:07:19,723 JOE SAID. 3200 02:07:19,723 --> 02:07:20,924 THEY DEFINITELY GIVES US AN 3201 02:07:20,924 --> 02:07:22,792 OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THE SCOPE 3202 02:07:22,792 --> 02:07:26,296 SINCE MOST OF OUR INSTITUTION 3203 02:07:26,296 --> 02:07:29,933 BIOSAFETY COMMITTEE, MEMBERS ARE 3204 02:07:29,933 --> 02:07:30,400 RESEARCHERS, HANDS-ON 3205 02:07:30,400 --> 02:07:31,635 RESEARCHERS, INVESTIGATORS. 3206 02:07:31,635 --> 02:07:35,038 WE HAVE OCCUPATIONAL, IN OUR 3207 02:07:35,038 --> 02:07:36,439 SYSTEM, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 3208 02:07:36,439 --> 02:07:40,410 SYSTEM, SERVING ON THE 3209 02:07:40,410 --> 02:07:41,178 COMMITTEE. 3210 02:07:41,178 --> 02:07:43,180 REVIEWED PROTOCOLS, BASED ON 3211 02:07:43,180 --> 02:07:45,782 THINGS COMING LIKE THIS, IT 3212 02:07:45,782 --> 02:07:48,285 MAKES THE COMMITTEE BROADEN 3213 02:07:48,285 --> 02:07:49,719 THEIR THOUGHT PROCESS THAT THEY 3214 02:07:49,719 --> 02:07:51,988 SHOULD THINK ABOUT THIS WAY FOR 3215 02:07:51,988 --> 02:07:55,292 THIS AGENT, MAKE IT A MORE 3216 02:07:55,292 --> 02:07:56,660 ROBUST SYSTEM, NOT NECESSARILY 3217 02:07:56,660 --> 02:08:00,096 UNKNOWN AGENTS BUT EVEN FOR 3218 02:08:00,096 --> 02:08:00,997 KNOWN AGENTS THAT WE APPROVING, 3219 02:08:00,997 --> 02:08:03,300 WILL THAT BE A LITTLE BIT -- 3220 02:08:03,300 --> 02:08:05,402 SHOULD WE BE MORE STRINGENT? 3221 02:08:05,402 --> 02:08:07,804 THAT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO 3222 02:08:07,804 --> 02:08:10,006 EXTRAPOLATE OUR OWN THOUGHT 3223 02:08:10,006 --> 02:08:11,741 PROCESS BASED ON WHAT WE'RE 3224 02:08:11,741 --> 02:08:22,185 BEING ASKED TO DO ON THIS 3225 02:08:22,919 --> 02:08:23,219 SEGMENT 3226 02:08:23,219 --> 02:08:24,788 >> GERRY AND DENNIS. 3227 02:08:24,788 --> 02:08:26,890 >> THANK YOU. 3228 02:08:26,890 --> 02:08:30,260 THANKS FOR ALL THE COMMENTS. 3229 02:08:30,260 --> 02:08:31,461 I WANT TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING 3230 02:08:31,461 --> 02:08:34,297 JILL SAID IN THE FIRST PANEL, 3231 02:08:34,297 --> 02:08:35,298 PARAPHRASING, ESSENTIALLY THE 3232 02:08:35,298 --> 02:08:37,500 WAY DURC STARTED WITH THE LIST 3233 02:08:37,500 --> 02:08:40,870 OF 15 SPECIFIC SELECT AGENTS, 3234 02:08:40,870 --> 02:08:43,139 SEVEN CATEGORIES OF EXPERIMENTS, 3235 02:08:43,139 --> 02:08:44,407 IS NECESSARY, THE FOUNDATION. 3236 02:08:44,407 --> 02:08:46,810 BUT I THINK JILL SAID IT'S NOT 3237 02:08:46,810 --> 02:08:47,344 SUFFICIENT. 3238 02:08:47,344 --> 02:08:52,282 I THINK WE HEARD THAT IN THESE 3239 02:08:52,282 --> 02:08:54,918 PRESENTATIONS, I APPRECIATED 3240 02:08:54,918 --> 02:08:56,987 SIMON'S COMMENTS ABOUT VIRAL 3241 02:08:56,987 --> 02:09:02,259 DISCOVERY AND CHARACTERIZATION, 3242 02:09:02,259 --> 02:09:04,761 IN THAT, VIRAL ECOLOGY. 3243 02:09:04,761 --> 02:09:06,396 WE'RE GETTING INTO UNCERTAIN 3244 02:09:06,396 --> 02:09:06,963 TERRITORY. 3245 02:09:06,963 --> 02:09:08,598 YOU'RE ARGUING FOR BOTH SIDES OF 3246 02:09:08,598 --> 02:09:12,235 THE EQUATION, DO WE NEED 3247 02:09:12,235 --> 02:09:13,603 ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE, DO WE NOT? 3248 02:09:13,603 --> 02:09:16,906 I REALLY THINK WHAT I WAS 3249 02:09:16,906 --> 02:09:18,575 HEARING, THE RESEARCHERS WHO ARE 3250 02:09:18,575 --> 02:09:21,177 DOING THIS WORK NEED CLEAR 3251 02:09:21,177 --> 02:09:22,379 GUIDANCE, CLEAR GUIDANCE. 3252 02:09:22,379 --> 02:09:24,881 IN FACT, THERE IS AN ARGUMENT 3253 02:09:24,881 --> 02:09:27,417 THAT WE DO NEED TO EXPAND THE 3254 02:09:27,417 --> 02:09:30,153 SCOPE TO INCORPORATE THIS 3255 02:09:30,153 --> 02:09:31,354 UNCERTAIN TERRITORY. 3256 02:09:31,354 --> 02:09:32,589 THAT'S WHY WE'RE CHALLENGED, HOW 3257 02:09:32,589 --> 02:09:38,595 DO WE DO THAT? 3258 02:09:38,595 --> 02:09:40,697 AND MY QUESTION, HOW DO WE DO 3259 02:09:40,697 --> 02:09:44,267 THAT? 3260 02:09:44,267 --> 02:09:45,502 WHAT'S THE TERMINOLOGY? 3261 02:09:45,502 --> 02:09:48,104 IS IT REALLY -- WE'VE GOT TO 3262 02:09:48,104 --> 02:09:49,172 MOVE BEYOND THIS SPACE, WE'VE 3263 02:09:49,172 --> 02:09:50,940 GOT TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE 3264 02:09:50,940 --> 02:09:52,609 GOING TO DO THE VIRAL 3265 02:09:52,609 --> 02:09:54,144 CHARACTERISTICS AND DEAL WITH 3266 02:09:54,144 --> 02:09:56,313 THE UNCERTAIN TERRITORY IN A WAY 3267 02:09:56,313 --> 02:09:58,515 THAT YOU HAVE CLEAR GUIDANCE AS 3268 02:09:58,515 --> 02:10:01,251 A RESEARCHERS AND WE MITIGATE 3269 02:10:01,251 --> 02:10:03,219 THE RISK. 3270 02:10:03,219 --> 02:10:05,455 >> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS 3271 02:10:05,455 --> 02:10:07,257 COMPLETELY USELESS FOR YOU. 3272 02:10:07,257 --> 02:10:08,458 I'M FULLY AWARE, I DON'T KNOW 3273 02:10:08,458 --> 02:10:09,559 NECESSARILY WHAT THE RIGHT 3274 02:10:09,559 --> 02:10:10,994 ANSWER IS. 3275 02:10:10,994 --> 02:10:13,830 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY LOOK 3276 02:10:13,830 --> 02:10:16,366 AT THESE LISTS OF AGENTS AND 3277 02:10:16,366 --> 02:10:18,368 EXPERIMENTS AND THINK, WELL, YOU 3278 02:10:18,368 --> 02:10:23,473 KNOW, I'M DOING THIS ONE 3279 02:10:23,473 --> 02:10:26,409 EXPERIMENT, OVER HERE, SO I 3280 02:10:26,409 --> 02:10:27,544 WOULD TICK A BOX ON THE 3281 02:10:27,544 --> 02:10:28,144 EXPERIMENTAL PART. 3282 02:10:28,144 --> 02:10:29,579 WHEN I LOOK BACK TO THE LIST I'M 3283 02:10:29,579 --> 02:10:31,247 NOT ON THE LIST. 3284 02:10:31,247 --> 02:10:36,786 SO I'M NOT OFFICIALLY UNDER 3285 02:10:36,786 --> 02:10:38,054 THIS. 3286 02:10:38,054 --> 02:10:39,889 I HAVE A FEELING IT'S THIN 3287 02:10:39,889 --> 02:10:41,224 NUANCED LINE YOU'RE DEALING 3288 02:10:41,224 --> 02:10:44,060 WITH. 3289 02:10:44,060 --> 02:10:46,262 AND SO THERE'S A CERTAIN 3290 02:10:46,262 --> 02:10:48,365 UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING THAT GOES 3291 02:10:48,365 --> 02:10:50,867 ALONG WITH THAT WORK, AND IN 3292 02:10:50,867 --> 02:10:56,439 MANY WAYS THIS GREATER 3293 02:10:56,439 --> 02:11:00,343 EXPANSIVE VIEW, I THINK WOULD 3294 02:11:00,343 --> 02:11:03,012 HELP WITH THAT, RIGHT? 3295 02:11:03,012 --> 02:11:04,547 BECAUSE IT WOULD CAPTURE SOME 3296 02:11:04,547 --> 02:11:05,982 OTHER AGENTS THAT CLEARLY ARE 3297 02:11:05,982 --> 02:11:07,484 IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHY ARE WE 3298 02:11:07,484 --> 02:11:10,420 LOOKING AT THEM IF NOT? 3299 02:11:10,420 --> 02:11:16,993 BUT, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF I 3300 02:11:16,993 --> 02:11:18,061 HAVE THE SOLUTION. 3301 02:11:18,061 --> 02:11:18,628 >> THANK YOU. 3302 02:11:18,628 --> 02:11:19,963 THREE PEOPLE HAVE HANDS UP. 3303 02:11:19,963 --> 02:11:22,365 DENNIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO 3304 02:11:22,365 --> 02:11:22,699 NEXT? 3305 02:11:22,699 --> 02:11:23,967 AND THEN JILL AND JIM AND WE 3306 02:11:23,967 --> 02:11:28,071 NEED TO GO TO THE PUBLIC 3307 02:11:28,071 --> 02:11:29,472 COMMENTS. 3308 02:11:29,472 --> 02:11:30,473 >> THANKS, EVERYBODY, FOR VERY 3309 02:11:30,473 --> 02:11:31,808 USEFUL TALKS. 3310 02:11:31,808 --> 02:11:34,944 I'VE LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS, 3311 02:11:34,944 --> 02:11:37,914 OPEN FOR DISCUSSION BY NSABB. 3312 02:11:37,914 --> 02:11:43,586 ONE THING THAT I WONDER ABOUT, 3313 02:11:43,586 --> 02:11:46,089 MAYBE JOE COULD ADDRESS THIS, 3314 02:11:46,089 --> 02:11:46,890 YOU DESCRIBED A DETAILED 3315 02:11:46,890 --> 02:11:48,625 PROCEDURE FOR A TASK FORCE, 3316 02:11:48,625 --> 02:11:52,929 DEVELOPMENT OF A TASK FORCE, 3317 02:11:52,929 --> 02:11:55,064 REVIEW OF RESEARCH, MANUSCRIPTS. 3318 02:11:55,064 --> 02:11:58,368 MY QUESTION IS, HOW WERE THOSE 3319 02:11:58,368 --> 02:12:00,203 PROCEDURES DEVELOPED? 3320 02:12:00,203 --> 02:12:03,339 I'VE BEEN AT MULTIPLE 3321 02:12:03,339 --> 02:12:05,308 INSTITUTIONS, FILLED OUT 3322 02:12:05,308 --> 02:12:06,509 MULTIPLE IACUC FORMS, THEY SEEM 3323 02:12:06,509 --> 02:12:07,944 TORE SIMILAR FROM INSTITUTION TO 3324 02:12:07,944 --> 02:12:11,147 INSTITUTION BUT WHEN IT CAME TO 3325 02:12:11,147 --> 02:12:14,117 IBC FORMS IT SEEMED LIKE THERE 3326 02:12:14,117 --> 02:12:16,219 WAS NO UNIFORM TYPE OF REVIEW 3327 02:12:16,219 --> 02:12:17,687 AND IN FACT PRETTY MUCH DEPENDED 3328 02:12:17,687 --> 02:12:19,622 ON WHO HAPPENED TO BE THE 3329 02:12:19,622 --> 02:12:21,357 RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL AT THE TIME 3330 02:12:21,357 --> 02:12:24,694 AND AT MY LATEST INSTITUTION 3331 02:12:24,694 --> 02:12:28,832 WE'VE GONE TO MULTIPLE ROs, 3332 02:12:28,832 --> 02:12:30,133 WONDERING WERE THOSE PROCEDURES 3333 02:12:30,133 --> 02:12:31,367 MANDATED BY SOME GOVERNMENT 3334 02:12:31,367 --> 02:12:34,137 AGENCY OR DID YOU DEVELOP THOSE 3335 02:12:34,137 --> 02:12:36,639 PRETTY MUCH ON AN AD HOC BASIS? 3336 02:12:36,639 --> 02:12:40,577 >> YEAH, IT'S MORE THE LATTER, 3337 02:12:40,577 --> 02:12:41,444 DENNIS. 3338 02:12:41,444 --> 02:12:45,915 YOU KNOW, I JUST -- AS WE 3339 02:12:45,915 --> 02:12:48,484 THOUGHT ABOUT WHO GETS THEIR 3340 02:12:48,484 --> 02:12:49,752 HANDS ON OVERSEEING THE WORK, 3341 02:12:49,752 --> 02:12:52,288 RIGHT? 3342 02:12:52,288 --> 02:12:56,426 AT WHAT POINT IS THE WORK 3343 02:12:56,426 --> 02:12:56,693 REVIEWED? 3344 02:12:56,693 --> 02:12:57,961 AND IT HAPPENS OBVIOUSLY AT THE 3345 02:12:57,961 --> 02:13:00,263 P.I. LEVEL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, 3346 02:13:00,263 --> 02:13:02,799 IT HAPPENS AT THE UNIVERSITY 3347 02:13:02,799 --> 02:13:03,900 RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION, WHERE 3348 02:13:03,900 --> 02:13:05,768 GRANTS WITH TRANSMITTED AND 3349 02:13:05,768 --> 02:13:08,504 FUNDS ARE DISBURSED. 3350 02:13:08,504 --> 02:13:09,739 THERE ARE AGREEMENTS SIGNED ON 3351 02:13:09,739 --> 02:13:11,241 ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 3352 02:13:11,241 --> 02:13:14,844 SO I THINK WE FELT THAT IT WAS 3353 02:13:14,844 --> 02:13:19,449 VITAL THAT GROUP BE INCLUDED. 3354 02:13:19,449 --> 02:13:22,519 OBVIOUSLY, THE IBCs AND 3355 02:13:22,519 --> 02:13:28,491 BIOSAFETY OFFICERS, AND THE 3356 02:13:28,491 --> 02:13:30,159 FEDERAL AGENCIES GET THEIR HANDS 3357 02:13:30,159 --> 02:13:30,827 ON IT. 3358 02:13:30,827 --> 02:13:32,562 WE THOUGHT WHETHER WHO IS 3359 02:13:32,562 --> 02:13:35,098 INVOLVED IN THE MANAGEMENT 3360 02:13:35,098 --> 02:13:35,565 PROCESS. 3361 02:13:35,565 --> 02:13:41,971 AND THAT'S REALLY KIND OF HOW WE 3362 02:13:41,971 --> 02:13:42,505 FOCUSED. 3363 02:13:42,505 --> 02:13:43,773 I THINK THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 3364 02:13:43,773 --> 02:13:45,308 TASK FORCE WAS THE IDEA THAT WE 3365 02:13:45,308 --> 02:13:47,844 WOULD BRING IN THE EXPERTISE NOT 3366 02:13:47,844 --> 02:13:49,946 ONLY OF SELECT AGENT RESEARCHERS 3367 02:13:49,946 --> 02:13:51,114 BUT OTHERS AS WELL. 3368 02:13:51,114 --> 02:13:52,649 AGAIN, I THINK GOING BEYOND THE 3369 02:13:52,649 --> 02:13:55,385 LIST IS PART OF THE THINKING 3370 02:13:55,385 --> 02:13:55,585 THERE. 3371 02:13:55,585 --> 02:13:57,353 >> DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE 3372 02:13:57,353 --> 02:13:59,756 USEFUL FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO 3373 02:13:59,756 --> 02:14:04,661 DEVELOP SOME KIND OF UNIFORM 3374 02:14:04,661 --> 02:14:05,862 PROCEDURE FOR IBC REVIEW? 3375 02:14:05,862 --> 02:14:12,502 >> YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 3376 02:14:12,502 --> 02:14:13,770 THAT MIGHT BE CHALLENGING. 3377 02:14:13,770 --> 02:14:18,274 I THINK ANOTHER THING WE'VE 3378 02:14:18,274 --> 02:14:20,576 DEVELOPED THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL, 3379 02:14:20,576 --> 02:14:22,211 ONLINE REGISTRATION PROCESS AND 3380 02:14:22,211 --> 02:14:23,012 SYSTEM. 3381 02:14:23,012 --> 02:14:26,182 NOT ONLY IS THE PROCESS USED BY 3382 02:14:26,182 --> 02:14:28,584 INVESTIGATORS TO DESCRIBE THE 3383 02:14:28,584 --> 02:14:30,320 WORK THEY ARE DOING AND 3384 02:14:30,320 --> 02:14:31,454 CONTAINMENT MEASURES, ET CETERA, 3385 02:14:31,454 --> 02:14:35,224 BUT IT'S ALSO THE SYSTEM INBY 3386 02:14:35,224 --> 02:14:37,126 WHICH REVIEWERS LOG THEIR 3387 02:14:37,126 --> 02:14:37,527 COMMENTS. 3388 02:14:37,527 --> 02:14:39,796 SO THE PROJECTS UPDATE GO 3389 02:14:39,796 --> 02:14:41,598 MULTIPLE LEVELS OF REVIEW. 3390 02:14:41,598 --> 02:14:43,333 THEY ARE INITIALLY REVIEWED BY 3391 02:14:43,333 --> 02:14:44,667 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF IBC, 3392 02:14:44,667 --> 02:14:47,303 THEN BY THE BOTH SAFETY OFFICE 3393 02:14:47,303 --> 02:14:50,139 TEAM AND FINALLY THE COMMITTEE. 3394 02:14:50,139 --> 02:14:51,574 A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF 3395 02:14:51,574 --> 02:14:55,611 INFORMATION, IF IT'S NOT ALREADY 3396 02:14:55,611 --> 02:14:57,480 IN THE PROTOCOL IT'S OBTAINED 3397 02:14:57,480 --> 02:14:59,782 BEFORE THE PROTOCOL HITS THE 3398 02:14:59,782 --> 02:15:02,552 COMMITTEE SO THAT TO MOVE THINGS 3399 02:15:02,552 --> 02:15:03,720 ALONG AND EXPEDITE THINGS. 3400 02:15:03,720 --> 02:15:05,621 BUT I THINK IT'S THAT DIALOGUE 3401 02:15:05,621 --> 02:15:09,292 THAT OCCURS IN THAT ENTIRE 3402 02:15:09,292 --> 02:15:11,494 PROCESS, THAT, YOU KNOW, HELPS 3403 02:15:11,494 --> 02:15:17,834 US MONITOR AND HELPS EDUCATE THE 3404 02:15:17,834 --> 02:15:19,268 FACULTY ABOUT THE WORK WE'RE 3405 02:15:19,268 --> 02:15:21,337 TRYING TO DO HERE. 3406 02:15:21,337 --> 02:15:23,206 >> YES, JILL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO 3407 02:15:23,206 --> 02:15:24,173 GO NEXT? 3408 02:15:24,173 --> 02:15:28,044 >> MY QUESTION REALLY IS FOR 3409 02:15:28,044 --> 02:15:28,578 SIMON. 3410 02:15:28,578 --> 02:15:34,717 THE GRAY AREA THAT HE'S WORKING 3411 02:15:34,717 --> 02:15:37,086 IN, AND SO BUT BATS ARE A 3412 02:15:37,086 --> 02:15:40,390 RESERVOIR OF VIRUSES, A 3413 02:15:40,390 --> 02:15:41,057 FANTASTIC AND INCREDIBLY -- 3414 02:15:41,057 --> 02:15:46,295 COULD BE A FORMATIVE AREA, AND 3415 02:15:46,295 --> 02:15:49,032 SOMETHING WE LOOKED AT BECAUSE 3416 02:15:49,032 --> 02:15:51,000 OF THE RESERVOIR OF BATS FROM 3417 02:15:51,000 --> 02:15:51,934 THE RABIES PROGRAM. 3418 02:15:51,934 --> 02:15:55,171 BUT ONE THING THAT YOU CAN DO IS 3419 02:15:55,171 --> 02:15:59,976 KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR PUBLIC 3420 02:15:59,976 --> 02:16:02,278 HEALTH LAB, IS THIS A SEQUENCE 3421 02:16:02,278 --> 02:16:06,783 THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR? 3422 02:16:06,783 --> 02:16:08,951 PERHAPS DEVELOP THE DESIGNER PCR 3423 02:16:08,951 --> 02:16:12,722 ASSAY SO WE HAVE THE TOOLS READY 3424 02:16:12,722 --> 02:16:14,424 IF WE NEED THEM. 3425 02:16:14,424 --> 02:16:19,095 AND THIS IS PART OF THE 3426 02:16:19,095 --> 02:16:19,796 COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY 3427 02:16:19,796 --> 02:16:23,499 IF IT GOES TO GENBANK IS THERE 3428 02:16:23,499 --> 02:16:26,469 SOME NOTATION THAT SAYS HAS THE 3429 02:16:26,469 --> 02:16:27,370 POTENTIAL FOR HUMAN 3430 02:16:27,370 --> 02:16:29,205 TRANSMISSION, YOU KNOW, THE MORE 3431 02:16:29,205 --> 02:16:30,306 INFORMATION, THE BETTER. 3432 02:16:30,306 --> 02:16:33,142 BUT AS YOU KNOW, I'M SORT OF ALL 3433 02:16:33,142 --> 02:16:34,877 ABOUT PREPAREDNESS AND READINESS 3434 02:16:34,877 --> 02:16:40,049 AND HAVING THE TOOLS READY FOR 3435 02:16:40,049 --> 02:16:42,552 DEVELOPMENT OF TEST, WE'RE ONE 3436 02:16:42,552 --> 02:16:51,994 STEP AHEAD, SO JUST A THOUGHT. 3437 02:16:51,994 --> 02:16:57,033 >> YES, THANK YOU. 3438 02:16:57,033 --> 02:16:57,533 >> OKAY. 3439 02:16:57,533 --> 02:17:00,103 AND THERE WAS ONE MORE. 3440 02:17:00,103 --> 02:17:01,204 JIM, OF COURSE. 3441 02:17:01,204 --> 02:17:01,838 >> THANK YOU. 3442 02:17:01,838 --> 02:17:03,706 THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT 3443 02:17:03,706 --> 02:17:04,373 CONVERSATION. 3444 02:17:04,373 --> 02:17:07,677 I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING SHORT ON 3445 02:17:07,677 --> 02:17:09,112 TIME. 3446 02:17:09,112 --> 02:17:11,781 QUICK POINTS, NUMBER ONE, I 3447 02:17:11,781 --> 02:17:13,649 THINK THE DIVERSITY OF 3448 02:17:13,649 --> 02:17:19,455 PRESENTATIONS FROM THIS GROUP 3449 02:17:19,455 --> 02:17:22,024 DEMONSTRATES THE QUALITY OF 3450 02:17:22,024 --> 02:17:23,760 IBCs THAT ARE ALREADY IN 3451 02:17:23,760 --> 02:17:24,093 PLACE. 3452 02:17:24,093 --> 02:17:26,162 I WAS PLEASED WITH DENNIS' 3453 02:17:26,162 --> 02:17:28,564 COMMENT THAT WHAT SEEMS TO BE 3454 02:17:28,564 --> 02:17:31,734 LACKING IS SET OF NORMS AND 3455 02:17:31,734 --> 02:17:32,835 STANDARDS THAT EVERYBODY ASPIRES 3456 02:17:32,835 --> 02:17:34,470 TO, ONE OF THE POINTS I WAS 3457 02:17:34,470 --> 02:17:37,006 TRYING TO MAKE EARLIER THAT THE 3458 02:17:37,006 --> 02:17:41,778 GOVERNMENT COULD HELP BY 3459 02:17:41,778 --> 02:17:43,012 ABSOLUTELY ESTABLISHING THAT. 3460 02:17:43,012 --> 02:17:47,150 THAT SAID, WE DON'T TALK AT ALL 3461 02:17:47,150 --> 02:17:50,887 ABOUT THE DYI COMMUNITY, THE 3462 02:17:50,887 --> 02:17:52,622 GROUPS THAT JILL AND MARIA SO 3463 02:17:52,622 --> 02:17:53,956 ELOQUENTLY TALKED ABOUT. 3464 02:17:53,956 --> 02:17:55,024 THAT'S THE REAL CHALLENGE, HOW 3465 02:17:55,024 --> 02:17:58,194 DO WE GET OUT OF THIS ACADEMIC 3466 02:17:58,194 --> 02:17:59,762 RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT AND ENGAGE 3467 02:17:59,762 --> 02:18:03,065 THE BROADER COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS 3468 02:18:03,065 --> 02:18:04,600 OUR INVOLVEMENT. 3469 02:18:04,600 --> 02:18:06,102 I REALLY ENJOYED SIMON'S 3470 02:18:06,102 --> 02:18:06,435 PRESENTATION. 3471 02:18:06,435 --> 02:18:10,173 I THINK HE'S ALSO WORKING IN A 3472 02:18:10,173 --> 02:18:12,308 CUTTING EDGE AREA THAT WE NEED 3473 02:18:12,308 --> 02:18:13,976 TO PAY SOME ATTENTION TO. 3474 02:18:13,976 --> 02:18:18,614 AND SO IN HIS LINE OF RESEARCH, 3475 02:18:18,614 --> 02:18:22,885 WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE AND 3476 02:18:22,885 --> 02:18:27,456 HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THE RISKS 3477 02:18:27,456 --> 02:18:31,093 ASSOCIATED FIRST WITH SEQUENCES, 3478 02:18:31,093 --> 02:18:31,894 ONLY NON-INFECTIOUS MATERIAL 3479 02:18:31,894 --> 02:18:34,397 GOING TO ISOLATION OF POTENTIAL 3480 02:18:34,397 --> 02:18:36,032 PATHOGENS OR VIRUSES, 3481 02:18:36,032 --> 02:18:40,503 CHARACTERIZATION OF THOSE 3482 02:18:40,503 --> 02:18:42,505 ESPECIALLY TRANSMISSIBILITY, ARE 3483 02:18:42,505 --> 02:18:49,078 YOU GOING TO DO CHIMERIC WORK TO 3484 02:18:49,078 --> 02:18:49,845 TEASE OUT AND IDENTIFY, THESE 3485 02:18:49,845 --> 02:18:51,047 ARE THE QUESTIONS TO ADDRESS 3486 02:18:51,047 --> 02:18:51,714 GOING FORWARD. 3487 02:18:51,714 --> 02:18:53,015 WE DON'T HAVE TIME NOW TO TALK 3488 02:18:53,015 --> 02:18:56,519 ABOUT EACH OF THOSE BUT I WOULD 3489 02:18:56,519 --> 02:18:58,020 HOPE THE NSABB STARTS LOOKING 3490 02:18:58,020 --> 02:19:00,389 FOR SERIOUSLY AT THAT AS IT 3491 02:19:00,389 --> 02:19:00,723 RECONVENES. 3492 02:19:00,723 --> 02:19:02,625 THANK YOU. 3493 02:19:02,625 --> 02:19:03,292 >> THANK YOU. 3494 02:19:03,292 --> 02:19:05,695 REALLY GOOD POINTS. 3495 02:19:05,695 --> 02:19:07,763 WE NEED YOUR LIST TO KEEP IN 3496 02:19:07,763 --> 02:19:10,233 MIND AS WE GO FORWARD WITH ANY 3497 02:19:10,233 --> 02:19:12,535 REVISIONS AND UPDATES TO THE 3498 02:19:12,535 --> 02:19:14,537 CURRENT POLICY BECAUSE I THINK 3499 02:19:14,537 --> 02:19:16,739 WHAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED BASED ON 3500 02:19:16,739 --> 02:19:19,141 WHAT SIMON HAS SHOWN TO BE THIS 3501 02:19:19,141 --> 02:19:22,378 GRAY AREA IS REALLY IMPORTANT 3502 02:19:22,378 --> 02:19:24,947 THAT WE CAPTURE THAT. 3503 02:19:24,947 --> 02:19:28,551 WE'RE PERFECT ON TIME, GIVEN AN 3504 02:19:28,551 --> 02:19:31,087 EXTRA FEW MINUTES. 3505 02:19:31,087 --> 02:19:41,163 I SEE LYRIC JORGENSON BACK ON. 3506 02:19:41,163 --> 02:19:42,231 >> THANK YOU. 3507 02:19:42,231 --> 02:19:44,000 BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO 3508 02:19:44,000 --> 02:19:46,535 OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC 3509 02:19:46,535 --> 02:19:48,271 COMMENT PORTION OF THE MEETING. 3510 02:19:48,271 --> 02:19:50,139 WE'RE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS 3511 02:19:50,139 --> 02:19:54,644 TO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE 3512 02:19:54,644 --> 02:19:56,379 CONVERSATION, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT 3513 02:19:56,379 --> 02:19:57,079 PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT DURING 3514 02:19:57,079 --> 02:19:58,581 THIS PORTION OF THE MIDEASTING 3515 02:19:58,581 --> 02:20:03,152 WE WELCOME OUR COMMENTS AT ANY 3516 02:20:03,152 --> 02:20:05,388 TIME IN WE WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS 3517 02:20:05,388 --> 02:20:06,155 THROUGH OUR SITE. 3518 02:20:06,155 --> 02:20:08,891 THIS IS NOT THE ONLY THING WE'RE 3519 02:20:08,891 --> 02:20:09,425 SEEKING COMMENTS. 3520 02:20:09,425 --> 02:20:13,496 AT ANY MOMENT IN TIME WE'RE 3521 02:20:13,496 --> 02:20:15,998 LOOKING THEM. 3522 02:20:15,998 --> 02:20:18,301 BEFORE WE START LET'S TURN THIS 3523 02:20:18,301 --> 02:20:23,372 OVER TO CARLY SULLIVAN, TEAM AT 3524 02:20:23,372 --> 02:20:24,674 PALLADIAN, MODERATING THIS 3525 02:20:24,674 --> 02:20:25,274 PORTION. 3526 02:20:25,274 --> 02:20:26,275 TAKE IT AWAY. 3527 02:20:26,275 --> 02:20:28,311 >> THANK YOU. 3528 02:20:28,311 --> 02:20:33,215 WE HAVE ADMITTED PUBLIC 3529 02:20:33,215 --> 02:20:33,516 COMMENTERS. 3530 02:20:33,516 --> 02:20:34,817 RICHARD IS FIRST. 3531 02:20:34,817 --> 02:20:36,886 WE'LL HAVE A TIMER SET. 3532 02:20:36,886 --> 02:20:38,220 WE'LL START THAT WHEN YOU'RE 3533 02:20:38,220 --> 02:20:40,289 READY TO GIVE YOUR FIRST 3534 02:20:40,289 --> 02:20:41,324 COMMENT, THREE MINUTES. 3535 02:20:41,324 --> 02:20:44,427 YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT ON 3536 02:20:44,427 --> 02:20:46,529 THE SCREEN, AS A ZOOM SQUARE. 3537 02:20:46,529 --> 02:20:48,497 WHEN THE TIMER IS COMPLETE, 3538 02:20:48,497 --> 02:20:50,533 PLEASE WRAP UP YOUR COMMENTS. 3539 02:20:50,533 --> 02:20:54,270 OTHER THAN THAT I WILL HAVE 3540 02:20:54,270 --> 02:20:56,038 RICHARD UNMUTE AND TAKE THE 3541 02:20:56,038 --> 02:20:56,238 FLOOR. 3542 02:20:56,238 --> 02:20:57,807 WE CAN START THE TIMER. 3543 02:20:57,807 --> 02:21:00,543 >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 3544 02:21:00,543 --> 02:21:03,946 TO COMMENT. 3545 02:21:03,946 --> 02:21:05,381 LAPSES IN OVERSIGHT MAY HAVE 3546 02:21:05,381 --> 02:21:08,384 CAUSED THE CURRENT PANDEMIC AND 3547 02:21:08,384 --> 02:21:10,186 COULD CAUSE FUTURE PANDEMICS. 3548 02:21:10,186 --> 02:21:12,922 U.S. GOVERNMENT FUNDED HIGH RISK 3549 02:21:12,922 --> 02:21:14,924 DUAL USE VIRUS DISCOVERY 3550 02:21:14,924 --> 02:21:16,125 RESEARCH, HIGH RISK DUAL USE 3551 02:21:16,125 --> 02:21:18,627 GAIN OF FUNCTION RESEARCH OF 3552 02:21:18,627 --> 02:21:21,263 CONCERN AND ENHANCED POTENTIAL 3553 02:21:21,263 --> 02:21:24,633 PANDEMIC RESEARCH AT WUHAN 3554 02:21:24,633 --> 02:21:29,472 INSTITUTE IN 2016 THROUGH 2019. 3555 02:21:29,472 --> 02:21:32,975 THE RESEARCH OVERLAPPED THE 3556 02:21:32,975 --> 02:21:35,511 PAUSE AND MET CRITERIA TO BE 3557 02:21:35,511 --> 02:21:39,348 PAUSED BUT WAS NOT PAUSED. 3558 02:21:39,348 --> 02:21:43,052 RESEARCH OVERLAPPED FRAMEWORK 3559 02:21:43,052 --> 02:21:48,524 INVOLVING ENHANCED PANDEMIC 3560 02:21:48,524 --> 02:21:58,300 PATHOGENS THAT MET THE CITE. 3561 02:21:58,300 --> 02:22:02,338 BIOSAFETY LEVEL 2 IS INADEQUATE, 3562 02:22:02,338 --> 02:22:07,076 MAY HAVE ENCOUNTERED OR CREATED 3563 02:22:07,076 --> 02:22:07,943 SARS-COV-2 OR PROXIMAL 3564 02:22:07,943 --> 02:22:09,045 PROGENITOR, AN ACCIDENT MAY HAVE 3565 02:22:09,045 --> 02:22:12,114 BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR ENTRY OF 3566 02:22:12,114 --> 02:22:13,549 SARS-COV-2 INTO THE HUMAN 3567 02:22:13,549 --> 02:22:13,849 POPULATION. 3568 02:22:13,849 --> 02:22:16,585 THESE FACTS AND THESE STATEMENTS 3569 02:22:16,585 --> 02:22:17,820 ARE FACTS, INDICTMENT OF THE 3570 02:22:17,820 --> 02:22:19,355 CURRENT SYSTEM OF OVERSIGHT OF 3571 02:22:19,355 --> 02:22:20,990 DUAL USE RESEARCH OF CONCERN AND 3572 02:22:20,990 --> 02:22:23,959 ARE A TESTAMENT THAT NEW SYSTEM 3573 02:22:23,959 --> 02:22:27,363 OF OVERSIGHT IS ESSENTIAL. 3574 02:22:27,363 --> 02:22:28,664 MOVING FORWARD ANY EFFECTIVE 3575 02:22:28,664 --> 02:22:31,700 SYSTEM OF DUAL USE RESEARCH OF 3576 02:22:31,700 --> 02:22:34,236 CONCERN MUST ADDRESS FIVE 3577 02:22:34,236 --> 02:22:34,837 SHORTCOMINGS. 3578 02:22:34,837 --> 02:22:35,905 FIRST, CURRENT FEDERAL OVERSIGHT 3579 02:22:35,905 --> 02:22:37,406 OF DUAL USE RESEARCH IS 3580 02:22:37,406 --> 02:22:44,947 PERFORMED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES. 3581 02:22:44,947 --> 02:22:45,915 RESPONSIBILITIES SHOULD BE 3582 02:22:45,915 --> 02:22:47,683 ASSIGNED TO A SINGLE AGENCY THAT 3583 02:22:47,683 --> 02:22:49,919 DOES NOT PERFORM RESEARCH AND 3584 02:22:49,919 --> 02:22:51,854 DOES NOT FUND RESEARCH. 3585 02:22:51,854 --> 02:22:54,657 SECOND, CURRENTLY ALMOST NO DUAL 3586 02:22:54,657 --> 02:22:56,892 USE RESEARCH EVER CONCERN EVEN 3587 02:22:56,892 --> 02:22:58,861 VERY HIGH RISK IS REVIEWED AT 3588 02:22:58,861 --> 02:23:00,362 THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 3589 02:23:00,362 --> 02:23:02,898 FOR REFERENCE IN THE SIX YEARS 3590 02:23:02,898 --> 02:23:05,201 SINCE THE P3CO FRAMEWORK ONLY 3591 02:23:05,201 --> 02:23:06,769 THREE PROJECTS UNDERWENT FEDERAL 3592 02:23:06,769 --> 02:23:08,704 LEVEL RISK/BENEFIT REVIEW. 3593 02:23:08,704 --> 02:23:09,572 OTHER HIGH RISK PROJECTS 3594 02:23:09,572 --> 02:23:11,807 INCLUDING THOSE IN WUHAN DID NOT 3595 02:23:11,807 --> 02:23:13,409 UNDERGO FEDERAL LEVEL 3596 02:23:13,409 --> 02:23:14,710 RISK/BENEFIT REVIEW. 3597 02:23:14,710 --> 02:23:15,911 INSTEAD, CURRENTLY REVIEW IS 3598 02:23:15,911 --> 02:23:22,918 DELEGATED TO RESEARCHERS AND 3599 02:23:22,918 --> 02:23:27,656 INSTITUTIONS, CONFLICT OF 3600 02:23:27,656 --> 02:23:29,058 INTEREST, DIFFICULT TO ENSURE 3601 02:23:29,058 --> 02:23:30,893 NATIONAL SECURITY ARE ADDRESSED. 3602 02:23:30,893 --> 02:23:34,096 THE ENTIRE HIGH RISK SUBSET OF 3603 02:23:34,096 --> 02:23:35,865 DUAL USE RESEARCH OF CONCERN 3604 02:23:35,865 --> 02:23:38,134 MUST BE REVIEWED AT THE FEDERAL 3605 02:23:38,134 --> 02:23:38,901 LEVEL. 3606 02:23:38,901 --> 02:23:40,136 THIRD, CURRENT LIST OF 15 3607 02:23:40,136 --> 02:23:43,639 PATHOGENS SUBJECT TO DUAL USE 3608 02:23:43,639 --> 02:23:54,016 RESEARCH OF CONCERN IS 3609 02:23:54,650 --> 02:23:56,919 INCOMPLETE, DOES NOT INCLUDE 3610 02:23:56,919 --> 02:23:57,453 CORONAVIRUS. 3611 02:23:57,453 --> 02:23:58,654 FOURTH, ONLY FEDERAL FUNDING, 3612 02:23:58,654 --> 02:24:00,422 THOSE NOT RECEIVING FUNDING ARE 3613 02:24:00,422 --> 02:24:10,966 NOT COVERED, IT SHOULD COVER ALL 3614 02:24:11,200 --> 02:24:11,767 INSTITUTIONS. 3615 02:24:11,767 --> 02:24:13,002 MOVING FORWARD OVERSIGHT AND 3616 02:24:13,002 --> 02:24:15,104 COMPLIANCE FOR DUAL USE RESEARCH 3617 02:24:15,104 --> 02:24:18,641 OF CONCERN SHOULD BE CODIFIED 3618 02:24:18,641 --> 02:24:21,911 WITH FORCE OF LAW. 3619 02:24:21,911 --> 02:24:24,513 COMPLIANCE FOR HUMAN SUBJECTS 3620 02:24:24,513 --> 02:24:26,315 RESEARCH ALREADY ARE CODIFIED IN 3621 02:24:26,315 --> 02:24:29,418 REGULATIONS WITH FORCE OF LAW. 3622 02:24:29,418 --> 02:24:31,287 THANK YOU. 3623 02:24:31,287 --> 02:24:37,026 THANK YOU, NEXT WE HAVE DAVID 3624 02:24:37,026 --> 02:24:38,827 LOVECCHIO, YOU'RE FREE TO 3625 02:24:38,827 --> 02:24:39,094 UNMUTE. 3626 02:24:39,094 --> 02:24:40,496 R. AND START. 3627 02:24:40,496 --> 02:24:42,998 >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 3628 02:24:42,998 --> 02:24:44,700 TO SPEAK. 3629 02:24:44,700 --> 02:24:49,038 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3630 02:24:49,038 --> 02:24:50,039 >> YES. 3631 02:24:50,039 --> 02:24:50,973 >> OKAY. 3632 02:24:50,973 --> 02:24:52,875 >> IN MAY 2010 YouTube 3633 02:24:52,875 --> 02:24:55,511 VIDEO, DUAL USE RESEARCH OF 3634 02:24:55,511 --> 02:25:00,015 CONCERN, A DIALOGUE, JONATHAN 3635 02:25:00,015 --> 02:25:01,850 TRUCKER, Ph.D., SAID THE CASE 3636 02:25:01,850 --> 02:25:04,253 OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS THERE WAS 3637 02:25:04,253 --> 02:25:05,821 ICONIC MOMENT, MUSHROOM CLOUD 3638 02:25:05,821 --> 02:25:08,857 THAT MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEIR 3639 02:25:08,857 --> 02:25:10,092 WORK ARE SECURITY IMPLICATIONS, 3640 02:25:10,092 --> 02:25:11,760 THERE'S BEEN NO COMPARABLE 3641 02:25:11,760 --> 02:25:13,062 EXPERIENCE FOR LIFE SCIENCE. 3642 02:25:13,062 --> 02:25:16,899 I WOULD SAY THAT'S NO LONGER THE 3643 02:25:16,899 --> 02:25:18,400 CASE. 3644 02:25:18,400 --> 02:25:20,402 AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IN 3645 02:25:20,402 --> 02:25:21,237 ADDITION TO EVERYTHING THAT 3646 02:25:21,237 --> 02:25:25,107 RICHARD SAID WHICH I WOULD ECHO 3647 02:25:25,107 --> 02:25:32,114 I WOULD SAY ANY RESEARCH BEING 3648 02:25:32,114 --> 02:25:40,022 DONE WITH ENHANCED PATHOGEN 3649 02:25:40,022 --> 02:25:41,323 LIKE MERS SHOULD BE 3650 02:25:41,323 --> 02:25:43,025 CONSIDERED -- CONSIDER MOVING TO 3651 02:25:43,025 --> 02:25:44,593 ISOLATED ENVIRONMENT AND NOT 3652 02:25:44,593 --> 02:25:47,329 HAVE THAT RESEARCH TAKE PLACE IN 3653 02:25:47,329 --> 02:25:49,999 A DENSELY POPULATED CITY WITH AN 3654 02:25:49,999 --> 02:25:50,766 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 3655 02:25:50,766 --> 02:25:53,435 I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT 3656 02:25:53,435 --> 02:25:54,503 REASSURANCE TO THE PUBLIC THAT'S 3657 02:25:54,503 --> 02:25:55,571 CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SORT OF 3658 02:25:55,571 --> 02:25:58,140 WORK AND AS A MEMBER OF THE 3659 02:25:58,140 --> 02:26:02,778 PUBLIC I INCLUDE MYSELF IN THAT 3660 02:26:02,778 --> 02:26:03,045 CATEGORY. 3661 02:26:03,045 --> 02:26:05,781 I THINK THAT THERE WAS A MENTION 3662 02:26:05,781 --> 02:26:07,182 ABOUT EXEMPTION TO MORATORIUM 3663 02:26:07,182 --> 02:26:12,187 INFLUENCED BY OBAMA ON GAIN OF 3664 02:26:12,187 --> 02:26:12,921 FUNCTION RESEARCH, FOR 3665 02:26:12,921 --> 02:26:14,690 ECO-HEALTH ALLIANCE AND I THINK 3666 02:26:14,690 --> 02:26:18,227 IN THAT CASE THAT THE CONTRACTOR 3667 02:26:18,227 --> 02:26:19,962 ECO-HEALTH WAS ALLOWED TO CRAFT 3668 02:26:19,962 --> 02:26:22,598 LANGUAGE USED TO BE PUT INTO THE 3669 02:26:22,598 --> 02:26:24,233 CONTRACT TO ALLOW THE EXEMPTION, 3670 02:26:24,233 --> 02:26:26,001 I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD REALLY 3671 02:26:26,001 --> 02:26:28,604 EVER BE THE CASE AND I THINK 3672 02:26:28,604 --> 02:26:31,040 THAT IF THAT HAS BEEN DONE, AND 3673 02:26:31,040 --> 02:26:33,008 THIS SHOULD APPLY TO YOU IN ANY 3674 02:26:33,008 --> 02:26:35,844 CASE WHETHER THAT'S DONE OR NOT, 3675 02:26:35,844 --> 02:26:37,913 THAT A FAILURE TO MEET 3676 02:26:37,913 --> 02:26:41,050 CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION SHOULD 3677 02:26:41,050 --> 02:26:42,251 HAVE REPERCUSSIONS. 3678 02:26:42,251 --> 02:26:46,488 AND WHEN YOU GET A LOGARITHMIC 3679 02:26:46,488 --> 02:26:48,791 GROWTH THAT WOULD REQUIRE YOU TO 3680 02:26:48,791 --> 02:26:51,093 REPORT AND YOU DON'T, THERE 3681 02:26:51,093 --> 02:26:55,698 SHOULD BE CONSEQUENCES FOR THAT. 3682 02:26:55,698 --> 02:26:57,332 ASIDE FROM THAT, AS A MEMBER OF 3683 02:26:57,332 --> 02:26:59,535 THE PUBLIC, WITH AN OPPORTUNITY 3684 02:26:59,535 --> 02:27:02,037 TO COMMENT ON THIS, I DON'T KNOW 3685 02:27:02,037 --> 02:27:04,473 WHAT THE FEEDBACK MECHANISM IS 3686 02:27:04,473 --> 02:27:07,976 FOR WHETHER MY COMMENTS HAVE HAD 3687 02:27:07,976 --> 02:27:10,913 ANY SORT OF IMPACT OR IF THERE'S 3688 02:27:10,913 --> 02:27:12,681 ANY -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS 3689 02:27:12,681 --> 02:27:12,881 DONE. 3690 02:27:12,881 --> 02:27:14,850 AM I JUST TALKING INTO A CHASM 3691 02:27:14,850 --> 02:27:16,285 AND NOTHING COMES FROM IT? 3692 02:27:16,285 --> 02:27:18,687 I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME WAY 3693 02:27:18,687 --> 02:27:20,122 OF KNOWING THAT THESE COMMENTS 3694 02:27:20,122 --> 02:27:21,757 HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. 3695 02:27:21,757 --> 02:27:24,560 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF ANY 3696 02:27:24,560 --> 02:27:26,095 PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE IN A 3697 02:27:26,095 --> 02:27:28,997 SESSION LIKE THIS HAS HAD IMPACT 3698 02:27:28,997 --> 02:27:30,165 ON POLICY THAT'S BEEN CRAFTED. 3699 02:27:30,165 --> 02:27:32,568 IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW WE'RE 3700 02:27:32,568 --> 02:27:36,638 NOT JUST INVITED TO VENT. 3701 02:27:36,638 --> 02:27:38,507 AND THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY 3702 02:27:38,507 --> 02:27:40,242 TIME. 3703 02:27:40,242 --> 02:27:44,313 SO THANK YOU. 3704 02:27:44,313 --> 02:27:48,684 >> THANK YOU. 3705 02:27:48,684 --> 02:27:50,352 AND NEXT WE HAVE ANTHONY, I SAW 3706 02:27:50,352 --> 02:27:52,154 YOU ON THE LINE. 3707 02:27:52,154 --> 02:27:53,689 WE CAN RESTART YOUR TIMER AND 3708 02:27:53,689 --> 02:28:00,696 YOU ARE FREE TO COME ON CAMERA 3709 02:28:00,696 --> 02:28:03,899 AND SPEAK. 3710 02:28:03,899 --> 02:28:06,168 >> AM I ON CAMERA? 3711 02:28:06,168 --> 02:28:08,570 >> PERFECT, YES. 3712 02:28:08,570 --> 02:28:13,142 >> SO WE NORMALLY THINK OF LAB 3713 02:28:13,142 --> 02:28:15,744 WORK, IMPORTANT STUFF, BUT 3714 02:28:15,744 --> 02:28:18,313 COVID-19 HAS KILLED 20 MILLION 3715 02:28:18,313 --> 02:28:21,750 PEOPLE. 3716 02:28:21,750 --> 02:28:24,453 IT'S A GLOBAL DISASTER. 3717 02:28:24,453 --> 02:28:27,389 AS A RESULT WE DO NOT MEET 3718 02:28:27,389 --> 02:28:32,227 BINARY REQUIREMENTS FOR LAB 3719 02:28:32,227 --> 02:28:34,196 RESEARCH, WHAT'S REQUIRED IS 3720 02:28:34,196 --> 02:28:36,498 COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF HOW 3721 02:28:36,498 --> 02:28:38,100 RESEARCH IS CONDUCTED INVOLVING 3722 02:28:38,100 --> 02:28:45,874 MANDATORY AND PUBLIC EXTERNAL 3723 02:28:45,874 --> 02:28:46,108 REVIEWS. 3724 02:28:46,108 --> 02:28:46,942 CONSIDER THIS. 3725 02:28:46,942 --> 02:28:48,844 HUMANITY WILL BE MUCH BETTER OFF 3726 02:28:48,844 --> 02:28:52,381 IF THERE HAD BEEN ZERO RESEARCH 3727 02:28:52,381 --> 02:28:53,482 IN VIROLOGY OVER THE LAST 20 3728 02:28:53,482 --> 02:28:55,184 YEARS, NONE OF THE BENEFITS 3729 02:28:55,184 --> 02:28:57,085 COMES CLOSE TO MATCHING THE 3730 02:28:57,085 --> 02:28:59,922 MASSIVE DISASTER THAT IS 3731 02:28:59,922 --> 02:29:00,456 COVID-19. 3732 02:29:00,456 --> 02:29:03,759 SO ZERO RESEARCH WOULD BE BETTER 3733 02:29:03,759 --> 02:29:05,494 THAN COVID-19. 3734 02:29:05,494 --> 02:29:07,496 THAT SOUNDS RADICAL BUT QUITE 3735 02:29:07,496 --> 02:29:08,030 TRUE. 3736 02:29:08,030 --> 02:29:09,998 FURTHER, SEARCHING FOR UNKNOWN 3737 02:29:09,998 --> 02:29:11,767 VIRUSES PROVIDED NO HELP IN 3738 02:29:11,767 --> 02:29:13,635 DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC. 3739 02:29:13,635 --> 02:29:15,904 THE POLITICAL WINDS ARE 3740 02:29:15,904 --> 02:29:16,171 SHIFTING. 3741 02:29:16,171 --> 02:29:21,043 ANY FAIR INVESTIGATION OF THE 3742 02:29:21,043 --> 02:29:22,144 ORIGINS OF COVID-19, SARS 2 3743 02:29:22,144 --> 02:29:26,615 APPEARED IN A CITY IN CHINA, THE 3744 02:29:26,615 --> 02:29:28,150 WORLD'S LEADING LABORATORY FOR 3745 02:29:28,150 --> 02:29:30,018 THE BAT CORONAVIRUS, THE CITY IS 3746 02:29:30,018 --> 02:29:32,087 A THOUSAND MILES FROM RELEVANT 3747 02:29:32,087 --> 02:29:35,157 BATS, NO OTHER SOURCE THAT BE 3748 02:29:35,157 --> 02:29:37,326 IDENTIFIED DESPITE RESEARCH. 3749 02:29:37,326 --> 02:29:40,362 THE LABORATORY EVEN HAD A 3750 02:29:40,362 --> 02:29:44,233 RESEARCH PROPOSAL TO WRITE A 3751 02:29:44,233 --> 02:29:47,269 NOVEL SITE TO CORONAVIRUS, THE 3752 02:29:47,269 --> 02:29:50,205 LAB BECAME SECRETIVE AND 3753 02:29:50,205 --> 02:29:52,774 DESTROYED EVIDENCE. 3754 02:29:52,774 --> 02:29:54,409 COMMON SENSE SAYS IT WAS 3755 02:29:54,409 --> 02:29:55,944 OBVIOUSLY A LAB LEAK, PEOPLE ARE 3756 02:29:55,944 --> 02:29:57,913 TRYING TO BE POLITICALLY 3757 02:29:57,913 --> 02:29:59,982 CORRECT, OBVIOUSLY A LAB LEAK 3758 02:29:59,982 --> 02:30:00,949 BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT, 3759 02:30:00,949 --> 02:30:02,284 CERTAINLY TO THE MEMBERS OF THE 3760 02:30:02,284 --> 02:30:04,253 PUBLIC LIKE MYSELF. 3761 02:30:04,253 --> 02:30:06,355 IF THE BECOMES WIDELY ACCEPTED 3762 02:30:06,355 --> 02:30:07,956 THERE WILL BE OUTRAGE. 3763 02:30:07,956 --> 02:30:08,824 I WOULD ADVISE SCIENTIFIC 3764 02:30:08,824 --> 02:30:11,260 COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS BEFORE 3765 02:30:11,260 --> 02:30:12,327 THAT HAPPENS. 3766 02:30:12,327 --> 02:30:15,831 NOT JUST FUNDING IN THE USA BUT 3767 02:30:15,831 --> 02:30:17,199 ALL RESEARCH GLOBALLY. 3768 02:30:17,199 --> 02:30:19,334 SARS 2 WAS RELATIVELY MILD. 3769 02:30:19,334 --> 02:30:21,837 IMAGINE AN EQUALLY CONTAGIOUS 3770 02:30:21,837 --> 02:30:26,675 VIRUS WITH A LONG INCUBATION 3771 02:30:26,675 --> 02:30:28,210 APPEARED THAT ATTACKED THE 3772 02:30:28,210 --> 02:30:29,945 IMMUNE SYSTEM, A WONDERFUL 3773 02:30:29,945 --> 02:30:30,445 RESEARCH PROBLEM. 3774 02:30:30,445 --> 02:30:32,681 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE A 3775 02:30:32,681 --> 02:30:34,750 FEW YEARS AGO BUT TODAY THERE 3776 02:30:34,750 --> 02:30:37,920 ARE THOUSANDS OF RESEARCHERS 3777 02:30:37,920 --> 02:30:39,388 THAT HAVE ACCESS AND EQUIPMENT 3778 02:30:39,388 --> 02:30:42,424 TO PRODUCE SUCH A VIRUS, IT MUST 3779 02:30:42,424 --> 02:30:43,392 BE TIGHTLY CONTROLLED. 3780 02:30:43,392 --> 02:30:45,394 WE DO NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN 3781 02:30:45,394 --> 02:30:45,594 AGAIN. 3782 02:30:45,594 --> 02:30:47,029 THIS IS IMPORTANT. 3783 02:30:47,029 --> 02:30:47,796 AND URGENT. 3784 02:30:47,796 --> 02:30:51,566 I DON'T GET THAT SENSE OF 3785 02:30:51,566 --> 02:30:59,308 URGENCY FROM COMMENTS OF OTHER 3786 02:30:59,308 --> 02:31:02,711 VIROLOGISTS. 3787 02:31:02,711 --> 02:31:03,979 THIS MAJOR DISASTER REQUIRES 3788 02:31:03,979 --> 02:31:04,580 MAJOR REFORM. 3789 02:31:04,580 --> 02:31:06,882 THANK YOU. 3790 02:31:06,882 --> 02:31:08,951 >> WE NOW HAVE AARON JONES ON 3791 02:31:08,951 --> 02:31:10,819 THE LINE, YOU ARE NEXT IF YOU'D 3792 02:31:10,819 --> 02:31:12,654 LIKE TO UNMUTE AND COME ON 3793 02:31:12,654 --> 02:31:13,221 CAMERA. 3794 02:31:13,221 --> 02:31:23,732 WE'LL START THE TIMER FOR YOU. 3795 02:31:24,232 --> 02:31:30,606 DO WE HAVE AARON JONES? 3796 02:31:30,606 --> 02:31:32,074 >> HELLO? 3797 02:31:32,074 --> 02:31:32,507 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3798 02:31:32,507 --> 02:31:35,210 >> YES. 3799 02:31:35,210 --> 02:31:36,078 >> ALL RIGHT. 3800 02:31:36,078 --> 02:31:36,345 >> GREAT. 3801 02:31:36,345 --> 02:31:37,045 THANK YOU. 3802 02:31:37,045 --> 02:31:41,550 I JUST HAD A COUPLE COMMENTS 3803 02:31:41,550 --> 02:31:46,922 ABOUT THE MENTION OF DURC. 3804 02:31:46,922 --> 02:31:49,858 FIRST, THE CONCERN ASPECT, WHEN 3805 02:31:49,858 --> 02:31:52,260 THE CONCERN COMES TO THE FRONT I 3806 02:31:52,260 --> 02:31:58,200 THINK THAT IT SHOULD INCLUDE A 3807 02:31:58,200 --> 02:31:59,434 DEMOGRAPHIC CONCERN, INCLUDING 3808 02:31:59,434 --> 02:32:02,904 THOSE THAT ARE IRRATIONAL. 3809 02:32:02,904 --> 02:32:11,313 FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE E.U. WE SEE 3810 02:32:11,313 --> 02:32:15,384 THAT GMOs ARE REGULATED, NOT 3811 02:32:15,384 --> 02:32:17,119 BY SCIENTIFIC CONCERN BUT BY 3812 02:32:17,119 --> 02:32:18,220 CONCERNS FROM THE GENERAL 3813 02:32:18,220 --> 02:32:18,887 PUBLIC. 3814 02:32:18,887 --> 02:32:29,398 IN THE SAME WAY, I THINK THAT 3815 02:32:30,165 --> 02:32:32,567 CONCERNS ABOUT -- HELLO? 3816 02:32:32,567 --> 02:32:33,535 CHECK CHECK. 3817 02:32:33,535 --> 02:32:36,204 >> YES, WE CAN STILL HEAR YOU. 3818 02:32:36,204 --> 02:32:36,571 >> OKAY, YEAH. 3819 02:32:36,571 --> 02:32:39,041 IN THE SAME WAY I THINK THE 3820 02:32:39,041 --> 02:32:42,210 CONCERNS ABOUT GAIN OF FUNCTION 3821 02:32:42,210 --> 02:32:44,513 EXPERIMENTS, ET CETERA, SHOULD 3822 02:32:44,513 --> 02:32:47,682 BE AN ISSUE, EVEN IF THEY ARE 3823 02:32:47,682 --> 02:32:49,117 NOT SCIENTIFIC BUT ARE CONCERNS 3824 02:32:49,117 --> 02:32:51,486 FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WHICH 3825 02:32:51,486 --> 02:32:56,291 WE SEE AS A MAJOR CONCERN OVER 3826 02:32:56,291 --> 02:32:59,695 THE LAST TWO YEARS. 3827 02:32:59,695 --> 02:33:01,363 SO, THERE'S THAT. 3828 02:33:01,363 --> 02:33:08,270 AND SECOND OF ALL, I THINK THAT 3829 02:33:08,270 --> 02:33:11,573 THE DEFINITION OF GAIN OF 3830 02:33:11,573 --> 02:33:20,182 FUNCTION AND DURC DOES NOT 3831 02:33:20,182 --> 02:33:23,819 INCLUDE EXPERIMENTS THAT, FOR 3832 02:33:23,819 --> 02:33:29,491 EXAMPLE, AMPLIFY A REALLY SMALL 3833 02:33:29,491 --> 02:33:38,633 HAPLOTYPE OR WHATEVER IT IS, A 3834 02:33:38,633 --> 02:33:49,177 REALLY SMALL VARIANT THAT -- SO, 3835 02:33:50,045 --> 02:33:55,250 FOR EXAMPLE, DROSTIN IN EUROPE 3836 02:33:55,250 --> 02:34:03,091 FOUND THAT THERE WAS A SCS 3837 02:34:03,091 --> 02:34:09,664 POTENTIAL IN A VIRUS, AND IF HE 3838 02:34:09,664 --> 02:34:14,503 WAS TO COPY THAT AND CREATE IT 3839 02:34:14,503 --> 02:34:17,773 THAT WOULDN'T BE INCLUDED UNDER 3840 02:34:17,773 --> 02:34:21,376 DURC GUIDELINES BECAUSE IT'S 3841 02:34:21,376 --> 02:34:23,812 NATURAL. 3842 02:34:23,812 --> 02:34:32,521 AND I'VE SEEN THIS IN 3843 02:34:32,521 --> 02:34:33,755 (INDISCERNIBLE) WHERE IF IT'S 3844 02:34:33,755 --> 02:34:37,692 NATURAL IT'S OKAY TO AMPLIFY 3845 02:34:37,692 --> 02:34:38,794 IT. 3846 02:34:38,794 --> 02:34:43,498 THE THING IS AMPLIFICATION IS IN 3847 02:34:43,498 --> 02:34:53,842 ESSENCE DIFFERENT. 3848 02:34:57,045 --> 02:34:57,813 >> THANK YOU. 3849 02:34:57,813 --> 02:34:59,781 YOUR TIMER HAS RUN OUT. 3850 02:34:59,781 --> 02:35:00,982 IF YOU HAVE CLOSING THOUGHTS 3851 02:35:00,982 --> 02:35:03,652 PLEASE WRAP UP AND WE'LL MOVE ON 3852 02:35:03,652 --> 02:35:06,454 TO THE NEXT COMMENTARY. 3853 02:35:06,454 --> 02:35:12,460 3854 02:35:12,460 --> 02:35:22,504 3855 02:35:26,007 --> 02:35:27,842 IF PAUL SYKES IS ON THE LINE, 3856 02:35:27,842 --> 02:35:29,778 PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA. 3857 02:35:29,778 --> 02:35:30,846 YOU'RE OUR FINAL COMMENTER. 3858 02:35:30,846 --> 02:35:32,113 UNMUTE YOURSELF AND WE'LL START 3859 02:35:32,113 --> 02:35:42,457 THE TIMER FOR YOU. 3860 02:35:42,691 --> 02:35:44,559 >> THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 3861 02:35:44,559 --> 02:35:48,797 MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. 3862 02:35:48,797 --> 02:35:52,968 I THINK FOR ME THIS PANDEMIC IS 3863 02:35:52,968 --> 02:35:57,138 THE GREATEST DISASTER IN THE 3864 02:35:57,138 --> 02:35:58,173 LAST CENTURY. 3865 02:35:58,173 --> 02:36:00,542 YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENCY FOR ME IS 3866 02:36:00,542 --> 02:36:03,044 THE KEY WHEN IT COMES TO THE 3867 02:36:03,044 --> 02:36:03,578 NIH. 3868 02:36:03,578 --> 02:36:09,284 THE NIH IS A PUBLICLY FUNDED 3869 02:36:09,284 --> 02:36:12,587 ORGANIZATION, WITH TAX MONEY 3870 02:36:12,587 --> 02:36:14,022 FROM THE PUBLIC. 3871 02:36:14,022 --> 02:36:15,357 AND THE GOAL IS TO LOOK AFTER 3872 02:36:15,357 --> 02:36:18,493 THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC. 3873 02:36:18,493 --> 02:36:19,694 AND FOR ME, MOST IMPORTANT THING 3874 02:36:19,694 --> 02:36:23,632 AT THE MOMENT IS TO GET TO THE 3875 02:36:23,632 --> 02:36:28,870 BOTTOM OF THE ORIGINS OF THIS 3876 02:36:28,870 --> 02:36:29,170 VIRUS. 3877 02:36:29,170 --> 02:36:31,606 YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENCY IS KEY, 3878 02:36:31,606 --> 02:36:34,509 ESPECIALLY FOR AN ORGANIZATION 3879 02:36:34,509 --> 02:36:37,078 LIKE THE NIH, WE'RE GOING TO 3880 02:36:37,078 --> 02:36:41,716 LOOK BACK AT ALL THE INFORMATION 3881 02:36:41,716 --> 02:36:44,119 REQUESTS AND WHAT IS HAPPENING 3882 02:36:44,119 --> 02:36:46,888 AROUND THE TIME THE VIRUS 3883 02:36:46,888 --> 02:36:47,756 STARTED AROUND THE WORLD, AND 3884 02:36:47,756 --> 02:36:57,165 ALL WE GOT FROM THE NIH WAS A 3885 02:36:57,165 --> 02:37:00,468 LOT OF REDACTED E-MAILS, 3886 02:37:00,468 --> 02:37:02,671 SCIENTISTS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN 3887 02:37:02,671 --> 02:37:06,107 DEVELOPING STRATEGY TO COMBAT 3888 02:37:06,107 --> 02:37:09,244 AND TO ADDRESS COVID DISCERN 3889 02:37:09,244 --> 02:37:11,513 (INDISCERNIBLE) AROUND THE U.S. 3890 02:37:11,513 --> 02:37:13,515 AND WORLD, I HAVE SUSPICIONS WAS 3891 02:37:13,515 --> 02:37:18,453 MADE IN A LABORATORY IN THE 3892 02:37:18,453 --> 02:37:20,388 WUHAN, AND SUBSEQUENT TO THAT 3893 02:37:20,388 --> 02:37:28,430 PUT OUT A STATEMENT CALLING IT 3894 02:37:28,430 --> 02:37:30,565 THE SUGGESTION THIS CAME OUT OF 3895 02:37:30,565 --> 02:37:34,235 A LAB IS A CONSPIRACY THEORY, I 3896 02:37:34,235 --> 02:37:44,746 THINK THAT'S PAINTED THE THE 3897 02:37:49,017 --> 02:37:52,420 VIROLOGY COMMUNITY IN A BAD 3898 02:37:52,420 --> 02:37:56,691 LIGHT, THAT PAPER THAT WAS 3899 02:37:56,691 --> 02:38:00,962 PUBLISHED, I JUST THINK IT'S 3900 02:38:00,962 --> 02:38:06,334 SHOCKING THE NIH HASN'T BEEN 3901 02:38:06,334 --> 02:38:09,070 TRANSPARENT. 3902 02:38:09,070 --> 02:38:11,239 EVEN THE (INDISCERNIBLE) 3903 02:38:11,239 --> 02:38:16,077 REDACTED, WHAT IT IS, IT SPEAKS 3904 02:38:16,077 --> 02:38:20,281 TO THE WHOLE ISSUE OF DUAL USE 3905 02:38:20,281 --> 02:38:25,553 RESEARCH, SUGGESTS THAT THE 3906 02:38:25,553 --> 02:38:26,421 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 3907 02:38:26,421 --> 02:38:27,288 (INDISCERNIBLE) ORGANIZATIONS 3908 02:38:27,288 --> 02:38:30,158 LIKE THE NIH HAVE BEEN USING 3909 02:38:30,158 --> 02:38:33,061 POTENTIALLY -- WE CAN ONLY 3910 02:38:33,061 --> 02:38:36,631 SPECULATE, USING THE NIH TO, YOU 3911 02:38:36,631 --> 02:38:40,668 KNOW, CONDUCT COVERT ACTIVITIES 3912 02:38:40,668 --> 02:38:42,737 IN CHINA, WITHIN WUHAN, 3913 02:38:42,737 --> 02:38:43,972 (INDISCERNIBLE) AND I THINK IT'S 3914 02:38:43,972 --> 02:38:49,644 TIME FOR THE NIH TO COME CLEAN, 3915 02:38:49,644 --> 02:38:50,512 TO UNREDACT THOSE E-MAILS, 3916 02:38:50,512 --> 02:38:52,480 VENTILATE EVERYTHING AND GET IT 3917 02:38:52,480 --> 02:38:55,450 OUT IN THE OPEN AND SO WE 3918 02:38:55,450 --> 02:39:01,423 DON'T -- WE CAN AVOID THIS THING 3919 02:39:01,423 --> 02:39:01,823 HAPPENING AGAIN. 3920 02:39:01,823 --> 02:39:05,293 AS I SAID AT THE VERY BEGINNING, 3921 02:39:05,293 --> 02:39:07,162 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THIS 3922 02:39:07,162 --> 02:39:09,497 PANDEMIC, HOW ARE WE GOING TO 3923 02:39:09,497 --> 02:39:11,032 PREVENT THE NEXT ONE? 3924 02:39:11,032 --> 02:39:18,840 THE OTHER THING I DON'T THINK IS 3925 02:39:18,840 --> 02:39:21,042 ANY MERIT IS PROPOSED POURING 3926 02:39:21,042 --> 02:39:27,282 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO 3927 02:39:27,282 --> 02:39:27,949 PREDICTIVE MODELS, SPENDING 3928 02:39:27,949 --> 02:39:30,785 MONEY ON GAIN OF FUNCTION 3929 02:39:30,785 --> 02:39:31,052 RESEARCH. 3930 02:39:31,052 --> 02:39:34,389 I DON'T BELIEVE GAIN OF FUNCTION 3931 02:39:34,389 --> 02:39:36,224 RESEARCH HAS ANY NARRATIVE 3932 02:39:36,224 --> 02:39:39,327 PREVENTING FUTURE PANDEMICS, FOR 3933 02:39:39,327 --> 02:39:41,296 ALL WE KNOW MAY CAUSE THE 3934 02:39:41,296 --> 02:39:42,297 CURRENT PANDEMIC. 3935 02:39:42,297 --> 02:39:45,033 SO I THINK THE NIH NEEDS TO BE 3936 02:39:45,033 --> 02:39:45,600 TRANSPARENT. 3937 02:39:45,600 --> 02:39:47,435 IT'S A PUBLIC ORGANIZATION, 3938 02:39:47,435 --> 02:39:50,305 FUNDED BY PUBLIC MONEY, AND WHY 3939 02:39:50,305 --> 02:39:54,676 SHOULD THEY BE ALLOWED TO HIDE 3940 02:39:54,676 --> 02:39:57,946 BEHIND REDACTED E-MAILS. 3941 02:39:57,946 --> 02:39:58,480 THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 3942 02:39:58,480 --> 02:40:00,248 I THINK THERE ARE LOTS OF 3943 02:40:00,248 --> 02:40:04,452 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITHIN THE 3944 02:40:04,452 --> 02:40:05,420 NIH. 3945 02:40:05,420 --> 02:40:09,124 THERE SHOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT 3946 02:40:09,124 --> 02:40:14,829 COMMITTEE OR AGENCY THAT LOOKS 3947 02:40:14,829 --> 02:40:18,233 INTO THESE -- THIS KIND OF 3948 02:40:18,233 --> 02:40:19,634 RESEARCH AND HOLDS THOSE 3949 02:40:19,634 --> 02:40:22,804 RESEARCHERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT 3950 02:40:22,804 --> 02:40:27,542 THEY DO AND AGREE WE NEED TO PUT 3951 02:40:27,542 --> 02:40:32,447 IN STRICTER GUIDELINES AND NEED 3952 02:40:32,447 --> 02:40:34,716 TO BE MONITORED MORE VIGOROUSLY 3953 02:40:34,716 --> 02:40:35,650 SO THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. 3954 02:40:35,650 --> 02:40:37,152 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3955 02:40:37,152 --> 02:40:38,353 >> THANK YOU, PAUL. 3956 02:40:38,353 --> 02:40:42,624 LYRIC, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK 3957 02:40:42,624 --> 02:40:44,192 TO YOU TO ANNOUNCE THE BREAK AND 3958 02:40:44,192 --> 02:40:46,261 GIVE US NEXT STEPS. 3959 02:40:46,261 --> 02:40:46,895 >> THANKS, CARLY. 3960 02:40:46,895 --> 02:40:48,530 THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO TOOK 3961 02:40:48,530 --> 02:40:49,864 THE TIME TO PROVIDE PUBLIC 3962 02:40:49,864 --> 02:40:52,467 COMMENTS TODAY. 3963 02:40:52,467 --> 02:40:53,835 YOUR THOUGHTS, PERSPECTIVES AND 3964 02:40:53,835 --> 02:40:54,569 OPINIONS ARE CRITICALLY 3965 02:40:54,569 --> 02:40:54,836 IMPORTANT. 3966 02:40:54,836 --> 02:40:56,004 WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO ADDRESS 3967 02:40:56,004 --> 02:40:56,971 ALL THE CONVERSATION TODAY, I 3968 02:40:56,971 --> 02:40:58,506 WOULD LOVE TO ADDRESS THE ONE 3969 02:40:58,506 --> 02:40:59,407 COMMENT ABOUT HOW PUBLIC 3970 02:40:59,407 --> 02:41:01,342 COMMENTS ARE USED IN THE POLICY 3971 02:41:01,342 --> 02:41:03,244 PROCESSES. 3972 02:41:03,244 --> 02:41:04,979 I KNOW THIS IS HAS BEEN AN 3973 02:41:04,979 --> 02:41:05,680 IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION. 3974 02:41:05,680 --> 02:41:09,250 WIRE NOT SPEAKING INTO A VACUUM. 3975 02:41:09,250 --> 02:41:10,018 PUBLIC COMMENT IS INCORPORATED 3976 02:41:10,018 --> 02:41:14,389 INTO ALL WE DO AT NIH. 3977 02:41:14,389 --> 02:41:17,225 YOU'LL SEE WORK GOING OUT TO 3978 02:41:17,225 --> 02:41:18,459 ISSUE PUBLIC COMMENT, IN 3979 02:41:18,459 --> 02:41:19,194 POLICIES WE FORM THERE'S A 3980 02:41:19,194 --> 02:41:20,428 SECTION IN THE BEGINNING THAT 3981 02:41:20,428 --> 02:41:21,629 SAYS HERE'S WHAT WE HEARD FROM 3982 02:41:21,629 --> 02:41:23,064 YOU ALL, HERE IS HOW WE 3983 02:41:23,064 --> 02:41:25,033 ADDRESSED IT IN THE POLICY. 3984 02:41:25,033 --> 02:41:29,070 PLEASE REST ASSURED ALL PUBLIC 3985 02:41:29,070 --> 02:41:33,141 COMMENTS ARE CONSIDERED AND 3986 02:41:33,141 --> 02:41:35,009 TAKEN SERIOUSLY REGARDLESS OF 3987 02:41:35,009 --> 02:41:35,643 PERSPECTIVE. 3988 02:41:35,643 --> 02:41:36,644 THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO 3989 02:41:36,644 --> 02:41:37,445 SHARE THOUGHTS. 3990 02:41:37,445 --> 02:41:41,449 WE HAVE TIME FOR A BREAK. 3991 02:41:41,449 --> 02:41:43,217 I THANK CARLY FOR TAKING OVER 3992 02:41:43,217 --> 02:41:46,020 MODERATING THAT SESSION AND WE 3993 02:41:46,020 --> 02:41:48,990 WILL TAKE A BREAK UNTIL 3:05 3994 02:41:48,990 --> 02:41:52,093 WHERE WE'LL RESUME FOR THE FINAL 3995 02:41:52,093 --> 02:41:52,360 COMPONENT. 3996 02:41:52,360 --> 02:41:52,403 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 3997 02:41:52,403 --> 02:41:53,882 WELCOME BACK. 3998 02:41:53,882 --> 02:41:58,387 I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OUR THIRD 3999 02:41:58,387 --> 02:42:01,890 AND FINAL PANEL TODAY TURN ON 4000 02:42:01,890 --> 02:42:04,826 THE CAMERAS FOR THE FINAL 4001 02:42:04,826 --> 02:42:06,028 SESSION, THINKING ABOUT THE 4002 02:42:06,028 --> 02:42:06,261 FUTURE. 4003 02:42:06,261 --> 02:42:10,532 I'M DELIGHTED TO BE JOINED BY A 4004 02:42:10,532 --> 02:42:12,934 GREAT PANEL TODAY, DAVID GILLUM 4005 02:42:12,934 --> 02:42:15,470 HAS 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 4006 02:42:15,470 --> 02:42:17,105 LEADING SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE 4007 02:42:17,105 --> 02:42:18,640 ACTIVITIES AT SEVERAL ACADEMIC 4008 02:42:18,640 --> 02:42:21,176 RESEARCH TEACHING AND PUBLIC 4009 02:42:21,176 --> 02:42:22,010 SERVICE INSTITUTIONS. 4010 02:42:22,010 --> 02:42:26,415 ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT EVER 4011 02:42:26,415 --> 02:42:27,816 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, 4012 02:42:27,816 --> 02:42:29,785 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, ALSO 4013 02:42:29,785 --> 02:42:32,421 CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER WITH SAFETY 4014 02:42:32,421 --> 02:42:33,455 OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITY FOR 4015 02:42:33,455 --> 02:42:36,892 NEARLY 3,000 LABORATORIES, 4016 02:42:36,892 --> 02:42:42,164 SHOPS, STUDIOS, MAKERSPACES AND 4017 02:42:42,164 --> 02:42:43,365 MORE. 4018 02:42:43,365 --> 02:42:51,139 2020 PRESIDENT OF ABSA 4019 02:42:51,139 --> 02:42:51,473 INTERNATIONAL. 4020 02:42:51,473 --> 02:42:59,881 NEXT DR. CHRIS VIGGIANI, OREGON 4021 02:42:59,881 --> 02:43:00,482 STATE UNIVERSITY, OVERSEEING 4022 02:43:00,482 --> 02:43:01,783 COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS. 4023 02:43:01,783 --> 02:43:03,318 PRIOR TO JOINING OSU CHRIS RAN 4024 02:43:03,318 --> 02:43:05,921 AND LED THE TEAM OF BIOSAFETY 4025 02:43:05,921 --> 02:43:08,557 AND BIOSECURITY POLICY AT NIH, 4026 02:43:08,557 --> 02:43:11,126 OFFICE OF SCIENCE POLICY, 4027 02:43:11,126 --> 02:43:17,299 EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN 4028 02:43:17,299 --> 02:43:20,736 LABORATORY SAFETY, SECURITY 4029 02:43:20,736 --> 02:43:22,804 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NSABB. 4030 02:43:22,804 --> 02:43:27,743 FINAL SPEAKER IS DR. JENNIFER 4031 02:43:27,743 --> 02:43:28,343 KUZMA, DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR 4032 02:43:28,343 --> 02:43:31,346 AT SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND 4033 02:43:31,346 --> 02:43:31,813 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, 4034 02:43:31,813 --> 02:43:33,081 CO-FOUNDER AND CO-DIRECTOR OF 4035 02:43:33,081 --> 02:43:35,384 GENETIC ENGINEERING AND SOCIETY 4036 02:43:35,384 --> 02:43:37,686 CENTER, NORTH CAROLINA STATE 4037 02:43:37,686 --> 02:43:38,220 UNIVERSITY. 4038 02:43:38,220 --> 02:43:40,222 PRIOR TO HER POSITION WAS 4039 02:43:40,222 --> 02:43:41,556 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT HUMPHREY 4040 02:43:41,556 --> 02:43:43,959 SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 4041 02:43:43,959 --> 02:43:47,229 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, STUDY 4042 02:43:47,229 --> 02:43:49,064 DIRECTOR AT NATIONAL ACADEMIES 4043 02:43:49,064 --> 02:43:52,234 OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND 4044 02:43:52,234 --> 02:43:55,103 MEDICINE, AND WAS AAAS RISK 4045 02:43:55,103 --> 02:43:57,305 POLICY FELLOW, USDA, WORKING IN 4046 02:43:57,305 --> 02:44:01,243 RISK ASSESSMENT FOR FOOD BORNE 4047 02:44:01,243 --> 02:44:01,510 PATHOGENS. 4048 02:44:01,510 --> 02:44:03,745 WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE OUR 4049 02:44:03,745 --> 02:44:04,846 PANELISTS HERE. 4050 02:44:04,846 --> 02:44:10,152 I'LL START BY HEARING FROM 4051 02:44:10,152 --> 02:44:10,452 MR. GILLUM. 4052 02:44:10,452 --> 02:44:12,487 >> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR 4053 02:44:12,487 --> 02:44:13,588 HAVING ME TODAY. 4054 02:44:13,588 --> 02:44:15,724 I FIRST WANT TO SAY I'M SORRY 4055 02:44:15,724 --> 02:44:17,325 WE'RE NOT IN PERSON. 4056 02:44:17,325 --> 02:44:19,795 BUT I ACTUALLY CAME DOWN WITH 4057 02:44:19,795 --> 02:44:21,029 SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN GOING 4058 02:44:21,029 --> 02:44:22,364 AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY, AND 4059 02:44:22,364 --> 02:44:27,169 IT'S PROBABLY FOR THE BEST THAT 4060 02:44:27,169 --> 02:44:27,702 WE'RE NOT TOGETHER. 4061 02:44:27,702 --> 02:44:32,340 I'D LIKE TO THANK THE NIH, THE 4062 02:44:32,340 --> 02:44:37,446 OFFERS OF SCIENCE POLICY AND 4063 02:44:37,446 --> 02:44:39,648 WOULD LIKE TO THANK A DEAR 4064 02:44:39,648 --> 02:44:41,817 COLLEAGUE AT THE NIH OFFICE OF 4065 02:44:41,817 --> 02:44:42,584 SCIENCE POLICY, KATHERINE 4066 02:44:42,584 --> 02:44:44,352 HARRIS, FOR SUGGESTING I BE 4067 02:44:44,352 --> 02:44:44,553 HERE. 4068 02:44:44,553 --> 02:44:46,421 KATHERINE, YOU'RE IN MY THOUGHTS 4069 02:44:46,421 --> 02:44:48,089 ALWAYS. 4070 02:44:48,089 --> 02:44:49,391 I'M GOING TO JUMP RIGHT IN. 4071 02:44:49,391 --> 02:44:51,026 ONE OF THE THINGS FOR THIS 4072 02:44:51,026 --> 02:44:52,694 PRESENTATION WAS TO TRY TO THINK 4073 02:44:52,694 --> 02:44:54,629 HIGH LEVEL AND WHAT THE FUTURE 4074 02:44:54,629 --> 02:44:55,831 MIGHT LOOK LIKE. 4075 02:44:55,831 --> 02:44:58,567 I LIKE DOING THAT BUT I WANT TO 4076 02:44:58,567 --> 02:45:00,535 THINK HOW DO WE BALANCE THE 4077 02:45:00,535 --> 02:45:02,838 RISKS OF DOING THAT AND IMPROVE 4078 02:45:02,838 --> 02:45:07,108 OVERSIGHT MECHANISMS TO HELP 4079 02:45:07,108 --> 02:45:08,410 ENSURE NON-COMPLIANCE. 4080 02:45:08,410 --> 02:45:12,247 I WANT TO JUST GO HIGH LEVEL AND 4081 02:45:12,247 --> 02:45:14,015 HELP PEOPLE REALIZE IN POLICY 4082 02:45:14,015 --> 02:45:17,385 CIRCLES WHEN I'M INVITED TO 4083 02:45:17,385 --> 02:45:18,720 MEETINGS I'M OFTEN TOLD A DUAL 4084 02:45:18,720 --> 02:45:25,727 US ISSUE WILL BE SOLVED BY A 4085 02:45:25,727 --> 02:45:26,895 BIOSAFETY PROFESSIONAL, TO HELP 4086 02:45:26,895 --> 02:45:28,330 US FIGURE IT OUT AND THEY WILL 4087 02:45:28,330 --> 02:45:29,998 SAVE THE DAY. 4088 02:45:29,998 --> 02:45:31,733 AS WE'VE HEARD FROM MARIA 4089 02:45:31,733 --> 02:45:34,169 CHAVEZ, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE 4090 02:45:34,169 --> 02:45:34,736 CASE. 4091 02:45:34,736 --> 02:45:35,837 SOME DON'T HAVE PROFESSIONALS 4092 02:45:35,837 --> 02:45:39,875 LET ALONE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE WHO 4093 02:45:39,875 --> 02:45:42,644 NECESSARILY ARE THINKING ABOUT 4094 02:45:42,644 --> 02:45:43,044 BIOSECURITY. 4095 02:45:43,044 --> 02:45:44,279 I THINK PEOPLE ARE THINKING 4096 02:45:44,279 --> 02:45:47,516 ABOUT IT, I JUST DON'T THINK 4097 02:45:47,516 --> 02:45:49,317 IT'S REALLY AS WELL DEFINED AS 4098 02:45:49,317 --> 02:45:51,186 IT SHOULD BE. 4099 02:45:51,186 --> 02:45:53,154 WE'RE ALSO ASKED TO ANTICIPATE 4100 02:45:53,154 --> 02:45:53,922 THE FUTURE. 4101 02:45:53,922 --> 02:45:57,659 AND I PUT IN SOME IDEAS THAT I'M 4102 02:45:57,659 --> 02:45:59,294 CONCERNED ABOUT, THINGS I SAW 4103 02:45:59,294 --> 02:46:02,797 THAT LYRIC HAD INCLUDED IN HER 4104 02:46:02,797 --> 02:46:12,407 EARLIER SLIDES ABOUT MAYBE OTHER 4105 02:46:12,407 --> 02:46:18,313 REGULATORY OVERSIGHT MECHANISMS, 4106 02:46:18,313 --> 02:46:19,447 DIY BIOGENOME MODIFICATIONS, 4107 02:46:19,447 --> 02:46:21,950 INCLUDING ON YOURSELF, NATURAL 4108 02:46:21,950 --> 02:46:26,621 OUTBREAKS, ENDEMICS, PANDEMICS, 4109 02:46:26,621 --> 02:46:27,856 PUBLICATIONS WITH UNFORESEEN AND 4110 02:46:27,856 --> 02:46:30,258 ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES, AND I'VE 4111 02:46:30,258 --> 02:46:33,094 BEEN THINKING ABOUT SYNTHETIC 4112 02:46:33,094 --> 02:46:35,230 VIRUSES, VIRUS LIBRARIES AND 4113 02:46:35,230 --> 02:46:39,034 POSSIBILITY OF CREATING DE NOVO 4114 02:46:39,034 --> 02:46:42,037 VIRUSES OF UNKNOWN RISK. 4115 02:46:42,037 --> 02:46:42,737 LASTLY, A BIGGER TOPIC, 4116 02:46:42,737 --> 02:46:44,573 UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF THE 4117 02:46:44,573 --> 02:46:45,340 BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION. 4118 02:46:45,340 --> 02:46:48,310 I THINK ALL OF THESE TOGETHER, 4119 02:46:48,310 --> 02:46:51,413 THERE'S A LOT ON OUR PLAYBOOK, 4120 02:46:51,413 --> 02:46:53,214 WE COULD TRY TO TACKLE ANY ONE 4121 02:46:53,214 --> 02:46:55,250 AND WOULD DO GOOD FOR THE FUTURE 4122 02:46:55,250 --> 02:46:59,354 BUT TODAY WE'RE SPECIFICALLY 4123 02:46:59,354 --> 02:47:01,656 TALKING ABOUT DURC. 4124 02:47:01,656 --> 02:47:04,826 SO, I'D LIKE TO HAVE AN 4125 02:47:04,826 --> 02:47:07,796 OVERARCHING HIERARCHY FOR THIS 4126 02:47:07,796 --> 02:47:10,532 CONVERSATION TO SAY WE HEARD 4127 02:47:10,532 --> 02:47:12,400 FROM UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, FROM 4128 02:47:12,400 --> 02:47:15,870 KALPANA, THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES 4129 02:47:15,870 --> 02:47:17,973 WITH GOOD SYSTEMS FOR OVERSIGHT. 4130 02:47:17,973 --> 02:47:19,808 BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE 4131 02:47:19,808 --> 02:47:20,108 EVERYWHERE. 4132 02:47:20,108 --> 02:47:21,576 AND SO THE QUESTION REALLY NEEDS 4133 02:47:21,576 --> 02:47:23,878 TO BE HOW WILL INSTITUTIONS 4134 02:47:23,878 --> 02:47:25,647 JUSTIFY THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO 4135 02:47:25,647 --> 02:47:26,748 SUPPORT DURC RESEARCH ESPECIALLY 4136 02:47:26,748 --> 02:47:28,049 WHEN IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW MANY 4137 02:47:28,049 --> 02:47:29,784 TIMES DURC HAS BEEN MISUSED, 4138 02:47:29,784 --> 02:47:31,319 DURC RESEARCH HAS BEEN MISUSED. 4139 02:47:31,319 --> 02:47:33,188 I THINK HAVING A BETTER 4140 02:47:33,188 --> 02:47:36,358 UNDERSTANDING OF THE RISK WILL 4141 02:47:36,358 --> 02:47:38,526 HELP INFORM BETTER DECISION 4142 02:47:38,526 --> 02:47:39,728 MAKING. 4143 02:47:39,728 --> 02:47:42,831 PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE 4144 02:47:42,831 --> 02:47:44,332 ENLIGHTENING, THERE DOES NOT TO 4145 02:47:44,332 --> 02:47:46,668 BE BETTER TRANSPARENCY BUT 4146 02:47:46,668 --> 02:47:48,937 PEOPLE AREN'T OPERATING WITH 4147 02:47:48,937 --> 02:47:51,306 SINISTER MOTIVES AT LEAST NOT IN 4148 02:47:51,306 --> 02:47:52,073 ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS. 4149 02:47:52,073 --> 02:47:53,074 I THINK JUST TRYING TO 4150 02:47:53,074 --> 02:47:55,076 UNDERSTAND WHERE RISKS ARE SO WE 4151 02:47:55,076 --> 02:47:57,379 CAN ACTUALLY BUILD GOOD SYSTEMS 4152 02:47:57,379 --> 02:47:58,980 WOULD BE HELPFUL. 4153 02:47:58,980 --> 02:48:02,283 ANOTHER TOPIC THAT IS NEVER 4154 02:48:02,283 --> 02:48:04,719 DISCUSSED, WHO IS CULPABLE IF 4155 02:48:04,719 --> 02:48:08,523 SOMETHING GOES WRONG? 4156 02:48:08,523 --> 02:48:10,492 SELECT AGENT WORLD RESPONSIBLE 4157 02:48:10,492 --> 02:48:12,260 OFFICIAL, P.I., ANYONE INVOLVED 4158 02:48:12,260 --> 02:48:14,429 COULD FACE TEN YEARS IN PRISON, 4159 02:48:14,429 --> 02:48:15,964 $250,000 IN FINES, THAT COULD BE 4160 02:48:15,964 --> 02:48:17,165 THE INSTITUTION. 4161 02:48:17,165 --> 02:48:19,467 IT'S BEEN A WHILE, I HAVE A 4162 02:48:19,467 --> 02:48:20,969 BRAIN THAT'S ILL, SO TAKE MY 4163 02:48:20,969 --> 02:48:23,571 WORD FOR IT THE FEDERAL SELECT 4164 02:48:23,571 --> 02:48:24,272 AGENT PROGRAM HAS PENALTIES. 4165 02:48:24,272 --> 02:48:28,443 THE THE QUESTION IS SHOULD DURC 4166 02:48:28,443 --> 02:48:30,412 HAVE POTENTIAL PENALTIES IF 4167 02:48:30,412 --> 02:48:32,614 SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING WRONG AND 4168 02:48:32,614 --> 02:48:34,349 WHO IS REQUIRED TO FOLLOW 4169 02:48:34,349 --> 02:48:34,616 GUIDANCE? 4170 02:48:34,616 --> 02:48:36,451 WE HEARD THIS IS FOR 4171 02:48:36,451 --> 02:48:37,085 GOVERNMENT-FUNDED RESEARCH BUT 4172 02:48:37,085 --> 02:48:38,953 IS THAT FAIR? 4173 02:48:38,953 --> 02:48:41,089 IS THAT EVEN -- HOW IS THAT 4174 02:48:41,089 --> 02:48:43,425 GOING TO CAPTURE EVERYTHING? 4175 02:48:43,425 --> 02:48:47,929 DREW ENDY TALKED ABOUT HOW 4176 02:48:47,929 --> 02:48:49,431 MONEY, WE HAVE SYSTEMS TO 4177 02:48:49,431 --> 02:48:51,199 CONTROL WITH MONEY, MAYBE IT'S A 4178 02:48:51,199 --> 02:48:52,934 LARGE PORTION BUT IT'S NOT 4179 02:48:52,934 --> 02:48:53,401 EVERYTHING. 4180 02:48:53,401 --> 02:48:56,404 LASTLY IS THERE A SIMPLER BETTER 4181 02:48:56,404 --> 02:48:57,739 WAY TO OVERSEE RESEARCH? 4182 02:48:57,739 --> 02:48:59,841 FOR EXAMPLE DOING MORE AT 4183 02:48:59,841 --> 02:49:00,508 RESEARCHER OR INSURER TUITIONAL 4184 02:49:00,508 --> 02:49:02,477 LEVEL AND TO THE PUBLIC 4185 02:49:02,477 --> 02:49:05,747 COMMENTERS COULD WE BE MORE 4186 02:49:05,747 --> 02:49:08,583 TRANSPARENT TO MAKE SURE THEY 4187 02:49:08,583 --> 02:49:10,085 ARE INVOLVED AND UNDERSTAND 4188 02:49:10,085 --> 02:49:11,553 WHAT'S HAPPENING. 4189 02:49:11,553 --> 02:49:12,987 THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, WE WERE 4190 02:49:12,987 --> 02:49:14,956 ASKING TO SAY DIFFERENT 4191 02:49:14,956 --> 02:49:17,158 MECHANISMS BY WAY SAFETY 4192 02:49:17,158 --> 02:49:19,694 OVERSIGHT OR SAFETY GOVERNANCE 4193 02:49:19,694 --> 02:49:21,229 TAKES PLACE. 4194 02:49:21,229 --> 02:49:23,832 AND THERE'S REGULATIONS, SUCH AS 4195 02:49:23,832 --> 02:49:25,400 SELECT AGENT PROGRAM, BLOODBORNE 4196 02:49:25,400 --> 02:49:27,702 PATHOGENS, GUIDELINES LIKE NIH 4197 02:49:27,702 --> 02:49:33,274 GUIDELINES FOR COMMENTING ON 4198 02:49:33,274 --> 02:49:35,343 RESEARCHE BMBL THAT EVERYONE 4199 02:49:35,343 --> 02:49:36,444 MENTIONED, PROS AND CONS FOR 4200 02:49:36,444 --> 02:49:38,446 EACH ONE. 4201 02:49:38,446 --> 02:49:41,282 I GO FURTHER AND TALK ABOUT 4202 02:49:41,282 --> 02:49:43,251 RADIATION SECURITY, I DO THINK 4203 02:49:43,251 --> 02:49:44,452 IT'S FUNNY, DREW MENTIONED 4204 02:49:44,452 --> 02:49:46,855 BUILDING CODES, THIS IDEA OF 4205 02:49:46,855 --> 02:49:52,127 BIOCODE BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF 4206 02:49:52,127 --> 02:50:02,670 THE -- VOLUNTARY CON CONSENSUS, 4207 02:50:03,371 --> 02:50:05,039 AND AAALAC FOR ANIMAL CARE AND 4208 02:50:05,039 --> 02:50:09,344 OTHER STANDARDS LESS USED IN THE 4209 02:50:09,344 --> 02:50:12,380 UNITED STATES. 4210 02:50:12,380 --> 02:50:15,784 THIS WAS TALKED ABOUT DURING 4211 02:50:15,784 --> 02:50:17,986 OTHER TALKS, WE ASK THESE 4212 02:50:17,986 --> 02:50:20,054 QUESTIONS, SEVEN OR EIGHT 4213 02:50:20,054 --> 02:50:22,323 QUESTIONS ACTUALLY, ASK THEM OF 4214 02:50:22,323 --> 02:50:25,360 EVERY RESEARCH PROJECT THAT 4215 02:50:25,360 --> 02:50:27,262 COMES TO THE IBC. 4216 02:50:27,262 --> 02:50:28,797 IT'S MORE ABOUT THE EXPERIMENT 4217 02:50:28,797 --> 02:50:31,533 AND THEN WE DECIDE IS IT REALLY 4218 02:50:31,533 --> 02:50:34,302 A RISK AND WHAT ARE 4219 02:50:34,302 --> 02:50:34,702 IMPLICATIONS? 4220 02:50:34,702 --> 02:50:36,905 DOES IT FALL UNDER DURC? 4221 02:50:36,905 --> 02:50:39,207 THAT'S THE CONVERSATION, IF YES, 4222 02:50:39,207 --> 02:50:40,842 WORKING WITH AGENTS, BUT WE ALSO 4223 02:50:40,842 --> 02:50:47,182 HAVE RESEARCHERS WORKING WITH 4224 02:50:47,182 --> 02:50:49,250 VIRUSES THAT ARE CLOSELY ALIGNED 4225 02:50:49,250 --> 02:50:50,185 WITH SMALLPOX. 4226 02:50:50,185 --> 02:50:51,452 IT'S BETTER TO ASK QUESTIONS OF 4227 02:50:51,452 --> 02:50:54,189 EVERY EXPERIMENT JUST TO GET THE 4228 02:50:54,189 --> 02:50:55,390 CONVERSATION GOING, HAVING 4229 02:50:55,390 --> 02:50:56,491 PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT LIKE 4230 02:50:56,491 --> 02:50:59,961 STARTING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE 4231 02:50:59,961 --> 02:51:02,397 THE RISKS OF POTENTIAL USE FOR 4232 02:51:02,397 --> 02:51:04,065 EVERY EXPERIMENT, IT DOESN'T 4233 02:51:04,065 --> 02:51:05,466 MEAN EVERYTHING STOPPED OR SLOWS 4234 02:51:05,466 --> 02:51:07,535 DOWN THE PROCESS IN ANY WAY. 4235 02:51:07,535 --> 02:51:10,705 JUST OPENS A DIALOGUE FOR PEOPLE 4236 02:51:10,705 --> 02:51:12,040 TO TALK ABOUT IT. 4237 02:51:12,040 --> 02:51:19,047 FOR THE FUTURE, I ASK US TO 4238 02:51:19,047 --> 02:51:20,448 CONSIDER ABCDs, ANTICIPATE 4239 02:51:20,448 --> 02:51:26,721 UNANTICIPATED CONSEQUENCES OF 4240 02:51:26,721 --> 02:51:31,626 FUTURE DURC OVERSIGHT, BUILD 4241 02:51:31,626 --> 02:51:37,732 CAPACITY AND DEVELOP CONCISE 4242 02:51:37,732 --> 02:51:38,299 SCOPE. 4243 02:51:38,299 --> 02:51:40,401 WE NEED TO CONSIDER WHO MAY 4244 02:51:40,401 --> 02:51:41,703 BENEFIT FROM FUTURE DURC RULES. 4245 02:51:41,703 --> 02:51:43,771 SOME SAY THE PUBLIC, THERE MAY 4246 02:51:43,771 --> 02:51:44,572 BE PEOPLE WITH SELF-INTERESTS 4247 02:51:44,572 --> 02:51:46,274 THAT YOU MAY NOT THINK ABOUT 4248 02:51:46,274 --> 02:51:47,809 RIGHT AWAY. 4249 02:51:47,809 --> 02:51:49,244 THOSE WHO MAY EXPERIENCE 4250 02:51:49,244 --> 02:51:51,846 DIFFICULTY WITH THE FUTURE 4251 02:51:51,846 --> 02:51:52,413 OVERSIGHT. 4252 02:51:52,413 --> 02:51:56,050 THE SELECT AGENT PROGRAM LED 4253 02:51:56,050 --> 02:51:58,119 MANY TO LEAVE RESEARCH BECAUSE 4254 02:51:58,119 --> 02:51:59,454 IT BECAME TOO EXPENSIVE AND 4255 02:51:59,454 --> 02:52:00,855 DIFFICULT AND BURDEN SOME, I 4256 02:52:00,855 --> 02:52:03,291 WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. 4257 02:52:03,291 --> 02:52:04,926 LIFE SCIENCES ARE GOING SO FAST 4258 02:52:04,926 --> 02:52:06,895 IT WOULD BE BAD TO YOU THE 4259 02:52:06,895 --> 02:52:10,832 APPROXIMATE THE BRAKES ON SOME 4260 02:52:10,832 --> 02:52:11,266 THINGS. 4261 02:52:11,266 --> 02:52:12,700 OVERSIGHT SHOULD PROVIDE FOUND 4262 02:52:12,700 --> 02:52:17,071 OF FUNDING FOR COMPLIANCE 4263 02:52:17,071 --> 02:52:18,940 STRUCTURES, IBCs, BIOSAFETY 4264 02:52:18,940 --> 02:52:23,244 OFFICERS, BSL3 AND 4, EVEN BSL2 4265 02:52:23,244 --> 02:52:24,712 FACILITIES, SAFETY AND STAFFING. 4266 02:52:24,712 --> 02:52:27,148 WE SHOULD CONSIDER IMPACT OF 4267 02:52:27,148 --> 02:52:31,185 PUBLISHING DELAYS FOR DURC 4268 02:52:31,185 --> 02:52:34,022 REVIEW AND PUBLICATIONS. 4269 02:52:34,022 --> 02:52:35,456 BUILD BIOSECURITY EXTRA 4270 02:52:35,456 --> 02:52:36,157 CAPACITY, PRACTITIONERS ARE 4271 02:52:36,157 --> 02:52:41,296 INEFFICIENT IN -- INSUFFICIENT 4272 02:52:41,296 --> 02:52:42,363 IN NUMBER. 4273 02:52:42,363 --> 02:52:44,332 WE DON'T HAVE A STANDARDIZED 4274 02:52:44,332 --> 02:52:45,833 KNOWLEDGE BASE AND IT REQUIRES 4275 02:52:45,833 --> 02:52:48,603 ON THE JOB TRAINING TO FULLY 4276 02:52:48,603 --> 02:52:49,203 IMPLEMENT. 4277 02:52:49,203 --> 02:52:50,071 THERE AREN'T GREAT PROGRAMS THAT 4278 02:52:50,071 --> 02:52:52,106 TREAT PEOPLE HOW TO BE AN EXPERT 4279 02:52:52,106 --> 02:52:54,409 WHEN THEY REACH THE JOB MARKET. 4280 02:52:54,409 --> 02:52:58,479 SO THAT'S AN AREA THAT NIH COULD 4281 02:52:58,479 --> 02:53:02,183 HELP FILL. 4282 02:53:02,183 --> 02:53:03,184 AND THE GOOD PHILANTHROPIC 4283 02:53:03,184 --> 02:53:04,285 ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD PROVIDE 4284 02:53:04,285 --> 02:53:10,425 FUNDING TO INCREASE OUTREACH, 4285 02:53:10,425 --> 02:53:13,428 TO IMPROVE SKILL SETS FOR 4286 02:53:13,428 --> 02:53:15,463 SCIENTISTS AND PRACTITIONERS IN 4287 02:53:15,463 --> 02:53:17,632 THE LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH 4288 02:53:17,632 --> 02:53:18,833 ESPECIALLY DURC. 4289 02:53:18,833 --> 02:53:22,837 COMPOSE CLEAR DEFINITIONS. 4290 02:53:22,837 --> 02:53:25,073 THE DURC EXPERTS SHOULD MEET TO 4291 02:53:25,073 --> 02:53:26,507 MONITOR POTENTIAL EXPERIMENTS OF 4292 02:53:26,507 --> 02:53:27,742 CONCERN, THAT WAS MENTIONED 4293 02:53:27,742 --> 02:53:30,011 EARLIER IN SEVERAL TALKS. 4294 02:53:30,011 --> 02:53:33,281 AND ALERT REGULATED COMMUNITY AS 4295 02:53:33,281 --> 02:53:33,681 WARRANTED. 4296 02:53:33,681 --> 02:53:37,218 A LOT OF THOUGHT, I DO WONDER IF 4297 02:53:37,218 --> 02:53:38,519 LISTING AGENTS IS THAT HELPFUL 4298 02:53:38,519 --> 02:53:40,621 SINCE THEY ARE SELECT AGENTS, WE 4299 02:53:40,621 --> 02:53:42,991 ALREADY HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH 4300 02:53:42,991 --> 02:53:44,559 HOOPS FOR SELECT AGENT RESEARCH. 4301 02:53:44,559 --> 02:53:47,195 TO HAVE US DO THAT AGAIN AND 4302 02:53:47,195 --> 02:53:48,830 ONLY FOCUS ON THOSE SEVEN 4303 02:53:48,830 --> 02:53:52,233 EXPERIMENTAL QUESTIONS FOR THOSE 4304 02:53:52,233 --> 02:53:57,905 SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE TYING OUR 4305 02:53:57,905 --> 02:53:58,106 ARMS. 4306 02:53:58,106 --> 02:54:00,641 IT SEEMS MORE IMPORTANT ASKING 4307 02:54:00,641 --> 02:54:03,044 THE QUESTIONS ABOUT DUAL USE 4308 02:54:03,044 --> 02:54:04,712 ASPECT OF EXPERIMENTS. 4309 02:54:04,712 --> 02:54:07,115 AGAIN, HAVING TOO MUCH 4310 02:54:07,115 --> 02:54:09,751 BUREAUCRACY WITH SELECT AGENT 4311 02:54:09,751 --> 02:54:12,120 RESEARCH AND DURC OVERSIGHT 4312 02:54:12,120 --> 02:54:15,423 SEEMS OVERKILL. 4313 02:54:15,423 --> 02:54:16,758 NIH SHOULD DEFINE BIOSECURITY. 4314 02:54:16,758 --> 02:54:20,161 YOU HAVE DEFINED IT BUT IT 4315 02:54:20,161 --> 02:54:22,030 SHOULD BE MORE PUBLICIZED TO 4316 02:54:22,030 --> 02:54:22,997 DISTINGUISH FROM BIOSAFETY. 4317 02:54:22,997 --> 02:54:25,533 PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THESE 4318 02:54:25,533 --> 02:54:26,834 ARE DIFFERENT TOPICS, WITH 4319 02:54:26,834 --> 02:54:27,602 DIFFERENT EXPERTISE AND 4320 02:54:27,602 --> 02:54:30,004 DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO TRY TO 4321 02:54:30,004 --> 02:54:32,907 IMPLEMENT THEM. 4322 02:54:32,907 --> 02:54:34,409 AND DEVELOP CONCISE SCOPE, KEEP 4323 02:54:34,409 --> 02:54:37,912 THE SEVEN QUESTIONS, ENCOURAGE 4324 02:54:37,912 --> 02:54:41,182 RESEARCHERS TO ANSWER THEM, 4325 02:54:41,182 --> 02:54:42,517 PRIORITIZE CAPACITY BUILDING, 4326 02:54:42,517 --> 02:54:43,818 ADVANCE BIOSECURITY TRAINING FOR 4327 02:54:43,818 --> 02:54:45,787 RESEARCH AND SHOULD STANDARDIZE 4328 02:54:45,787 --> 02:54:47,188 A DURC REVIEW PROCESS FOR 4329 02:54:47,188 --> 02:54:47,655 PUBLISHERS. 4330 02:54:47,655 --> 02:54:49,657 I KNOW THIS LAST ONE IS HUGE BUT 4331 02:54:49,657 --> 02:54:50,591 I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 4332 02:54:50,591 --> 02:54:52,560 THAT WE HAVE THE STANDARD FOR 4333 02:54:52,560 --> 02:54:53,494 HOW WE'RE DOING PUBLICATIONS AND 4334 02:54:53,494 --> 02:54:56,597 NIH SHOULD HAVE A SEAT AT THE 4335 02:54:56,597 --> 02:54:57,899 TABLE WHEN TALKING THROUGH WHAT 4336 02:54:57,899 --> 02:55:01,569 SHOULD THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE. 4337 02:55:01,569 --> 02:55:04,505 THE OPPORTUNITIES, I DO THINK 4338 02:55:04,505 --> 02:55:06,574 NIH COULD SPEND SOME MONEY 4339 02:55:06,574 --> 02:55:07,775 FUNDING BIOSECURITY CENTERS OF 4340 02:55:07,775 --> 02:55:08,209 EXCELLENCE. 4341 02:55:08,209 --> 02:55:10,845 THESE COULD BE NOVEL, COULD HELP 4342 02:55:10,845 --> 02:55:15,149 US PREVENT FUTURE PANDEMIC OR AT 4343 02:55:15,149 --> 02:55:16,651 LEAST DOCUMENT THE PROCESSES TO 4344 02:55:16,651 --> 02:55:20,688 SAY WHAT'S BEST PRACTICE IN 4345 02:55:20,688 --> 02:55:24,058 PANDEMICS OR IN ANY ENDEMIC OR 4346 02:55:24,058 --> 02:55:26,194 ANY OUTBREAK OR WHATEVER. 4347 02:55:26,194 --> 02:55:27,929 FUND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS TO 4348 02:55:27,929 --> 02:55:34,936 INSURE BIOSECURITY CURRICULUM 4349 02:55:34,936 --> 02:55:36,204 AND BIOSECURITY INTERCURRICULUM, 4350 02:55:36,204 --> 02:55:38,239 BEYOND NORMAL THINGS, COMPUTER 4351 02:55:38,239 --> 02:55:39,740 SCIENCES AND PREDICTIVE 4352 02:55:39,740 --> 02:55:40,942 ANALYSIS, TRYING TO DEVELOP 4353 02:55:40,942 --> 02:55:44,145 NOVEL VIRUSES AND THINGS LIKE 4354 02:55:44,145 --> 02:55:44,479 THAT. 4355 02:55:44,479 --> 02:55:46,114 AND THIS IS PROBABLY TONGUE IN 4356 02:55:46,114 --> 02:55:47,982 CHEEK BUT THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS 4357 02:55:47,982 --> 02:55:49,951 TO FUND AND STAFF GOVERNMENT 4358 02:55:49,951 --> 02:55:52,153 AGENCIES TO PROVIDE BIOSECURITY 4359 02:55:52,153 --> 02:55:53,121 INFORMATION, TRAINING AND 4360 02:55:53,121 --> 02:55:54,122 OUTREACH TO THE REGULATED 4361 02:55:54,122 --> 02:55:54,388 COMMUNITY. 4362 02:55:54,388 --> 02:55:56,190 YOU CAN'T JUST PUT OUT A 4363 02:55:56,190 --> 02:55:57,925 REGULATION AND NOT HAVE GUIDANCE 4364 02:55:57,925 --> 02:55:59,127 THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT. 4365 02:55:59,127 --> 02:56:00,661 YOU HAVE TO HAVE TRAINING, THAT 4366 02:56:00,661 --> 02:56:04,499 MEANS GETTING INTO THE COMMUNITY 4367 02:56:04,499 --> 02:56:04,966 AND INTERACTING WITH 4368 02:56:04,966 --> 02:56:09,437 INSTITUTIONS DOING THE WORK. 4369 02:56:09,437 --> 02:56:11,305 LASTLY, ALL BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH 4370 02:56:11,305 --> 02:56:14,242 IS DUAL USE. 4371 02:56:14,242 --> 02:56:14,909 CLEARLY ARTICULATING CONCERN OF 4372 02:56:14,909 --> 02:56:18,946 DURC AND HOW TO ADDRESS IT IS 4373 02:56:18,946 --> 02:56:19,347 CRITICAL. 4374 02:56:19,347 --> 02:56:21,015 THERE COULD BE NEGATIVE IMPACTS 4375 02:56:21,015 --> 02:56:26,187 OF DURC GOVERNANCE FIT -- FIT 4376 02:56:26,187 --> 02:56:36,731 DOESN'T -- -- AND MUST KEEP UP 4377 02:56:40,101 --> 02:56:41,769 WITH SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES. 4378 02:56:41,769 --> 02:56:42,703 SORRY I'M SWEATING. 4379 02:56:42,703 --> 02:56:46,240 >> SORRY YOU FEEL ILL. 4380 02:56:46,240 --> 02:56:47,909 APPRECIATE YOU'RE ABLE TO JOIN 4381 02:56:47,909 --> 02:56:49,644 US TODAY, AND THAT YOU RAISED 4382 02:56:49,644 --> 02:56:51,546 DEFINITION OF THE DURC POLICY 4383 02:56:51,546 --> 02:56:53,381 WHICH IS ABOUT THE DIRECT MISAP 4384 02:56:53,381 --> 02:56:54,916 PLAGUES AND ONE OF THE 4385 02:56:54,916 --> 02:56:56,284 CLARIFYING QUESTIONS I WANTED TO 4386 02:56:56,284 --> 02:57:01,422 ASK YOU, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT 4387 02:57:01,422 --> 02:57:04,525 SOME PENALTIES, AGAIN, DOING 4388 02:57:04,525 --> 02:57:07,128 RESEARCH, AT THE END OF THE DAY 4389 02:57:07,128 --> 02:57:09,063 PENALTY FOR MISUSE OF DURC OR 4390 02:57:09,063 --> 02:57:15,002 MISUSE OF THE RESEARCH IS THE 4391 02:57:15,002 --> 02:57:16,470 PENALTY THE PUBLIC WILL FACE, 4392 02:57:16,470 --> 02:57:18,739 CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF 4393 02:57:18,739 --> 02:57:19,106 MISAPPLICATION. 4394 02:57:19,106 --> 02:57:24,312 THE QUESTION I WANT YOU TO 4395 02:57:24,312 --> 02:57:25,446 CLARIFY GIVEN THE BOTTOM-UP 4396 02:57:25,446 --> 02:57:31,185 CULTURE OF RESPONSIBILITY HOW 4397 02:57:31,185 --> 02:57:32,954 WOULD YOU PROPOSE INSTANTIATING 4398 02:57:32,954 --> 02:57:34,822 THE PUBLIC COST THINKING THROUGH 4399 02:57:34,822 --> 02:57:37,024 THE JUSTIFICATION OF THE BURDEN 4400 02:57:37,024 --> 02:57:38,926 OF OVERSIGHT, WHAT ARE YOUR 4401 02:57:38,926 --> 02:57:40,294 THOUGHTS ABOUT THOSE TRADEOFFS? 4402 02:57:40,294 --> 02:57:43,931 >> YEAH, I GUESS I WOULD TAKE -- 4403 02:57:43,931 --> 02:57:46,601 WOULD CHALLENGE YOU TO SAY THAT 4404 02:57:46,601 --> 02:57:48,569 THE POTENTIAL FINES I FACE AS A 4405 02:57:48,569 --> 02:57:51,339 RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL MAKE ME DO 4406 02:57:51,339 --> 02:57:54,642 THINGS MORE THOROUGHLY AND I'M 4407 02:57:54,642 --> 02:57:57,478 NOT GOING TO -- I'M MORE 4408 02:57:57,478 --> 02:57:59,347 CAREFUL, RIGHT? 4409 02:57:59,347 --> 02:58:00,815 IF THERE WAS POTENTIAL FOR CHEAT 4410 02:58:00,815 --> 02:58:04,719 TO DURC, IF YOU MISUSE 4411 02:58:04,719 --> 02:58:05,886 SOMETHING, YOU OR YOUR 4412 02:58:05,886 --> 02:58:06,887 INSTITUTION TO BE FINED, DO I 4413 02:58:06,887 --> 02:58:08,055 KNOW THAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER? 4414 02:58:08,055 --> 02:58:10,424 NOT AT ALL. 4415 02:58:10,424 --> 02:58:11,359 I'M NOT SURE IT IS. 4416 02:58:11,359 --> 02:58:13,961 WHY DO WE DO IT FOR SELECT 4417 02:58:13,961 --> 02:58:16,297 AGENTS BUT NOT DURC? 4418 02:58:16,297 --> 02:58:18,699 FLIP SIDE, I'M MORE IN FAVOR OF 4419 02:58:18,699 --> 02:58:21,669 WHAT MARIA CHAVEZ WAS SAYING, 4420 02:58:21,669 --> 02:58:23,304 BOTTOM-UP APPROACH INVOLVING THE 4421 02:58:23,304 --> 02:58:25,239 COMMUNITY, INVOLVES THE 4422 02:58:25,239 --> 02:58:29,210 STAKEHOLDERS WE HEARD FROM 4423 02:58:29,210 --> 02:58:30,945 RECENTLY, WHO ARE PASSIONATE 4424 02:58:30,945 --> 02:58:32,813 ABOUT THEIR VIEWS ON THE ORIGINS 4425 02:58:32,813 --> 02:58:34,015 OF COVID, FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN 4426 02:58:34,015 --> 02:58:36,984 THOUGH I MAY NOT SHARE THEM, 4427 02:58:36,984 --> 02:58:38,286 THESE CONVERSATIONS ALLOWING 4428 02:58:38,286 --> 02:58:40,254 PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT THEM AND 4429 02:58:40,254 --> 02:58:41,922 ABOUT A SYSTEM BENEFICIAL FOR 4430 02:58:41,922 --> 02:58:44,225 THE HUMAN RACE, THAT'S HUGELY 4431 02:58:44,225 --> 02:58:44,558 IMPORTANT. 4432 02:58:44,558 --> 02:58:47,094 WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS PROBABLY 4433 02:58:47,094 --> 02:58:48,162 MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, BRINGING 4434 02:58:48,162 --> 02:58:51,432 PEOPLE TOGETHER, IT'S BEING 4435 02:58:51,432 --> 02:58:52,199 RESPECTFUL, SHARING THESE IDEAS, 4436 02:58:52,199 --> 02:58:54,935 AND INCLUDING THEM IN THE 4437 02:58:54,935 --> 02:58:55,870 POLICY-MAKING PROCESS. 4438 02:58:55,870 --> 02:58:57,571 YOU NEED A LOT OF VOICES. 4439 02:58:57,571 --> 02:58:58,773 SOMEBODY AT THE BEGINNING, I 4440 02:58:58,773 --> 02:59:00,308 DON'T REMEMBER WHO, SAID YOU 4441 02:59:00,308 --> 02:59:01,842 NEED PEOPLE FROM -- THE 4442 02:59:01,842 --> 02:59:04,578 GENTLEMAN ON THE AIRPLANE, SAID 4443 02:59:04,578 --> 02:59:06,547 YOU NEED PEOPLE FROM MANY 4444 02:59:06,547 --> 02:59:07,114 VOICES. 4445 02:59:07,114 --> 02:59:08,516 I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. 4446 02:59:08,516 --> 02:59:10,951 I THINK ANYTIME I DO SOMETHING, 4447 02:59:10,951 --> 02:59:13,020 WHEN I WRITE ABOUT BIOSAFETY OR 4448 02:59:13,020 --> 02:59:14,221 BIOSECURITY, I THINK OF MY 4449 02:59:14,221 --> 02:59:14,488 MOTHER. 4450 02:59:14,488 --> 02:59:15,423 WILL SHE UNDERSTAND THIS? 4451 02:59:15,423 --> 02:59:18,159 WILL SHE HAVE A CLUE WHAT I'M 4452 02:59:18,159 --> 02:59:18,693 TALKING ABOUT? 4453 02:59:18,693 --> 02:59:21,996 OR IS SHE GOING TO SAY MY CRAZY 4454 02:59:21,996 --> 02:59:23,130 SON, I LOVE HIM BUT I DON'T KNOW 4455 02:59:23,130 --> 02:59:24,498 WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. 4456 02:59:24,498 --> 02:59:26,000 WE NEED PEOPLE, WE PUT OURSELVES 4457 02:59:26,000 --> 02:59:27,468 IN THEIR CHOOSE AND LEARN TO 4458 02:59:27,468 --> 02:59:29,837 COMMUNICATE IN A WAY THAT THEY 4459 02:59:29,837 --> 02:59:30,137 UNDERSTAND. 4460 02:59:30,137 --> 02:59:31,539 AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT 4461 02:59:31,539 --> 02:59:33,341 ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION BUT THAT'S 4462 02:59:33,341 --> 02:59:34,241 WHAT I WOULD SAY. 4463 02:59:34,241 --> 02:59:35,710 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 4464 02:59:35,710 --> 02:59:39,347 LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THAT 4465 02:59:39,347 --> 02:59:39,547 MORE. 4466 02:59:39,547 --> 02:59:41,949 DR. VIGGIANI, WE'LL TURN IT OVER 4467 02:59:41,949 --> 02:59:42,983 TO YOU. 4468 02:59:42,983 --> 02:59:44,585 >> THANK YOU, LYRIC. 4469 02:59:44,585 --> 02:59:45,786 THANKS, EVERYONE. 4470 02:59:45,786 --> 02:59:50,157 THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY 4471 02:59:50,157 --> 02:59:51,058 INTERESTING CONVERSATION. 4472 02:59:51,058 --> 02:59:53,661 I'VE BEEN PART OF DOZENS OF 4473 02:59:53,661 --> 02:59:54,295 STAKEHOLDERS MEETINGS BUT IT'S 4474 02:59:54,295 --> 02:59:57,498 WEIRD TO BE ON THIS SIDE OF THE 4475 02:59:57,498 --> 02:59:57,965 PANEL. 4476 02:59:57,965 --> 02:59:58,933 THE CONVERSATION THIS MORNING 4477 02:59:58,933 --> 03:00:01,435 HAS BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF GOOD 4478 03:00:01,435 --> 03:00:02,436 MEMORIES, REMINDING ME OF THE 4479 03:00:02,436 --> 03:00:04,438 TENSION WITH THIS ISSUE BETWEEN 4480 03:00:04,438 --> 03:00:08,576 THE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL. 4481 03:00:08,576 --> 03:00:10,945 HOW IN THEORY WE HAVE IDEAS BUT 4482 03:00:10,945 --> 03:00:12,646 IN PRACTICE NAILING DOWN THE 4483 03:00:12,646 --> 03:00:15,383 RULES AROUND IT, IN A SENSIBLE 4484 03:00:15,383 --> 03:00:16,384 WAY IS CHALLENGING. 4485 03:00:16,384 --> 03:00:19,353 TODAY WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS 4486 03:00:19,353 --> 03:00:24,358 TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 4487 03:00:24,358 --> 03:00:28,863 FUTURE OF DURC, FROM AN 4488 03:00:28,863 --> 03:00:29,397 INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE. 4489 03:00:29,397 --> 03:00:34,101 I THINK YOU'RE SEEING THAT. 4490 03:00:34,101 --> 03:00:35,002 >> YEP. 4491 03:00:35,002 --> 03:00:36,504 >> AND I THOUGHT I WOULD BREAK 4492 03:00:36,504 --> 03:00:38,105 DOWN THE CONVERSATION IN A 4493 03:00:38,105 --> 03:00:42,009 COUPLE WAYS, TWO PARTS. 4494 03:00:42,009 --> 03:00:44,078 FIRST WILL FOCUS ON GENERAL RISK 4495 03:00:44,078 --> 03:00:45,513 ASSESSMENT AND COMPLIANCE IN 4496 03:00:45,513 --> 03:00:46,247 HIGHER EDUCATION. 4497 03:00:46,247 --> 03:00:49,016 GENERALLY HOW WE THINK ABOUT 4498 03:00:49,016 --> 03:00:50,084 IDENTIFYING RESEARCH-RELATED 4499 03:00:50,084 --> 03:00:54,822 RISKS AND SET INSTITUTIONAL 4500 03:00:54,822 --> 03:00:57,558 PRIORITIES AND MOVE IN TO TALK 4501 03:00:57,558 --> 03:00:58,325 ABOUT SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS 4502 03:00:58,325 --> 03:01:01,962 FOR THE FUTURE OF DURC OVERSIGHT 4503 03:01:01,962 --> 03:01:05,499 AND LEVERAGE BIOSAFETY, CONTROLS 4504 03:01:05,499 --> 03:01:06,333 AND OUTREACH. 4505 03:01:06,333 --> 03:01:11,038 FOR A QUICK SNAPSHOT OREGON 4506 03:01:11,038 --> 03:01:13,941 STATE, A LAND GRANT INSTITUTION 4507 03:01:13,941 --> 03:01:15,943 IN CORVALLIS, THREE CAMPUSES, 11 4508 03:01:15,943 --> 03:01:19,346 COLLEGES, HEAVILY AGRICULTURAL 4509 03:01:19,346 --> 03:01:21,215 BUT HAVE A NUMBER OF COLLEGES 4510 03:01:21,215 --> 03:01:23,184 THAT ARE RESEARCH HEAVY. 4511 03:01:23,184 --> 03:01:27,988 TOP RESEARCHERS DOING CLIMATE 4512 03:01:27,988 --> 03:01:29,056 SCIENCE, WE HAVE ENGINEERING 4513 03:01:29,056 --> 03:01:31,292 COLLEGE DOING CUTTING EDGE WORK 4514 03:01:31,292 --> 03:01:32,993 ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, TOP 4515 03:01:32,993 --> 03:01:34,562 FORESTRY COLLEGE IN THE WORLD, 4516 03:01:34,562 --> 03:01:37,298 AS WELL AS A WHOLE RANGE OF LIFE 4517 03:01:37,298 --> 03:01:40,668 SCIENCES RESEARCH THROUGHOUT OUR 4518 03:01:40,668 --> 03:01:41,902 OTHER COLLEGES. 4519 03:01:41,902 --> 03:01:43,537 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT COMPLIANCE 4520 03:01:43,537 --> 03:01:46,373 IN SUCH A BROAD AND DECENTRALIZE 4521 03:01:46,373 --> 03:01:48,576 THE UNIVERSITY LANDSCAPE AS OSU, 4522 03:01:48,576 --> 03:01:56,116 WE THINK ABOUT UT INSTITUTIONAL 4523 03:01:56,116 --> 03:02:01,689 COMPLIANCE, AT A HIGH LEVEL. 4524 03:02:01,689 --> 03:02:04,191 I'VE STOLEN THIS SLIDE FROM THE 4525 03:02:04,191 --> 03:02:05,259 COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR, HIGHER ED 4526 03:02:05,259 --> 03:02:07,027 IS HIGH HE WILL REGULATED. 4527 03:02:07,027 --> 03:02:09,864 COMPLIANCE IS COMPLEX AND 4528 03:02:09,864 --> 03:02:10,865 CROSS-CUTTING. 4529 03:02:10,865 --> 03:02:13,167 SO I MIGHT HIGHLIGHT THE COLUMN 4530 03:02:13,167 --> 03:02:15,369 OF RESEARCH RISKS, THAT I 4531 03:02:15,369 --> 03:02:17,671 USUALLY FOCUS ON IN MY POSITION. 4532 03:02:17,671 --> 03:02:20,708 BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER 4533 03:02:20,708 --> 03:02:22,676 COMPLIANCE AREAS THAT CAN BECOME 4534 03:02:22,676 --> 03:02:27,014 RESEARCH ISSUES, IF IT INVOLVES 4535 03:02:27,014 --> 03:02:27,314 RESEARCHERS. 4536 03:02:27,314 --> 03:02:30,784 SAFETY OF MINOR IS NOT A 4537 03:02:30,784 --> 03:02:31,552 RESEARCH ISSUE UNLESS 4538 03:02:31,552 --> 03:02:32,453 VOLUNTEERING IN THE LABORATORY 4539 03:02:32,453 --> 03:02:33,754 IN THE SUMMER. 4540 03:02:33,754 --> 03:02:35,956 WE START TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. 4541 03:02:35,956 --> 03:02:39,126 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT RISK AT THE 4542 03:02:39,126 --> 03:02:41,095 INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL, WE WORRY 4543 03:02:41,095 --> 03:02:42,396 ABOUT OUR MISSION, FILL FULL OUR 4544 03:02:42,396 --> 03:02:44,265 MISSION, IS IT SOMETHING WE'RE 4545 03:02:44,265 --> 03:02:46,767 DOING OR NOT DOING THAT IS 4546 03:02:46,767 --> 03:02:48,536 PREVENTING US FROM ACHIEVING OUR 4547 03:02:48,536 --> 03:02:50,838 CORE RESEARCH MISSION? 4548 03:02:50,838 --> 03:02:52,907 WE THINK ABOUT HUMAN HEALTH AND 4549 03:02:52,907 --> 03:02:58,145 LIFE SAFETY, PROTECTING OUR 4550 03:02:58,145 --> 03:02:59,480 PEOPLE, STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES, 4551 03:02:59,480 --> 03:03:03,417 WORRY ABOUT ANIMAL WELFARE 4552 03:03:03,417 --> 03:03:04,952 PROTECTING ANIMALS IN OUR 4553 03:03:04,952 --> 03:03:06,353 RESEARCH STATION, ABOUT 4554 03:03:06,353 --> 03:03:08,222 INTEGRITY, PROMOTING HONEST AND 4555 03:03:08,222 --> 03:03:11,225 ETHICAL BEHAVIOR AMONG NOT JUST 4556 03:03:11,225 --> 03:03:12,493 RESEARCHERS BUT EMPLOYEES 4557 03:03:12,493 --> 03:03:13,060 BROADLY. 4558 03:03:13,060 --> 03:03:14,495 THERE'S LEGAL AND REGULATORY 4559 03:03:14,495 --> 03:03:15,729 RISKS, WHERE THE DURC POLICY 4560 03:03:15,729 --> 03:03:16,797 COMES IN, IN PART. 4561 03:03:16,797 --> 03:03:18,766 WE WANT TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE 4562 03:03:18,766 --> 03:03:21,168 WITH EXISTING REGULATIONS AND BE 4563 03:03:21,168 --> 03:03:23,470 ABLE TO ADAPT AS THOSE 4564 03:03:23,470 --> 03:03:24,138 REGULATIONS CHANGE. 4565 03:03:24,138 --> 03:03:25,439 THERE'S FINANCIAL RISK AND WE 4566 03:03:25,439 --> 03:03:29,710 WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF 4567 03:03:29,710 --> 03:03:31,879 UNIVERSITY RESOURCES, MOST 4568 03:03:31,879 --> 03:03:34,315 RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH COME FROM 4569 03:03:34,315 --> 03:03:36,584 TAXPAYERS, WE WANT TO PREVENT 4570 03:03:36,584 --> 03:03:41,956 WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE THE BEST WE 4571 03:03:41,956 --> 03:03:43,057 CAN. 4572 03:03:43,057 --> 03:03:43,924 THERE'S REPUTATIONAL RISKS, 4573 03:03:43,924 --> 03:03:45,793 PUBLIC RELATIONS, THIS IDEA WE 4574 03:03:45,793 --> 03:03:49,163 WANT TO PROMOTE VALUES TO ENSURE 4575 03:03:49,163 --> 03:03:50,264 THAT OSU REMAINS RESPECTED AND 4576 03:03:50,264 --> 03:03:51,999 DESIRABLE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO 4577 03:03:51,999 --> 03:03:53,534 COME, TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO 4578 03:03:53,534 --> 03:03:55,736 LEARN, FOR FACULTY TO COME AND 4579 03:03:55,736 --> 03:03:57,605 DO RESEARCH. 4580 03:03:57,605 --> 03:03:58,272 INSTITUTIONAL COMPLIANCE IS 4581 03:03:58,272 --> 03:04:02,009 ABOUT SETTING UP THE POLICIES, 4582 03:04:02,009 --> 03:04:03,877 PROCESSES, PROGRAMS THAT MANAGE 4583 03:04:03,877 --> 03:04:06,380 ALL OF THESE RISK AREAS. 4584 03:04:06,380 --> 03:04:09,116 YOU CAN SEE IT'S RESEARCH 4585 03:04:09,116 --> 03:04:10,417 FOCUSED, INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE 4586 03:04:10,417 --> 03:04:13,921 COUNTRY THINK IN SIMILAR WAYS. 4587 03:04:13,921 --> 03:04:17,758 4588 03:04:17,758 --> 03:04:19,293 TO ASSESS RISKS AND PRIORITIZE 4589 03:04:19,293 --> 03:04:21,629 ACTIVITIES IT CAN BE TOP-DOWN 4590 03:04:21,629 --> 03:04:22,363 AND BOTTOM-UP. 4591 03:04:22,363 --> 03:04:29,470 WE HAVE A BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND 4592 03:04:29,470 --> 03:04:30,838 UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS, SETTING 4593 03:04:30,838 --> 03:04:31,538 PRIORITIES, ESPOUSING OUR 4594 03:04:31,538 --> 03:04:32,006 VALUES. 4595 03:04:32,006 --> 03:04:36,377 WHEN THEY SAY WE WANT TO BEEF UP 4596 03:04:36,377 --> 03:04:39,613 TITLE 9, THAT MESSAGE TRICKLES 4597 03:04:39,613 --> 03:04:41,415 TO APPROPRIATE DIVISION, TO THE 4598 03:04:41,415 --> 03:04:44,818 UNITS, AND WE BOLSTER THOSE, 4599 03:04:44,818 --> 03:04:46,887 TYPICALLY WITH RESOURCES. 4600 03:04:46,887 --> 03:04:49,623 THERE'S A BOTTOM-UP APPROACH TO 4601 03:04:49,623 --> 03:04:51,058 RISK ASSESSMENT. 4602 03:04:51,058 --> 03:04:55,963 BELOW THE PRESIDENT, THE 4603 03:04:55,963 --> 03:04:57,164 COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY PROVOST, 4604 03:04:57,164 --> 03:04:59,466 INCLUDING OTHER VICE PRESIDENTS, 4605 03:04:59,466 --> 03:05:00,601 UNIVERSITY COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR, 4606 03:05:00,601 --> 03:05:01,769 AUDIT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND 4607 03:05:01,769 --> 03:05:02,302 OTHERS. 4608 03:05:02,302 --> 03:05:04,171 THIS GROUP IS THE TOP LEVEL 4609 03:05:04,171 --> 03:05:06,240 COMPLIANCE GROUP THAT THINKS 4610 03:05:06,240 --> 03:05:08,642 ABOUT INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL RISK 4611 03:05:08,642 --> 03:05:11,145 AREAS, AND HELPS TO SET 4612 03:05:11,145 --> 03:05:13,447 PRIORITIES TO SOME DEGREE. 4613 03:05:13,447 --> 03:05:15,449 AGAIN, THIS IS BROAD COMPLIANCE, 4614 03:05:15,449 --> 03:05:16,383 THESE ARE SOME COMPLIANCE AREAS 4615 03:05:16,383 --> 03:05:18,385 THAT I PUT ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE 4616 03:05:18,385 --> 03:05:20,721 THAT MIGHT INVOLVE THINGS LIKE 4617 03:05:20,721 --> 03:05:22,990 TITLE 9, HUMAN RESOURCES, SAFETY 4618 03:05:22,990 --> 03:05:25,459 OF MINORS, A WHOLE RANGE OF 4619 03:05:25,459 --> 03:05:26,927 THING NOT NECESSARILY RESEARCH. 4620 03:05:26,927 --> 03:05:28,896 BELOW THAT RESEARCH RISK AND 4621 03:05:28,896 --> 03:05:30,764 COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE TO RUN BY 4622 03:05:30,764 --> 03:05:32,700 OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH, 4623 03:05:32,700 --> 03:05:36,804 INCLUDES ME, OTHER VICE 4624 03:05:36,804 --> 03:05:38,539 PRESIDENTS, AVPs FROM RELEVANT 4625 03:05:38,539 --> 03:05:41,375 AREAS, AND WE THINK ABOUT 4626 03:05:41,375 --> 03:05:44,344 RESEARCH-SPECIFIC RISKS, IT'S 4627 03:05:44,344 --> 03:05:48,382 IMPORTANT TO HEAR VOICES FROM 4628 03:05:48,382 --> 03:05:49,583 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, 4629 03:05:49,583 --> 03:05:54,955 IMPACTING THE WAY WE SEE 4630 03:05:54,955 --> 03:05:55,255 OVERREACH. 4631 03:05:55,255 --> 03:05:57,558 AND THE PROGRAMS THAT I OVERSEE 4632 03:05:57,558 --> 03:05:59,693 IN MY OFFICE, OUR CORE 4633 03:05:59,693 --> 03:06:03,697 COMPLIANCE AND INTEGRITY 4634 03:06:03,697 --> 03:06:03,964 FUNCTIONS. 4635 03:06:03,964 --> 03:06:07,601 OUR IRB, IACUC, IBC, GLOBAL 4636 03:06:07,601 --> 03:06:08,969 ENGAGEMENT AND COMPLIANCE 4637 03:06:08,969 --> 03:06:09,737 COMMITTEE. 4638 03:06:09,737 --> 03:06:13,340 THESE GROUPS ARE DEVOTED TO 4639 03:06:13,340 --> 03:06:14,508 MANAGING THE PROGRAMS, MANAGING 4640 03:06:14,508 --> 03:06:15,342 SPECIFIC RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH 4641 03:06:15,342 --> 03:06:22,516 PROTEOMIC COLTS -- PROTOCOLS AND 4642 03:06:22,516 --> 03:06:23,417 PROGRAMMATIC ASSESSMENT AND 4643 03:06:23,417 --> 03:06:23,951 IMPROVEMENT. 4644 03:06:23,951 --> 03:06:25,052 ANOTHER SNAPSHOT OF THE RISKS 4645 03:06:25,052 --> 03:06:27,688 OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO, I 4646 03:06:27,688 --> 03:06:29,022 WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE 4647 03:06:29,022 --> 03:06:30,524 BUT PUT THEM UP TO HERE TO SAY 4648 03:06:30,524 --> 03:06:31,792 THEY ARE BROAD AND THERE'S QUITE 4649 03:06:31,792 --> 03:06:34,495 A NUMBER OF THEM. 4650 03:06:34,495 --> 03:06:36,463 THE ONES ON THE LEFT ARE WHAT 4651 03:06:36,463 --> 03:06:39,099 BUBBLED UP TO THE INSTITUTIONAL 4652 03:06:39,099 --> 03:06:40,400 LEVEL, COMPLIANCE EXECUTIVE 4653 03:06:40,400 --> 03:06:44,671 COMMITTEE OR RESEARCH RISK AND 4654 03:06:44,671 --> 03:06:45,305 COMPLIANCE. 4655 03:06:45,305 --> 03:06:47,708 ON THE RIGHT WE FOCUS ON THESE 4656 03:06:47,708 --> 03:06:50,477 IN THE RESEARCH INTEGRITY. 4657 03:06:50,477 --> 03:06:52,212 HUMAN SUBJECTS OUTSIDE 4658 03:06:52,212 --> 03:06:53,547 INTERESTS, FOREIGN INFLUENCE, 4659 03:06:53,547 --> 03:06:54,748 BROADER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, 4660 03:06:54,748 --> 03:06:56,283 EXPORT CONTROLS ARE ALL ON 4661 03:06:56,283 --> 03:06:57,050 THERE. 4662 03:06:57,050 --> 03:06:58,719 I SHARE THIS ONLY TO SAY WHEN IT 4663 03:06:58,719 --> 03:07:00,454 COMES TO THINGS LIKE COMPLIANCE 4664 03:07:00,454 --> 03:07:02,756 AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW 4665 03:07:02,756 --> 03:07:04,992 POLICIES AS THEY EVOLVE, IT 4666 03:07:04,992 --> 03:07:07,561 BECOMES A MATTER OF 4667 03:07:07,561 --> 03:07:08,328 PRIORITYIZATION AND TRADEOFFS. 4668 03:07:08,328 --> 03:07:11,165 HERE IS A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE 4669 03:07:11,165 --> 03:07:13,467 TRADEOFFS WE'VE MADE, EVEN IN 4670 03:07:13,467 --> 03:07:14,334 RECENT YEARS. 4671 03:07:14,334 --> 03:07:16,870 THE FIRST IS EXAMPLE OF 4672 03:07:16,870 --> 03:07:18,972 INVESTING, AND THIS INVOLVES 4673 03:07:18,972 --> 03:07:21,775 MODERNIZING OUR RESEARCH I.T. 4674 03:07:21,775 --> 03:07:22,843 INFRASTRUCTURE. 4675 03:07:22,843 --> 03:07:23,944 NEW SOFTWARE PACKAGES ARE 4676 03:07:23,944 --> 03:07:26,046 PROBABLY NOT THE MOST EXCITING 4677 03:07:26,046 --> 03:07:28,549 THING TO TALK ABOUT BUT IT'S THE 4678 03:07:28,549 --> 03:07:30,017 FOUNDATIONAL INVESTMENT THAT CAN 4679 03:07:30,017 --> 03:07:31,285 HAVE BROADER IMPACT ACROSS THE 4680 03:07:31,285 --> 03:07:32,886 RESEARCH OFFICE AND MANAGE RISKS 4681 03:07:32,886 --> 03:07:33,854 IN MULTIPLE PROGRAMS. 4682 03:07:33,854 --> 03:07:36,156 IN THIS CASE WE'LL BE STANDING 4683 03:07:36,156 --> 03:07:39,760 UP A NEW SOFTWARE PACKAGE THAT 4684 03:07:39,760 --> 03:07:41,495 WILL LINK OUT SPONSORED 4685 03:07:41,495 --> 03:07:43,263 PROGRAMS, GRANTS AND CONTRACTS, 4686 03:07:43,263 --> 03:07:44,131 WITH RESEARCH COMPLIANCE 4687 03:07:44,131 --> 03:07:45,966 FUNCTION SO WE'LL HAVE BETTER 4688 03:07:45,966 --> 03:07:47,734 VISIBILITY INTO THE COMPLIANCE 4689 03:07:47,734 --> 03:07:48,836 OBLIGATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH 4690 03:07:48,836 --> 03:07:49,803 SPECIFIC AWARDS. 4691 03:07:49,803 --> 03:07:52,739 THIS WILL SERVE OUR CONFLICT OF 4692 03:07:52,739 --> 03:07:54,107 INTEREST PROGRAM, HUMAN SUBJECTS 4693 03:07:54,107 --> 03:07:55,075 PROGRAM, FORMING A FOUNDATION OF 4694 03:07:55,075 --> 03:08:05,485 YOU WHAT -- OF A BROADER 4695 03:08:05,752 --> 03:08:06,353 PLATFORM. 4696 03:08:06,353 --> 03:08:09,089 WE HAVE ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF 4697 03:08:09,089 --> 03:08:09,456 DEPRIORITIZING. 4698 03:08:09,456 --> 03:08:11,925 WE DID SCALE BACK OUR 4699 03:08:11,925 --> 03:08:12,860 CAPABILITIES TO DO SOME 4700 03:08:12,860 --> 03:08:15,229 INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH, ONE 4701 03:08:15,229 --> 03:08:17,197 OF THE THOSE INSTITUTIONS THAT 4702 03:08:17,197 --> 03:08:21,134 SHUTTERED OUR SELECT AGENT 4703 03:08:21,134 --> 03:08:23,904 PROGRAMMING, AND CONSIDERING 4704 03:08:23,904 --> 03:08:28,709 WHETHER TO DECOMMISSION OUR BSL3 4705 03:08:28,709 --> 03:08:29,810 FACILITY, EFFECTIVELY 4706 03:08:29,810 --> 03:08:31,879 DECOMMISSIONED FOR SOME YEARS, 4707 03:08:31,879 --> 03:08:33,180 UNDERGOING RENOVATION, PROVING 4708 03:08:33,180 --> 03:08:34,615 TO BE EXPENSIVE AND IT'S 4709 03:08:34,615 --> 03:08:36,049 PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BUY US 4710 03:08:36,049 --> 03:08:38,886 THAT MANY ADDITIONAL YEARS OF 4711 03:08:38,886 --> 03:08:39,319 SERVICE. 4712 03:08:39,319 --> 03:08:42,155 AS A RESULT OF GENERALLY 4713 03:08:42,155 --> 03:08:45,592 RELATIVELY LOW RESEARCH DEMAND 4714 03:08:45,592 --> 03:08:46,660 AND HIGH COMPLIANCE OBLIGATIONS, 4715 03:08:46,660 --> 03:08:48,662 DESIRE TO NOT CUT CORNERS ON 4716 03:08:48,662 --> 03:08:50,397 SAFETY WE SHUTTERED THOSE 4717 03:08:50,397 --> 03:08:50,764 PROGRAMS. 4718 03:08:50,764 --> 03:08:52,266 ANOTHER EXAMPLE COMES WITH DATA 4719 03:08:52,266 --> 03:08:53,433 AND INFORMATION SECURITY. 4720 03:08:53,433 --> 03:08:56,603 HERE WE'RE HAVE A MIXED BAG. 4721 03:08:56,603 --> 03:08:59,773 RECENTLY WE TERMINATED OUR 4722 03:08:59,773 --> 03:09:02,075 STATUS AS DoD-CLEARED 4723 03:09:02,075 --> 03:09:04,278 FACILITY, GIVING US POTENTIAL TO 4724 03:09:04,278 --> 03:09:06,146 ACCEPT AWARDS FROM DoD THAT 4725 03:09:06,146 --> 03:09:10,083 CONTAINED GENERATION OR STORAGE 4726 03:09:10,083 --> 03:09:11,818 OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 4727 03:09:11,818 --> 03:09:15,656 WE TERMINATED BECAUSE OF A HIGH 4728 03:09:15,656 --> 03:09:16,223 COMPLIANCE BURDEN, REQUIRING 4729 03:09:16,223 --> 03:09:19,359 EXPERTISE, THAT WE NO LONGER HAD 4730 03:09:19,359 --> 03:09:22,996 WHEN WE LOST PREVIOUS EXPORT 4731 03:09:22,996 --> 03:09:23,363 OFFICER. 4732 03:09:23,363 --> 03:09:25,332 AND IN GENERAL THERE WAS LOW 4733 03:09:25,332 --> 03:09:25,999 DEMAND. 4734 03:09:25,999 --> 03:09:27,734 THERE'S NOT NO DEMAND, THIS DOES 4735 03:09:27,734 --> 03:09:30,237 COME AT A COST, FACULTY WANT TO 4736 03:09:30,237 --> 03:09:31,004 PARTICIPATE IN CLASSIFIED 4737 03:09:31,004 --> 03:09:32,306 RESEARCH AND WE'RE FIGURING OUT 4738 03:09:32,306 --> 03:09:33,840 WAYS THEY CAN PARTNER WITH 4739 03:09:33,840 --> 03:09:35,475 INDUSTRY AND OTHERS TO MAKE THAT 4740 03:09:35,475 --> 03:09:36,910 HAPPEN BUT WE CAN'T STORE THE 4741 03:09:36,910 --> 03:09:44,685 INFORMATION HERE AT OSU 4742 03:09:44,685 --> 03:09:45,018 ANYMORE. 4743 03:09:45,018 --> 03:09:48,088 WE'RE INVESTING AND HAVE CUI 4744 03:09:48,088 --> 03:09:49,056 CAPABILITIES, CHIEF INFORMATION 4745 03:09:49,056 --> 03:09:51,792 SECURITY OFFICER IS BUILDING UP 4746 03:09:51,792 --> 03:09:53,327 CAPABILITIES IN THE FRAMEWORK, 4747 03:09:53,327 --> 03:09:55,162 THE ONGOING RISK ASSESSMENT WE 4748 03:09:55,162 --> 03:09:57,597 MAKE AND HOW WE SET PRIORITIES 4749 03:09:57,597 --> 03:10:00,334 AND HOW WE TRY TO PLAN FOR THE 4750 03:10:00,334 --> 03:10:00,667 FUTURE. 4751 03:10:00,667 --> 03:10:02,302 THE QUESTION IS HOW DOES THIS 4752 03:10:02,302 --> 03:10:03,737 RELATE TO DURC? 4753 03:10:03,737 --> 03:10:06,239 IT'S ALL ABOUT INSTITUTIONAL 4754 03:10:06,239 --> 03:10:08,008 COMPLIANCE BUT THE KEY IS 4755 03:10:08,008 --> 03:10:11,078 POLICIES AND MANAGEMENT OF DUAL 4756 03:10:11,078 --> 03:10:12,813 USE RESEARCH RISKS WILL EXIST 4757 03:10:12,813 --> 03:10:17,584 WITHIN THIS INSTITUTIONAL RISK 4758 03:10:17,584 --> 03:10:19,586 ASSESSMENT AND COMPLIANCE 4759 03:10:19,586 --> 03:10:19,853 FRAMEWORK. 4760 03:10:19,853 --> 03:10:21,154 INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 4761 03:10:21,154 --> 03:10:22,789 WILL APPLY THEIR OWN RISK 4762 03:10:22,789 --> 03:10:26,293 ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKS AS THE 4763 03:10:26,293 --> 03:10:27,060 DURC POLICIES EVOLVE. 4764 03:10:27,060 --> 03:10:28,929 AND WHEN THEY MAKE DECISIONS 4765 03:10:28,929 --> 03:10:31,331 ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT IT AND 4766 03:10:31,331 --> 03:10:32,632 DEVOTE RESOURCES, THEY WILL 4767 03:10:32,632 --> 03:10:34,468 COMPARE IT WITH OTHER COMPLIANCE 4768 03:10:34,468 --> 03:10:34,901 OBLIGATIONS. 4769 03:10:34,901 --> 03:10:37,337 THEY WILL BRING TO BEAR THEIR 4770 03:10:37,337 --> 03:10:39,106 OWN PERCEPTIONS OF RISK, WE'LL 4771 03:10:39,106 --> 03:10:40,507 ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT 4772 03:10:40,507 --> 03:10:42,909 RESOURCES DO WE DEVOTE TO THIS, 4773 03:10:42,909 --> 03:10:46,179 AT THE PROJECT LEVEL IF WE 4774 03:10:46,179 --> 03:10:48,382 IMPLEMENT POLICY WE'LL HAVE OUR 4775 03:10:48,382 --> 03:10:49,516 OWN RISK TOLERANCE FOR 4776 03:10:49,516 --> 03:10:51,918 ACCEPTANCE OF DURC AND WHAT A 4777 03:10:51,918 --> 03:10:53,420 RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY OUGHT 4778 03:10:53,420 --> 03:10:54,855 TO LOOK LIKE. 4779 03:10:54,855 --> 03:10:56,590 WE'LL CONSIDER RESEARCH MISSIONS 4780 03:10:56,590 --> 03:10:57,791 AND PORTFOLIOS, ANY COMES DOWN 4781 03:10:57,791 --> 03:10:59,993 TO THE DEMANDS FOR RESEARCHERS. 4782 03:10:59,993 --> 03:11:00,794 IF WE HAVE A NUMBER OF 4783 03:11:00,794 --> 03:11:02,295 RESEARCHERS WHO WANT TO DO DURC 4784 03:11:02,295 --> 03:11:08,301 THAT'S SUBJECT TO POLICY IT'S 4785 03:11:08,301 --> 03:11:10,037 LIKELY WE'LL IMPLEMENT IT WELL. 4786 03:11:10,037 --> 03:11:13,440 WE MAY LOOK AT TRADEOFFS, IF WE 4787 03:11:13,440 --> 03:11:14,541 DON'T, AROUND SELECT AGENTS, 4788 03:11:14,541 --> 03:11:16,209 THIS ISN'T RESEARCH WE CAN 4789 03:11:16,209 --> 03:11:19,446 DEVOTE A LOT OF SUPPORT TO AT 4790 03:11:19,446 --> 03:11:19,679 OSU. 4791 03:11:19,679 --> 03:11:21,415 I THINK WE'LL ASK QUESTIONS 4792 03:11:21,415 --> 03:11:22,816 ABOUT HOW READILY DURC OVERSIGHT 4793 03:11:22,816 --> 03:11:24,684 CAN BE BUILT INTO EXISTING 4794 03:11:24,684 --> 03:11:25,185 PROGRAMS. 4795 03:11:25,185 --> 03:11:26,553 WE LEARNED A LOT THIS MORNING 4796 03:11:26,553 --> 03:11:28,088 ABOUT HOW THIS CAN BE DONE. 4797 03:11:28,088 --> 03:11:31,058 I'LL SHARE A COUPLE OTHER 4798 03:11:31,058 --> 03:11:32,259 THOUGHTS ON THAT. 4799 03:11:32,259 --> 03:11:34,561 SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE 4800 03:11:34,561 --> 03:11:36,797 OF DURC OVERSIGHT AND POLICIES, 4801 03:11:36,797 --> 03:11:40,500 I WOULD OFFER A FEW 4802 03:11:40,500 --> 03:11:41,435 CONSIDERATIONS. 4803 03:11:41,435 --> 03:11:42,436 ONE, I'D SUGGEST POLICIES DO NOT 4804 03:11:42,436 --> 03:11:43,437 NEED TO BE PERFECT. 4805 03:11:43,437 --> 03:11:45,572 THEY CAN'T BE BUT SHOULD BE 4806 03:11:45,572 --> 03:11:48,108 ADAPTABLE AND NIMBLE TO SOME 4807 03:11:48,108 --> 03:11:49,209 DEGREE. 4808 03:11:49,209 --> 03:11:51,144 I THINK WE'VE LEARNED AND I WAS 4809 03:11:51,144 --> 03:11:53,447 FORCED TO REMEMBER HOW DIFFICULT 4810 03:11:53,447 --> 03:11:56,850 THE DUAL USE DILEMMA IS AND HOW 4811 03:11:56,850 --> 03:12:01,054 COMPLEX IT'S PROVEN TO DEVELOP 4812 03:12:01,054 --> 03:12:02,155 POLICY AROUND. 4813 03:12:02,155 --> 03:12:03,790 THERE'S ALMOST A FUNDAMENTAL 4814 03:12:03,790 --> 03:12:05,192 DISAGREEMENT WHAT IS OF CONCERN 4815 03:12:05,192 --> 03:12:07,194 BUT THERE'S GENERAL AGREEMENT 4816 03:12:07,194 --> 03:12:10,163 THAT CONCERN IS RAPIDLY EVOLVING 4817 03:12:10,163 --> 03:12:15,135 AS SCIENCE EVOLVES, IT'S HARD TO 4818 03:12:15,135 --> 03:12:16,503 WRITE RULES AROUND THAT. 4819 03:12:16,503 --> 03:12:19,506 WE KNOW SOME RISKS ARE EASIER TO 4820 03:12:19,506 --> 03:12:22,209 MANAGE THAN OTHERS. 4821 03:12:22,209 --> 03:12:24,111 WE HEARD ABOUT BIOSAFETY AND 4822 03:12:24,111 --> 03:12:25,378 PHYSICAL SECURITY, THINGS LIKE 4823 03:12:25,378 --> 03:12:25,812 THAT. 4824 03:12:25,812 --> 03:12:27,481 BUT MANAGING RISKS ASSOCIATED 4825 03:12:27,481 --> 03:12:28,682 WITH INFORMATION HAS PROVEN 4826 03:12:28,682 --> 03:12:30,317 REALLY CHALLENGING. 4827 03:12:30,317 --> 03:12:33,053 SHORT OF REDACTION, WHICH ISN'T 4828 03:12:33,053 --> 03:12:34,921 SIMPLE, I'M NOT SURE WHAT 4829 03:12:34,921 --> 03:12:37,757 EXACTLY A GREAT STRATEGY IS TO 4830 03:12:37,757 --> 03:12:38,525 MANAGE INFORMATION. 4831 03:12:38,525 --> 03:12:40,393 WE TALKED THIS MORNING ABOUT THE 4832 03:12:40,393 --> 03:12:42,929 SCOPE, I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL, 4833 03:12:42,929 --> 03:12:46,500 OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT NO MATTER 4834 03:12:46,500 --> 03:12:48,368 THE SCOPE, WHETHER LIST OR RISK 4835 03:12:48,368 --> 03:12:50,904 BASED, EACH WILL HAVE THEIR OWN 4836 03:12:50,904 --> 03:12:51,438 STRENGTHS, THEIR OWN 4837 03:12:51,438 --> 03:12:57,210 LIMITATIONS, NOUN WILL BE -- 4838 03:12:57,210 --> 03:12:59,946 BUT NONE WILL BE PERFECT. 4839 03:12:59,946 --> 03:13:04,451 I SUGGEST FOCUS ON HIGHEST, WITH 4840 03:13:04,451 --> 03:13:06,119 GENERAL AGREEMENT, AND POLICY 4841 03:13:06,119 --> 03:13:09,489 SHOULD INCLUDE SOME MECHANISM 4842 03:13:09,489 --> 03:13:10,390 FOR PERIODICALLY UPDATING THE 4843 03:13:10,390 --> 03:13:14,628 POLICY TO EXPAND OR LOOSEN 4844 03:13:14,628 --> 03:13:15,328 OVERSIGHT. 4845 03:13:15,328 --> 03:13:19,032 I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD POSITION 4846 03:13:19,032 --> 03:13:20,967 NOW, DISCUSSIONS HAVE GONE ON 4847 03:13:20,967 --> 03:13:24,471 FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW, AND THE 4848 03:13:24,471 --> 03:13:26,039 POLL IS ABOUT TEN YEARS OLD. 4849 03:13:26,039 --> 03:13:27,474 WE CAN LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE. 4850 03:13:27,474 --> 03:13:29,309 I ASSUME WE ARE. 4851 03:13:29,309 --> 03:13:32,879 I THINK THAT JUST HAVING THESE 4852 03:13:32,879 --> 03:13:33,947 STAKEHOLDER CONVERSATIONS IS 4853 03:13:33,947 --> 03:13:35,482 BENEFICIAL AND IMPORTANT. 4854 03:13:35,482 --> 03:13:37,250 HERE'S SOME QUESTIONS WE MIGHT 4855 03:13:37,250 --> 03:13:39,452 CONSIDER, ANYTIME WE WANT TO 4856 03:13:39,452 --> 03:13:40,153 REVISE THE POLICY. 4857 03:13:40,153 --> 03:13:41,721 HOW MUCH DURC HAVE WE IDENTIFIED 4858 03:13:41,721 --> 03:13:42,289 ALREADY? 4859 03:13:42,289 --> 03:13:44,024 UNDER THE TWO EXISTING POLICIES 4860 03:13:44,024 --> 03:13:45,892 WE KNOW WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME. 4861 03:13:45,892 --> 03:13:48,195 WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS HOW MUCH 4862 03:13:48,195 --> 03:13:49,196 WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND 4863 03:13:49,196 --> 03:13:51,064 SPECIFICALLY HOW CONCERNING 4864 03:13:51,064 --> 03:13:52,599 THOSE EXPERIMENTS ACTUALLY ARE. 4865 03:13:52,599 --> 03:13:55,435 IS THERE BROAD AGREEMENT THAT 4866 03:13:55,435 --> 03:13:56,203 WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED 4867 03:13:56,203 --> 03:13:58,171 CONSTITUTES DURC AND CONCERNING 4868 03:13:58,171 --> 03:14:01,241 ENOUGH THEY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL 4869 03:14:01,241 --> 03:14:01,508 OVERSIGHT? 4870 03:14:01,508 --> 03:14:03,043 MAYBE WE'RE IDENTIFYING THINGS 4871 03:14:03,043 --> 03:14:07,814 THAT AREN'T SO WORRISOME. 4872 03:14:07,814 --> 03:14:10,450 WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT RISK 4873 03:14:10,450 --> 03:14:12,319 MANAGEMENT PLANS AND SEE IF 4874 03:14:12,319 --> 03:14:13,186 WE'RE IDENTIFYING GOOD 4875 03:14:13,186 --> 03:14:15,355 STRATEGIES HOW TO MANAGE 4876 03:14:15,355 --> 03:14:20,627 ESPECIALLY INFORMATIONAL RISKS, 4877 03:14:20,627 --> 03:14:21,728 BUT ANY OTHER RISKS. 4878 03:14:21,728 --> 03:14:24,030 WE CAN SEE IF STUDIES WERE 4879 03:14:24,030 --> 03:14:24,864 IDENTIFIED AT DURC BUT DIDN'T 4880 03:14:24,864 --> 03:14:26,533 NEED TO BE COVERED BY THE 4881 03:14:26,533 --> 03:14:27,300 POLICY. 4882 03:14:27,300 --> 03:14:29,169 HOW WERE THEY HANDLED, IS THERE 4883 03:14:29,169 --> 03:14:31,571 AGREEMENT THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN 4884 03:14:31,571 --> 03:14:33,306 COVERED, IF FINE THEY FELL 4885 03:14:33,306 --> 03:14:35,742 OUTSIDE THE POLICY? 4886 03:14:35,742 --> 03:14:37,744 HOW WERE THEY MANAGED? 4887 03:14:37,744 --> 03:14:39,212 WERE THERE CONSEQUENCES TO 4888 03:14:39,212 --> 03:14:42,849 MANAGING AT DURC OR NOT AS DURC? 4889 03:14:42,849 --> 03:14:46,886 IN ADDITION WE SHOULD ASK 4890 03:14:46,886 --> 03:14:48,755 QUESTIONS ABOUT RESOURCING. 4891 03:14:48,755 --> 03:14:50,824 HOW MANY RESOURCES WERE DEVOTED 4892 03:14:50,824 --> 03:14:52,826 BY FEDERAL FUNDING AGENCIES AND 4893 03:14:52,826 --> 03:14:54,227 INSTITUTIONS TO IDENTIFY AND 4894 03:14:54,227 --> 03:14:55,395 MANAGE DURC? 4895 03:14:55,395 --> 03:14:56,529 WAS THAT COMMENSURATE WITH 4896 03:14:56,529 --> 03:14:57,297 RISKS? 4897 03:14:57,297 --> 03:14:59,699 WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT SOME 4898 03:14:59,699 --> 03:15:02,102 OPPORTUNITY COSTS, WHAT POLICY 4899 03:15:02,102 --> 03:15:04,070 OR COMPLIANCE OBLIGATION OR 4900 03:15:04,070 --> 03:15:05,839 RESEARCH INTEGRITY EFFORT DID WE 4901 03:15:05,839 --> 03:15:13,313 DEPRIORITIZE TO FOCUS ON DURC? 4902 03:15:13,313 --> 03:15:18,985 I THINK WE CAN LOOK TO THE 4903 03:15:18,985 --> 03:15:19,753 ENHANCEED PATHOGENS WITH 4904 03:15:19,753 --> 03:15:21,855 PANDEMIC POTENTIAL FRAMEWORK. 4905 03:15:21,855 --> 03:15:24,557 I'M BIASED, I MADE A ROLE IN THE 4906 03:15:24,557 --> 03:15:25,458 DELIBERATIONS, HELPING TO 4907 03:15:25,458 --> 03:15:27,093 DEVELOP THAT POLICY BUT IT'S A 4908 03:15:27,093 --> 03:15:29,029 SOLID STARTING POINT FOR A 4909 03:15:29,029 --> 03:15:34,067 NUMBER OF REASONS. 4910 03:15:34,067 --> 03:15:35,735 FIRST, IT'S AN INSTANCE WITH 4911 03:15:35,735 --> 03:15:36,269 GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT 4912 03:15:36,269 --> 03:15:38,705 SOMETHING, THESE TYPES OF 4913 03:15:38,705 --> 03:15:39,572 STUFFEDDIES CONSTITUTE DEREK. 4914 03:15:39,572 --> 03:15:44,477 A -- THAT CONSTITUTE DURC. 4915 03:15:44,477 --> 03:15:46,346 IT STARTS WITH THE FEDERAL LEVEL 4916 03:15:46,346 --> 03:15:47,981 IDENTIFICATION OF DURC AT THE 4917 03:15:47,981 --> 03:15:49,015 TIME OF FUNDING. 4918 03:15:49,015 --> 03:15:52,485 THIS IS IMPORTANT. 4919 03:15:52,485 --> 03:15:54,688 AND THEN IT LEVERAGES EXPERTISE 4920 03:15:54,688 --> 03:15:56,890 WE HAVE AMONG FEDERAL AGENCIES 4921 03:15:56,890 --> 03:15:58,258 AND ACCESS TO SCIENTIFIC 4922 03:15:58,258 --> 03:16:00,927 EXPERTISE, TO MAKE GOOD FUNDING 4923 03:16:00,927 --> 03:16:03,330 DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO 4924 03:16:03,330 --> 03:16:05,532 PURSUE AND FUND MOVING FORWARD. 4925 03:16:05,532 --> 03:16:08,468 IT THEN MOVES TO A PARTNERSHIP 4926 03:16:08,468 --> 03:16:10,537 APPROACH AND ONGOING OVERSIGHT 4927 03:16:10,537 --> 03:16:11,771 WITH RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS. 4928 03:16:11,771 --> 03:16:13,606 THIS ISN'T PERFECT BUT I THINK 4929 03:16:13,606 --> 03:16:17,877 THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK IS A GOOD 4930 03:16:17,877 --> 03:16:18,878 PLACE TO PART. 4931 03:16:18,878 --> 03:16:21,815 I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT FRAMEWORK 4932 03:16:21,815 --> 03:16:23,550 IS BEING REVISITED. 4933 03:16:23,550 --> 03:16:27,320 I WOULD JUST REMIND US THAT DURC 4934 03:16:27,320 --> 03:16:29,622 OVERSIGHT IS RELATED TO COME OF 4935 03:16:29,622 --> 03:16:30,490 COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS AND 4936 03:16:30,490 --> 03:16:31,791 OBLIGATIONS AND SHOULD BE 4937 03:16:31,791 --> 03:16:34,661 CONSIDERED WITHIN THAT CONTEXT 4938 03:16:34,661 --> 03:16:36,830 OF PRIORITIZED. 4939 03:16:36,830 --> 03:16:38,164 IT'S NOT EXACTLY TRUE THAT 4940 03:16:38,164 --> 03:16:39,466 ANYTIME THERE'S A POLICY CHANGE 4941 03:16:39,466 --> 03:16:42,102 WE'LL SEE DO WE FOCUS ON DURC OR 4942 03:16:42,102 --> 03:16:45,305 ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR FOCUS 4943 03:16:45,305 --> 03:16:47,540 ON REPORTING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT? 4944 03:16:47,540 --> 03:16:49,109 TO SOME DEGREE THERE'S SOME 4945 03:16:49,109 --> 03:16:49,476 TRUTH. 4946 03:16:49,476 --> 03:16:52,812 WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE WHERE WE 4947 03:16:52,812 --> 03:16:54,447 CAN DEVOTE RESOURCES. 4948 03:16:54,447 --> 03:16:57,417 THE MORE WE CAN BUILD DURC INTO 4949 03:16:57,417 --> 03:16:58,385 EXISTING FRAMEWORKS LIKE 4950 03:16:58,385 --> 03:17:00,687 BIOSAFETY WHICH WE'VE HEARD 4951 03:17:00,687 --> 03:17:02,122 ABOUT, THE BETTER. 4952 03:17:02,122 --> 03:17:04,624 I THINK EXPORT CONTROLS MAY BE 4953 03:17:04,624 --> 03:17:06,493 AN IMPERFECT MODEL BUT IT'S ONE 4954 03:17:06,493 --> 03:17:08,128 TO THINK ABOUT. 4955 03:17:08,128 --> 03:17:13,400 UNDER THIS PARADIGM WE MIGHT 4956 03:17:13,400 --> 03:17:15,235 THINK ABOUT DURC BEING A 4957 03:17:15,235 --> 03:17:16,569 CONTROLLED EXPORT. 4958 03:17:16,569 --> 03:17:18,738 HERE WE HAVE INSTITUTIONAL 4959 03:17:18,738 --> 03:17:20,173 EXPORT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS 4960 03:17:20,173 --> 03:17:23,576 HANDLING DURC, IN PRACTICE YOUR 4961 03:17:23,576 --> 03:17:26,079 EXPERT CONTROL OFFICER COULD 4962 03:17:26,079 --> 03:17:28,415 EDUCATE WHAT DURC IS, POLICY 4963 03:17:28,415 --> 03:17:30,116 REQUIREMENTS, AND INVESTIGATORS 4964 03:17:30,116 --> 03:17:34,621 WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 4965 03:17:34,621 --> 03:17:35,555 IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL DURC, 4966 03:17:35,555 --> 03:17:37,424 SEEKING ADVICE AND PURSUING A 4967 03:17:37,424 --> 03:17:38,725 LICENSE OR DEVELOP A TECHNOLOGY 4968 03:17:38,725 --> 03:17:42,796 CONTROL PLAN, WHATEVER MIGHT BE 4969 03:17:42,796 --> 03:17:43,029 NEEDED. 4970 03:17:43,029 --> 03:17:46,499 THIS ISN'T PERFECT BUT LEVERAGES 4971 03:17:46,499 --> 03:17:48,134 COMPLIANCE PARADIGMS THAT ARE 4972 03:17:48,134 --> 03:17:50,570 ALREADY INVOLVED IN CONTROLLING 4973 03:17:50,570 --> 03:17:53,440 THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND 4974 03:17:53,440 --> 03:17:54,207 TECHNOLOGY. 4975 03:17:54,207 --> 03:17:56,142 WORKS IN A PARADIGM THAT'S 4976 03:17:56,142 --> 03:17:57,043 NATIONAL SECURITY FOCUSED, 4977 03:17:57,043 --> 03:18:00,647 MARRYING WHAT WE THINK ABOUT 4978 03:18:00,647 --> 03:18:02,482 WITH DURC, A HEAVY LIFT THAT 4979 03:18:02,482 --> 03:18:05,985 WOULD REQUIRE THE GOVERNMENT TO 4980 03:18:05,985 --> 03:18:09,823 BUILD DURC, REQUIRE CLEAR AND 4981 03:18:09,823 --> 03:18:10,957 SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS AND 4982 03:18:10,957 --> 03:18:12,125 DELINEATIONS, LICENSE 4983 03:18:12,125 --> 03:18:17,030 REQUIREMENTS,ING AND THAT WOULD 4984 03:18:17,030 --> 03:18:19,899 ADD A LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY A 4985 03:18:19,899 --> 03:18:22,402 LISTED BASED APPROACH RATHER 4986 03:18:22,402 --> 03:18:26,172 THAN AWAY FROM IT, PLAUSIBLE BUT 4987 03:18:26,172 --> 03:18:27,240 MAYBE NOT PREFERRED. 4988 03:18:27,240 --> 03:18:32,145 I'LL END WITH A LAST EXAMPLE OF 4989 03:18:32,145 --> 03:18:33,279 RESEARCH MISCONDUCT AND WHAT I 4990 03:18:33,279 --> 03:18:36,416 THINK MUCH AS VALUE OF OUTREACH 4991 03:18:36,416 --> 03:18:37,350 AND EDUCATION. 4992 03:18:37,350 --> 03:18:38,751 THERE COULD BE PARALLELS AND 4993 03:18:38,751 --> 03:18:40,086 LESSONS FOR DURC. 4994 03:18:40,086 --> 03:18:41,788 AS WE ALL KNOW RESEARCH 4995 03:18:41,788 --> 03:18:43,156 INSTITUTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO 4996 03:18:43,156 --> 03:18:46,659 RESPOND TO ALLEGATIONS OF 4997 03:18:46,659 --> 03:18:49,329 RESEARCH MISCONDUCT, NARROWLY 4998 03:18:49,329 --> 03:18:54,734 DEFINED AS FABRICATION, 4999 03:18:54,734 --> 03:18:55,301 FALSIFICATION, PLAGIARISM, 5000 03:18:55,301 --> 03:19:03,009 SETTING DISCREET TIMELINES, 5001 03:19:03,009 --> 03:19:04,377 RECORDS, DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL. 5002 03:19:04,377 --> 03:19:06,379 FORM A COMMITTEE, ENTER VIEWERS 5003 03:19:06,379 --> 03:19:07,914 WITH WITNESSES AND RESPONDENTS, 5004 03:19:07,914 --> 03:19:10,717 THERE'S FINDINGS AND 5005 03:19:10,717 --> 03:19:11,084 RECOMMENDATIONS. 5006 03:19:11,084 --> 03:19:14,687 IT'S A RESOUR INTENSES PROCESS, 5007 03:19:14,687 --> 03:19:18,725 AND HERE AT OSU, PRIORITIZED 5008 03:19:18,725 --> 03:19:20,460 OVER ALL ACTIVITIES. 5009 03:19:20,460 --> 03:19:22,328 OTHER ACTIVITIES ARE NOT 5010 03:19:22,328 --> 03:19:23,229 UNIMPORTANT. 5011 03:19:23,229 --> 03:19:25,365 IT INVOLVES DEVELOPING POLICIES, 5012 03:19:25,365 --> 03:19:27,567 PROCESSES, SHE HAS RESEARCH 5013 03:19:27,567 --> 03:19:28,535 INITIATIVES TO ROLL OUT. 5014 03:19:28,535 --> 03:19:31,638 SHE HAS A LOT OF OUTREACH AND 5015 03:19:31,638 --> 03:19:33,540 EDUCATION SHE WOULD DO INCLUDING 5016 03:19:33,540 --> 03:19:35,708 AUTHORSHIP GUIDANCE, ONE OF THE 5017 03:19:35,708 --> 03:19:37,210 MOST COMMON THINGS, AND DEVELOP 5018 03:19:37,210 --> 03:19:39,612 GUIDANCE FOR FACULTY ON HOW THEY 5019 03:19:39,612 --> 03:19:45,885 ENTER A LAB, LEAVE A LAB WHICH 5020 03:19:45,885 --> 03:19:48,922 MIGHT INCLUDE DISPOSES EVER 5021 03:19:48,922 --> 03:19:50,490 CHEMICALS. 5022 03:19:50,490 --> 03:19:54,627 SHE TALKED ABOUT AVOIDING 5023 03:19:54,627 --> 03:19:57,130 DETRIMENTAL PRACTICES, TRAINING, 5024 03:19:57,130 --> 03:20:00,199 ALL THE CONSULTATIONS NEED TO BE 5025 03:20:00,199 --> 03:20:07,240 PUT ON PAUSE DURING MISCONDUCT 5026 03:20:07,240 --> 03:20:07,707 INVESTIGATION. 5027 03:20:07,707 --> 03:20:11,377 WHEN WE DO MORE OUTREACH WE GET 5028 03:20:11,377 --> 03:20:12,478 MORE CONSULTATIONS. 5029 03:20:12,478 --> 03:20:19,152 WE GIVE MORE ADVICE, MORE 5030 03:20:19,152 --> 03:20:23,456 GUIDANCE AND OFFER MORE ADVICE 5031 03:20:23,456 --> 03:20:24,190 AND GUIDANCE ABOUT RESPONSIBLE 5032 03:20:24,190 --> 03:20:24,891 RESEARCH. 5033 03:20:24,891 --> 03:20:27,794 A LESS OWN IS NOT THAT WE SHOULD 5034 03:20:27,794 --> 03:20:29,429 STOP DOING RESEARCH MISCONDUCT 5035 03:20:29,429 --> 03:20:29,796 INVESTIGATIONS. 5036 03:20:29,796 --> 03:20:32,165 IT'S JUST TO SAY THE PRO-ACTIVE 5037 03:20:32,165 --> 03:20:35,768 OUTREACH THAT WE CAN DO ALSO HAS 5038 03:20:35,768 --> 03:20:37,203 A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE IMPACT ON 5039 03:20:37,203 --> 03:20:38,304 RESEARCH INTEGRITY, IN MY 5040 03:20:38,304 --> 03:20:40,173 OPINION I THINK IT MIGHT BE MORE 5041 03:20:40,173 --> 03:20:42,575 TO BUILD THAT CULTURE OF 5042 03:20:42,575 --> 03:20:46,312 RESPONSIBILITY AMONG FACULTY AND 5043 03:20:46,312 --> 03:20:49,449 OPPORTUNITIES THAN FOCUSING 5044 03:20:49,449 --> 03:20:52,885 NARROWLY ON INVESTIGATION OF 5045 03:20:52,885 --> 03:20:53,353 PLAGIARISM. 5046 03:20:53,353 --> 03:20:56,389 ONLY ONE CAN BE DONE AT A TIME. 5047 03:20:56,389 --> 03:20:58,391 ONE PATH THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER 5048 03:20:58,391 --> 03:21:01,828 FOR DURC OVERSIGHT, WHAT I CALL 5049 03:21:01,828 --> 03:21:08,201 OUTREACH HEAVY AND POLICY LIGHT. 5050 03:21:08,201 --> 03:21:11,270 WE PRIORITIZED THE WAY DAVID 5051 03:21:11,270 --> 03:21:13,139 SUGGESTED WITHIN INSTITUTIONS 5052 03:21:13,139 --> 03:21:14,440 AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES, 5053 03:21:14,440 --> 03:21:17,510 FOCUSED ON BUILDING CULTURE OF 5054 03:21:17,510 --> 03:21:18,111 RESPONSIBILITY. 5055 03:21:18,111 --> 03:21:19,379 OUTREACH MIGHT INCLUDE POLICY 5056 03:21:19,379 --> 03:21:20,480 REQUIREMENTS, SHOULD GROW BEYOND 5057 03:21:20,480 --> 03:21:23,416 THAT AND BE MORE FORWARD LOOKING 5058 03:21:23,416 --> 03:21:24,417 AND INCLUDE OPEN-ENDED 5059 03:21:24,417 --> 03:21:26,386 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DUAL USE 5060 03:21:26,386 --> 03:21:29,222 RESEARCH AND ETHICAL ISSUES 5061 03:21:29,222 --> 03:21:30,089 ASSOCIATED WITH EMERGING 5062 03:21:30,089 --> 03:21:30,890 TECHNOLOGIES. 5063 03:21:30,890 --> 03:21:32,191 I WAS REMINDED THIS MORNING OF 5064 03:21:32,191 --> 03:21:37,430 OLD WORK ON CODES OF CONDUCT AND 5065 03:21:37,430 --> 03:21:38,631 DREW'S CONDUCT, IMWONDERED IF 5066 03:21:38,631 --> 03:21:41,267 DREW AND I WERE TO GET TOGETHER 5067 03:21:41,267 --> 03:21:43,136 WITH DEFACULTY FROM OUR 5068 03:21:43,136 --> 03:21:45,004 INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOP BIOCODE 5069 03:21:45,004 --> 03:21:49,142 OR CODE OF CONDUCT THAT MIGHT GO 5070 03:21:49,142 --> 03:21:51,044 FARTHER IN PROMOTING -- BUILDING 5071 03:21:51,044 --> 03:21:53,446 A CULTURE OF RESPONSIBILITY, 5072 03:21:53,446 --> 03:21:54,313 PROMOTING RESEARCH INTEGRITY 5073 03:21:54,313 --> 03:21:56,516 THAN ANY POLICY COULD DO. 5074 03:21:56,516 --> 03:22:05,925 UNDER THIS APPROACH WE WOULD WE 5075 03:22:05,925 --> 03:22:11,597 RELY ON CONTROLS, NOT PERFECT 5076 03:22:11,597 --> 03:22:14,734 BUT MANAGING RISK. 5077 03:22:14,734 --> 03:22:17,136 WE WOULD FOCUS PRESCRIPTIVE ON 5078 03:22:17,136 --> 03:22:20,440 HIGHEST PRIORITY AREAS, PPE OR 5079 03:22:20,440 --> 03:22:22,408 SOME OTHER SET, TO INFORM 5080 03:22:22,408 --> 03:22:23,943 FUNDING DECISIONS AND HAVE A 5081 03:22:23,943 --> 03:22:26,913 PARTNERSHIP WITH INSTITUTIONS AS 5082 03:22:26,913 --> 03:22:27,880 WE MOVE FORWARD. 5083 03:22:27,880 --> 03:22:33,686 I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AND 5084 03:22:33,686 --> 03:22:34,821 ACKNOWLEDGE THE OPINIONS WERE 5085 03:22:34,821 --> 03:22:37,657 MINE BUT I APPRECIATE THE FOLKS 5086 03:22:37,657 --> 03:22:39,192 WHO HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT MARTERS 5087 03:22:39,192 --> 03:22:41,594 IN WITH ME ON THIS TO HELP SHAPE 5088 03:22:41,594 --> 03:22:43,930 THE WAY I THINK ABOUT IT. 5089 03:22:43,930 --> 03:22:46,866 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHRIS. 5090 03:22:46,866 --> 03:22:48,634 I RESEARCH MY QUESTIONS FOR THE 5091 03:22:48,634 --> 03:22:49,202 GROUP. 5092 03:22:49,202 --> 03:22:49,635 THERE'S A LOT. 5093 03:22:49,635 --> 03:22:50,903 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 5094 03:22:50,903 --> 03:22:55,975 AND THEN I'D LOVE TO TURN IT 5095 03:22:55,975 --> 03:23:03,282 OVER TO DR. KUZMA. 5096 03:23:03,282 --> 03:23:04,884 THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 5097 03:23:04,884 --> 03:23:05,418 >> GREAT. 5098 03:23:05,418 --> 03:23:07,086 THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME. 5099 03:23:07,086 --> 03:23:11,224 I'M GOING TO TITLE MY TALK 5100 03:23:11,224 --> 03:23:12,625 "POINTS TO CONSIDER" BECAUSE 5101 03:23:12,625 --> 03:23:13,860 THIS AREA IS SOMETHING THAT I 5102 03:23:13,860 --> 03:23:16,028 USED TO BE A BIT MORE INVOLVED 5103 03:23:16,028 --> 03:23:18,865 IN BUT HAVE RECENTLY TURNED MORE 5104 03:23:18,865 --> 03:23:20,399 TO BIOSAFETY AND GENETIC 5105 03:23:20,399 --> 03:23:23,269 ENGINEERING THAN BIOSECURITY. 5106 03:23:23,269 --> 03:23:28,040 AND IN PARTICULAR, BIOSAFETY AND 5107 03:23:28,040 --> 03:23:33,346 BY AGRICULTURE, IN OF THE 5108 03:23:33,346 --> 03:23:34,881 ECOLOGICAL SETTINGS. 5109 03:23:34,881 --> 03:23:36,949 I WORKED ON RISK ASSESSMENT IN 5110 03:23:36,949 --> 03:23:39,585 FOOD BORNE PART GENERALS AND WAS 5111 03:23:39,585 --> 03:23:43,456 A STUDY DIRECTOR BACK IN 1998 5112 03:23:43,456 --> 03:23:46,159 THROUGH 2002 FOR BIOTERRORISM 5113 03:23:46,159 --> 03:23:47,693 AND BIOSECURITY AT THE NATIONAL 5114 03:23:47,693 --> 03:23:48,961 ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES INVOLVED 5115 03:23:48,961 --> 03:23:52,498 IN BEING DIRECTOR OF A REPORT ON 5116 03:23:52,498 --> 03:23:53,032 COUNTERING AGRICULTURE 5117 03:23:53,032 --> 03:23:55,168 BIOTERRORISM AND SAT IN ON SOME 5118 03:23:55,168 --> 03:23:56,803 THINK COMMITTEE MEETINGS WHERE 5119 03:23:56,803 --> 03:23:59,872 THEY WERE DEVELOPING THE 5120 03:23:59,872 --> 03:24:06,112 EXPERIMENTS OF CONCERN. 5121 03:24:06,112 --> 03:24:10,817 BUT RECENTLY MORE ON BIOSAFETY 5122 03:24:10,817 --> 03:24:12,985 GENERALLY IN AGRICULTURE AND 5123 03:24:12,985 --> 03:24:14,654 ECOLOGICAL SETTINGS, I WANT TO 5124 03:24:14,654 --> 03:24:17,523 PREFACE MY REMARKS WITH THAT. 5125 03:24:17,523 --> 03:24:18,958 I DO TEACH POLICY ANALYSIS. 5126 03:24:18,958 --> 03:24:23,529 FIRST SET OF COMMENTS IS ON 5127 03:24:23,529 --> 03:24:26,666 POLICY ANALYSIS. 5128 03:24:26,666 --> 03:24:28,034 IN POLICY ANALYSIS THERE ARE 5129 03:24:28,034 --> 03:24:29,602 MORE INFORMAL OR MORE FORMAL 5130 03:24:29,602 --> 03:24:30,603 WAYS TO DO IT. 5131 03:24:30,603 --> 03:24:32,171 MY FIRST POINT WOULD BE I'D LIKE 5132 03:24:32,171 --> 03:24:35,474 TO SEE A MORE FORMAL POLICY 5133 03:24:35,474 --> 03:24:39,612 ANALYSIS OF THE DURC POLICIES 5134 03:24:39,612 --> 03:24:45,418 FROM 2012 TO PRESENT, SOME 5135 03:24:45,418 --> 03:24:47,386 MENTIONED IT BEFORE BUT WE COME 5136 03:24:47,386 --> 03:24:49,422 UP WITH MULTIPLE CRITERIA. 5137 03:24:49,422 --> 03:24:50,890 THIS IS PLAN DATED. 5138 03:24:50,890 --> 03:24:53,526 THERE WAS AN INITIAL AUDIT-TYPE 5139 03:24:53,526 --> 03:24:55,261 ANALYSIS OR SCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS 5140 03:24:55,261 --> 03:24:58,030 THAT WAS CODIFIED IN POLICIES IN 5141 03:24:58,030 --> 03:24:59,131 2012. 5142 03:24:59,131 --> 03:25:00,433 I'M WONDERING WHAT THE RESULTS 5143 03:25:00,433 --> 03:25:02,201 HAVE BEEN OF THOSE AND WHETHER 5144 03:25:02,201 --> 03:25:04,303 OR NOT THERE'S AVAILABLE DATA ON 5145 03:25:04,303 --> 03:25:04,570 THAT. 5146 03:25:04,570 --> 03:25:07,139 AND SO IT WOULD BE INTERESTING 5147 03:25:07,139 --> 03:25:09,642 TO SEE THE DESCRIPTIVE. 5148 03:25:09,642 --> 03:25:12,912 SEEING CALLS IN THE 2014 AND 15 5149 03:25:12,912 --> 03:25:16,616 POLICY FOR PERIODIC EVALUATION 5150 03:25:16,616 --> 03:25:18,818 OF THE DEREK. 5151 03:25:18,818 --> 03:25:20,152 SO OF COURSE IN EVALUATING 5152 03:25:20,152 --> 03:25:23,856 POLICIES YOU HAVE TO STRIKE A 5153 03:25:23,856 --> 03:25:25,958 BALANCE BETWEEN BIOSECURITY AND 5154 03:25:25,958 --> 03:25:26,492 OPENNESS. 5155 03:25:26,492 --> 03:25:29,562 I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE PUBLIC 5156 03:25:29,562 --> 03:25:29,996 TRANSPARENCY. 5157 03:25:29,996 --> 03:25:34,667 IN FACT WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT 5158 03:25:34,667 --> 03:25:36,335 DERIVING YOUR EVALUATION 5159 03:25:36,335 --> 03:25:38,337 CRITERIA IN THE PRESENCE OF 5160 03:25:38,337 --> 03:25:39,605 PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER 5161 03:25:39,605 --> 03:25:39,906 ENGAGEMENT. 5162 03:25:39,906 --> 03:25:42,241 I DON'T SEE HOW THAT WOULD RISK 5163 03:25:42,241 --> 03:25:45,411 BIOSECURITY IF YOU HAD A VERY 5164 03:25:45,411 --> 03:25:46,779 INFORMED PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER 5165 03:25:46,779 --> 03:25:48,681 MORE FORMAL APPROACH TO SETTING 5166 03:25:48,681 --> 03:25:53,853 A SET OF EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR 5167 03:25:53,853 --> 03:25:54,520 DURC POLICIES. 5168 03:25:54,520 --> 03:25:56,689 THIS MEETING IS PART OF THAT 5169 03:25:56,689 --> 03:25:57,990 EVALUATION, NSABB IS DOING THAT 5170 03:25:57,990 --> 03:26:03,129 BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE A MORE 5171 03:26:03,129 --> 03:26:03,663 TRANSPARENT AROUND PUBLIC 5172 03:26:03,663 --> 03:26:06,198 ENGAGED PROCESS TO MORE FORMAL 5173 03:26:06,198 --> 03:26:07,533 POLICY ANALYSIS. 5174 03:26:07,533 --> 03:26:11,437 IN LOOKING AT CRITERIA, TIMES OF 5175 03:26:11,437 --> 03:26:17,476 COMPLIANCE, ESTIMATION OF RISK, 5176 03:26:17,476 --> 03:26:18,778 COST, TRANSPARENCY, MULTIPLE 5177 03:26:18,778 --> 03:26:19,879 ETHICAL CRITERIA AS WELL, THAT 5178 03:26:19,879 --> 03:26:23,816 WAS GOING TO BE MY FIRST POINT. 5179 03:26:23,816 --> 03:26:29,055 I'LL MOVE TO THE SECOND, THAT 5180 03:26:29,055 --> 03:26:31,123 COMMENTS FROM A RISK SCIENCE 5181 03:26:31,123 --> 03:26:31,691 PERSPECTIVE. 5182 03:26:31,691 --> 03:26:35,061 ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF GOING 5183 03:26:35,061 --> 03:26:36,395 LAST, PEOPLE SAID EVERYTHING 5184 03:26:36,395 --> 03:26:36,729 ALREADY. 5185 03:26:36,729 --> 03:26:47,206 THIS IS A LITTLE REDUNDANT. 5186 03:26:47,440 --> 03:26:50,743 SELECT AGENTS AND SEVEN 5187 03:26:50,743 --> 03:26:51,944 EXPERIMENTS OF CONCERN, I THINK 5188 03:26:51,944 --> 03:26:54,146 MORE FOCUS IN LIGHT OF THE PACE 5189 03:26:54,146 --> 03:26:55,181 OF MODERN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND 5190 03:26:55,181 --> 03:26:58,184 THINGS WE'RE ABLE TO DO NOW ON 5191 03:26:58,184 --> 03:26:59,285 THE SEVEN EXPERIMENTS OF CONCERN 5192 03:26:59,285 --> 03:27:01,921 WOULD BE PERHAPS A BETTER 5193 03:27:01,921 --> 03:27:04,290 APPROACH THAN THE SELECT AGENTS 5194 03:27:04,290 --> 03:27:06,826 AND SEVEN EXPERIMENTS OF 5195 03:27:06,826 --> 03:27:08,361 CONCERN. 5196 03:27:08,361 --> 03:27:16,235 MAYBE IT'S AS SIMPLE OF CHANGING 5197 03:27:16,235 --> 03:27:18,104 AND TO OR. 5198 03:27:18,104 --> 03:27:20,139 I'M DONE A LOT IN MY CENTER AT 5199 03:27:20,139 --> 03:27:23,275 N.C. STATE, A LOT OF WORK ON 5200 03:27:23,275 --> 03:27:28,414 GENE DRIVES, IN PARTICULAR FOR 5201 03:27:28,414 --> 03:27:30,182 POPULATION EXPRESSION OR TO 5202 03:27:30,182 --> 03:27:32,685 BETTER COMBAT OR IMMUNIZE. 5203 03:27:32,685 --> 03:27:37,490 THESE HAVE POTENTIAL FOR MISCUES 5204 03:27:37,490 --> 03:27:39,658 ON SECURITY, BIOSAFETY, OTHERS 5205 03:27:39,658 --> 03:27:40,593 MENTIONED SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY, 5206 03:27:40,593 --> 03:27:42,495 WHAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN 5207 03:27:42,495 --> 03:27:45,031 MENTIONED BEFORE IS THESE WHAT I 5208 03:27:45,031 --> 03:27:47,767 CALL IN SITU GENE EDITING 5209 03:27:47,767 --> 03:27:49,969 AGENTS, MIGHT NOT BE A LIVING 5210 03:27:49,969 --> 03:27:51,704 THING YOU MIGHT NEED TO WORRY 5211 03:27:51,704 --> 03:27:56,642 ABOUT BUT A DELIVERY PARTICLE 5212 03:27:56,642 --> 03:27:59,879 FOR GENE EDITING MACHINERY OR 5213 03:27:59,879 --> 03:28:02,515 INSECTS DELIVERING GENE EDITING 5214 03:28:02,515 --> 03:28:05,484 OR PHAGES INTO HUMAN AND NATURAL 5215 03:28:05,484 --> 03:28:07,987 ECOSYSTEMS TO DRIVE GENES INTO 5216 03:28:07,987 --> 03:28:15,428 POPULATION AND DRIVE THEM INTO 5217 03:28:15,428 --> 03:28:16,629 EXTINCTION. 5218 03:28:16,629 --> 03:28:18,931 ANOTHER SET OF HAZARDS, WHITE 5219 03:28:18,931 --> 03:28:26,605 NOSE SYNDROME IN BATS IS THE 5220 03:28:26,605 --> 03:28:30,543 WORST WILDLIFE DISEASE IN MODERN 5221 03:28:30,543 --> 03:28:30,776 TIMES. 5222 03:28:30,776 --> 03:28:34,480 AND THEN OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED 5223 03:28:34,480 --> 03:28:35,781 ZOONOTIC AND ANIMAL HAZARDS NOT 5224 03:28:35,781 --> 03:28:40,820 ON THE LIST, THINGS I USED TO 5225 03:28:40,820 --> 03:28:45,624 WORKO E. COLI, SOYBEAN RUST, 5226 03:28:45,624 --> 03:28:48,928 SALMONELLA, AND PRIVATE SECTOR 5227 03:28:48,928 --> 03:28:49,462 AND NON-FEDERALLY FUNDED 5228 03:28:49,462 --> 03:28:50,696 INSTITUTIONS, THOSE WERE SOME 5229 03:28:50,696 --> 03:28:53,199 THINGS I THOUGHT TAKING A LOOK 5230 03:28:53,199 --> 03:28:57,670 AT THE POLL POLICIES ON RISK 5231 03:28:57,670 --> 03:28:58,471 COVERAGE SIDE. 5232 03:28:58,471 --> 03:29:02,374 YOU HAVE A BALANCE BETWEEN 5233 03:29:02,374 --> 03:29:04,243 OVERAND UNDERCOVERAGE, AND I 5234 03:29:04,243 --> 03:29:06,445 THINK I COVERED THIS, I THINK 5235 03:29:06,445 --> 03:29:09,281 THIS GROUP KNOWS WHAT A GENE 5236 03:29:09,281 --> 03:29:11,016 DRIVE IS, BUT IT'S BEING APPLIED 5237 03:29:11,016 --> 03:29:18,991 TO ALL KINDS OF APPLICATIONS. 5238 03:29:18,991 --> 03:29:23,596 IT COULD BE A MOUSE, A MOSQUITO 5239 03:29:23,596 --> 03:29:24,330 OR PLANT. 5240 03:29:24,330 --> 03:29:26,332 WHAT HASN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT AS 5241 03:29:26,332 --> 03:29:33,372 MUCH, THE THIRD PERSPECTIVE. 5242 03:29:33,372 --> 03:29:35,207 I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE LAB FOR 25 5243 03:29:35,207 --> 03:29:38,410 YEARS, I'VE BEEN A SOCIAL 5244 03:29:38,410 --> 03:29:39,411 SCIENTIST AND RISK GOVERNANCE 5245 03:29:39,411 --> 03:29:40,446 SCHOLAR IN THE INTERIM. 5246 03:29:40,446 --> 03:29:42,748 I ASK IN THE BOTH SAFETY REALM 5247 03:29:42,748 --> 03:29:45,718 THAT I'LL POSE TO THIS GROUP 5248 03:29:45,718 --> 03:29:50,189 ABOUT HOW ARE RISKS ANALYZED BY 5249 03:29:50,189 --> 03:29:50,756 INSTITUTIONS. 5250 03:29:50,756 --> 03:29:56,562 IN PARTICULAR MISUSE OR 5251 03:29:56,562 --> 03:29:57,763 UNINTENTIONAL LEASE INVOLVES 5252 03:29:57,763 --> 03:30:03,602 SOCIAL AND CULT RAIL FACTORS BUT 5253 03:30:03,602 --> 03:30:06,172 I'VE SEEN MORE WEIGHTED. 5254 03:30:06,172 --> 03:30:09,642 THAT CAN POSE CONFLICTS OF 5255 03:30:09,642 --> 03:30:11,110 INTEREST, POSE SUBCONSCIOUS BY 5256 03:30:11,110 --> 03:30:11,577 AS. 5257 03:30:11,577 --> 03:30:13,179 WE ALL HAVE BIASES. 5258 03:30:13,179 --> 03:30:16,248 HOW DO WE REMEDY FOR THIS? 5259 03:30:16,248 --> 03:30:19,418 I THINK BROADENING THESE GROUPS 5260 03:30:19,418 --> 03:30:23,956 CAN INCLUDE SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, 5261 03:30:23,956 --> 03:30:33,666 BEHAVIORAL, SOCIOLOGIST EARNINGS 5262 03:30:33,666 --> 03:30:33,999 ANTHROPOLOGY. 5263 03:30:33,999 --> 03:30:35,834 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SCIENCE. 5264 03:30:35,834 --> 03:30:39,438 I HAVE SLIDES I CAN'T SHOW. 5265 03:30:39,438 --> 03:30:43,943 CHOICE OF THE ENDPOINTS WE CARE 5266 03:30:43,943 --> 03:30:46,145 ABOUT, PERCEPTION OF RISK, 5267 03:30:46,145 --> 03:30:48,080 INTERPRETATION OF UNCERTAINTY, 5268 03:30:48,080 --> 03:30:50,049 EVEN SCIENTISTS HAVE COGNITIVE 5269 03:30:50,049 --> 03:30:51,750 WAYS THAT THEY BRING THEIR 5270 03:30:51,750 --> 03:30:58,357 VALUES TO PLAY IN INTERPRETING 5271 03:30:58,357 --> 03:30:58,557 RISK. 5272 03:30:58,557 --> 03:31:02,328 THAT'S THE MORE SOCIAL SCIENCE. 5273 03:31:02,328 --> 03:31:03,729 RISK ANALYSIS IN ME SAYS THERE'S 5274 03:31:03,729 --> 03:31:07,666 A LOT OF METHODS FOR ANALYZING 5275 03:31:07,666 --> 03:31:08,033 RISK. 5276 03:31:08,033 --> 03:31:11,737 CAN WE IN SOME CASES REPLACE A 5277 03:31:11,737 --> 03:31:13,772 CHECKLIST APPROACH TO MORE -- 5278 03:31:13,772 --> 03:31:15,007 WHEN IT'S WARRANTED, NOT PERHAPS 5279 03:31:15,007 --> 03:31:17,076 FOR EVERY CASE BUT WHEN 5280 03:31:17,076 --> 03:31:24,750 WARRANTED FOR MORE INTENSIVE 5281 03:31:24,750 --> 03:31:25,217 METHODS. 5282 03:31:25,217 --> 03:31:28,520 HOW TO MITIGATE PUBLIC MISTRUST 5283 03:31:28,520 --> 03:31:30,022 AND IMPROVE LEGITIMACY, BY 5284 03:31:30,022 --> 03:31:32,658 OPENING UP THE PROCESS WHILE 5285 03:31:32,658 --> 03:31:33,759 PROTECTING SENSITIVE AND 5286 03:31:33,759 --> 03:31:35,494 CLASSIFIED INFORMATION OF COURSE 5287 03:31:35,494 --> 03:31:37,229 BUT OPENING PROCESSES LIKE 5288 03:31:37,229 --> 03:31:42,534 INVITING A BROADER BREADTH OF 5289 03:31:42,534 --> 03:31:45,704 STAKEHOLDERS AND PUBLIC 5290 03:31:45,704 --> 03:31:47,006 REPRESENTATIVES FROM 5291 03:31:47,006 --> 03:31:48,274 MARGINALIZED, DIVERSE, 5292 03:31:48,274 --> 03:31:49,408 UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS, A WIDE 5293 03:31:49,408 --> 03:31:50,843 RANGE OF EXPERTS MIGHT HELP. 5294 03:31:50,843 --> 03:31:53,012 IT'S NOT ENOUGH BUT IT'S THE 5295 03:31:53,012 --> 03:31:55,648 FIRST STEP I THINK TO 5296 03:31:55,648 --> 03:31:56,415 ESTABLISHING TRUST. 5297 03:31:56,415 --> 03:32:00,019 ESPECIALLY IN THE WAKE OF THE 5298 03:32:00,019 --> 03:32:01,587 SARS-COV-2 AND ORIGIN THEORIES, 5299 03:32:01,587 --> 03:32:07,459 MANY OF WHICH HAVE LEGITIMACY. 5300 03:32:07,459 --> 03:32:09,328 DoD HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN 5301 03:32:09,328 --> 03:32:13,699 DEVELOPING SOME OF THESE 5302 03:32:13,699 --> 03:32:14,900 TECHNOLOGIES, INSECT ALLIES 5303 03:32:14,900 --> 03:32:17,102 PROJECT FOR DELIVERY OF GENES 5304 03:32:17,102 --> 03:32:19,505 THROUGH INSECTS, OR THROUGH 5305 03:32:19,505 --> 03:32:24,443 MAKING GENE DRIVES MORE SAFE, 5306 03:32:24,443 --> 03:32:29,581 SOMETIMES THAT CAN CAUSE PUBLIC 5307 03:32:29,581 --> 03:32:33,819 CONCERN AS WELL. 5308 03:32:33,819 --> 03:32:41,527 HOW CAN WE MITIGATE TECHNO 5309 03:32:41,527 --> 03:32:44,363 OPTIMISM WHICH MAY CAUSE US TO 5310 03:32:44,363 --> 03:32:46,799 OVERLOOK SITUATIONS IN WHICH WE 5311 03:32:46,799 --> 03:32:48,467 SHOULD BE MORE PRE-CAUTIOUS, WHO 5312 03:32:48,467 --> 03:32:50,969 MAKES THESE DECISIONS, CAN WE 5313 03:32:50,969 --> 03:32:52,705 OPEN THE PROCESS FOR MORE 5314 03:32:52,705 --> 03:32:55,507 INDEPENDENT POLICY VENUES AND 5315 03:32:55,507 --> 03:32:55,841 ENGAGEMENT OF 5316 03:32:55,841 --> 03:32:57,876 NON-BIOTECHNOLOGISTS IN DECISION 5317 03:32:57,876 --> 03:32:59,278 MAKING TO MITIGATE THESE 5318 03:32:59,278 --> 03:33:01,480 CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND BY AS? 5319 03:33:01,480 --> 03:33:03,649 AND QUICKLY JUST IN CLOSING ONE 5320 03:33:03,649 --> 03:33:05,684 MODEL FOR THAT THAT I'VE STUDIED 5321 03:33:05,684 --> 03:33:07,319 IS RESPONSIBLE RESEARCH AND 5322 03:33:07,319 --> 03:33:10,155 INNOVATION, COULD THIS BE 5323 03:33:10,155 --> 03:33:12,358 APPLIED TO DURC? 5324 03:33:12,358 --> 03:33:14,960 THIS IS THE BOTTOM-UP APPROACH 5325 03:33:14,960 --> 03:33:17,496 OTHERS MENTIONED IN WHICH 5326 03:33:17,496 --> 03:33:20,699 RESEARCH TEAMS WOULD ENGAGE IN 5327 03:33:20,699 --> 03:33:21,533 RESPONSIBLE AND INNOVATION 5328 03:33:21,533 --> 03:33:25,571 PROCESSES, TO OPEN UP THE 5329 03:33:25,571 --> 03:33:29,475 PROCESS TO SUSTAINABILITY OF THE 5330 03:33:29,475 --> 03:33:29,775 INNOVATION. 5331 03:33:29,775 --> 03:33:32,344 TO LEGITIMIZE THE RESEARCH AND 5332 03:33:32,344 --> 03:33:33,746 INNOVATION THROUGH OPEN 5333 03:33:33,746 --> 03:33:34,146 DISCOURSE. 5334 03:33:34,146 --> 03:33:40,919 SO THERE ARE FOUR PRINCIPLES OF 5335 03:33:40,919 --> 03:33:41,820 RESPONSIBLE IS INNOVATION. 5336 03:33:41,820 --> 03:33:44,556 WE HAVE DONE SOME WORK ON 5337 03:33:44,556 --> 03:33:46,425 LOOKING AT BIOTECHNOLOGY 5338 03:33:46,425 --> 03:33:48,694 STAKEHOLDER ATTITUDES TOWARDS 5339 03:33:48,694 --> 03:33:53,399 THESE, AND WE DO FIND THAT 5340 03:33:53,399 --> 03:33:54,533 SECTOR AFFILIATION DOES 5341 03:33:54,533 --> 03:33:55,634 INFLUENCE ATTITUDES, INDUSTRY 5342 03:33:55,634 --> 03:33:57,903 AFFILIATED SECTORS HAVE MORE 5343 03:33:57,903 --> 03:33:58,270 NEGATIVE VIEWS. 5344 03:33:58,270 --> 03:34:01,740 THAT A LOT OF THESE ATTITUDES, 5345 03:34:01,740 --> 03:34:03,742 THEY ARE EMBEDDED IN DEEP CORE 5346 03:34:03,742 --> 03:34:05,144 BELIEFS, OF PEOPLE. 5347 03:34:05,144 --> 03:34:07,212 WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES TO 5348 03:34:07,212 --> 03:34:09,748 OVERCOME IN FOSTERING A CULTURE 5349 03:34:09,748 --> 03:34:10,616 OF RESPONSIBILITY. 5350 03:34:10,616 --> 03:34:12,384 BUT THERE'S SOME HOPE TOO 5351 03:34:12,384 --> 03:34:13,786 BECAUSE IN THEORY MOST PEOPLE 5352 03:34:13,786 --> 03:34:15,287 AGREE ON THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES. 5353 03:34:15,287 --> 03:34:18,290 IT'S WHEN YOU PUT THEM INTO 5354 03:34:18,290 --> 03:34:23,896 PRACTICE THAT YOU FIND MORE 5355 03:34:23,896 --> 03:34:24,229 DISAGREEMENT. 5356 03:34:24,229 --> 03:34:25,631 WE'VE TYPED THE BARRIERS TO 5357 03:34:25,631 --> 03:34:27,032 RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION. 5358 03:34:27,032 --> 03:34:29,234 AGAIN, THESE MACRO LEVEL FORCES 5359 03:34:29,234 --> 03:34:31,570 OF COMPETITION IN THE 5360 03:34:31,570 --> 03:34:32,638 BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, HAVING 5361 03:34:32,638 --> 03:34:35,474 TO MEET TIME PRESSURES AND 5362 03:34:35,474 --> 03:34:38,010 DEADLINES, NOT HAVING 5363 03:34:38,010 --> 03:34:38,877 ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITIES OR 5364 03:34:38,877 --> 03:34:42,848 INCENTIVE STRUCTURES IN ORDER 5365 03:34:42,848 --> 03:34:45,217 TO -- THOSE ARE MESO-LEVEL. 5366 03:34:45,217 --> 03:34:48,620 THESE ARE IMPORTANT BARRIERS 5367 03:34:48,620 --> 03:34:49,555 THAT ARE FACED. 5368 03:34:49,555 --> 03:34:52,224 SOME THINGS I RECOMMENDED IN AN 5369 03:34:52,224 --> 03:34:53,759 ARTICLE UNDER REVIEW, FOR 5370 03:34:53,759 --> 03:34:55,727 FEDERAL AGENCIES I THINK COULD 5371 03:34:55,727 --> 03:35:01,166 PROVIDE GREATER RESOURCES INTO 5372 03:35:01,166 --> 03:35:08,407 THE PROPOSALS AND OVERCOMPENSATE 5373 03:35:08,407 --> 03:35:11,977 THEM. 5374 03:35:11,977 --> 03:35:13,345 TO PROVIDE BLOCK GRANTS FOR 5375 03:35:13,345 --> 03:35:17,049 INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE WAYS TO 5376 03:35:17,049 --> 03:35:18,917 EMBED BOTTOM-UP METHODS FOR 5377 03:35:18,917 --> 03:35:19,418 RESPONSIBILITY, CERTIFY 5378 03:35:19,418 --> 03:35:22,321 ORGANIZATIONS AND OF COURSE AS 5379 03:35:22,321 --> 03:35:25,257 OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED DEVELOP 5380 03:35:25,257 --> 03:35:26,692 TRAINING PROGRAMS. 5381 03:35:26,692 --> 03:35:28,760 SUMMARY OF THE POINTS AGAIN ON 5382 03:35:28,760 --> 03:35:30,095 THIS SLIDE. 5383 03:35:30,095 --> 03:35:31,964 AND I THINK I'LL JUST REFRAIN 5384 03:35:31,964 --> 03:35:35,434 FROM READING ALL OF THEM BUT WE 5385 03:35:35,434 --> 03:35:40,372 HAVE BETTER POLICY, MORE FORMAL 5386 03:35:40,372 --> 03:35:46,845 POLICY ANALYSIS, DEVELOPING CITE 5387 03:35:46,845 --> 03:35:49,581 FOR EVALUATION, CONSIDERING 5388 03:35:49,581 --> 03:35:51,483 AGENTS OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY GENE 5389 03:35:51,483 --> 03:35:54,586 DRIVES AND NON-LIVING AGENTS. 5390 03:35:54,586 --> 03:35:56,722 OPENING UP THE DURC PROCESS TO 5391 03:35:56,722 --> 03:35:59,892 INCORPORATE A RANGE OF VALUES 5392 03:35:59,892 --> 03:36:02,494 AND THEN AGAIN CONSIDERING OUR 5393 03:36:02,494 --> 03:36:06,665 PARADIGMS, HOW TO INCENTIVIZE 5394 03:36:06,665 --> 03:36:07,366 WITH FEDERAL FUNDING. 5395 03:36:07,366 --> 03:36:07,966 >> THANK YOU. 5396 03:36:07,966 --> 03:36:13,505 >> THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS. 5397 03:36:13,505 --> 03:36:14,239 EXTREMELY THOUGHTFUL. 5398 03:36:14,239 --> 03:36:16,975 ASKING THE PANELISTS TO TURN ON 5399 03:36:16,975 --> 03:36:17,643 CAMERAS. 5400 03:36:17,643 --> 03:36:20,479 WE HAVE 15 MINUTES FOR A 5401 03:36:20,479 --> 03:36:20,779 CUSHION. 5402 03:36:20,779 --> 03:36:23,949 I WELCOME OTHERS ON THE ZOOM 5403 03:36:23,949 --> 03:36:25,384 MEETING TO RAISE THEIR HAND TO 5404 03:36:25,384 --> 03:36:26,585 ASK A QUESTION. 5405 03:36:26,585 --> 03:36:36,995 I'LL YIELD TO GET THOSE 5406 03:36:44,703 --> 03:36:45,404 LISTENING ENGAGE. 5407 03:36:45,404 --> 03:36:47,072 >> THANK YOU. 5408 03:36:47,072 --> 03:36:49,474 THAT SESSION WAS REALLY GOOD, 5409 03:36:49,474 --> 03:36:49,775 INFORMATIVE. 5410 03:36:49,775 --> 03:36:52,978 I JUST WANT TO MAKE AN UBER 5411 03:36:52,978 --> 03:36:54,613 OBSERVATION WHICH IS PROBABLY 5412 03:36:54,613 --> 03:36:57,049 GOING TO ECHO A MILLION THINGS 5413 03:36:57,049 --> 03:36:58,317 THAT HAVE BEEN SAID. 5414 03:36:58,317 --> 03:37:02,087 I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS 5415 03:37:02,087 --> 03:37:04,489 A STAKEHOLDERS MEETING BUT 5416 03:37:04,489 --> 03:37:07,492 EVERYONE WAS FROM ACADEMIA AND I 5417 03:37:07,492 --> 03:37:11,363 THINK THAT SAYS A LOT, WHAT WE 5418 03:37:11,363 --> 03:37:12,464 NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT, 5419 03:37:12,464 --> 03:37:14,433 BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE 5420 03:37:14,433 --> 03:37:17,402 REST OF YOU BUT MOST OF OUR 5421 03:37:17,402 --> 03:37:23,508 TRAINEES ARE LEAVING ACADEMIA 5422 03:37:23,508 --> 03:37:24,910 AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE GOING TO 5423 03:37:24,910 --> 03:37:29,648 BE ENORMOUS FROM NEW FUNDING 5424 03:37:29,648 --> 03:37:31,617 MODELS OCCURRING ALREADY. 5425 03:37:31,617 --> 03:37:33,986 I THINK THIS PROBLEM, WE'VE 5426 03:37:33,986 --> 03:37:35,988 HEARD A LOT ABOUT BOTTOM-UP, ET 5427 03:37:35,988 --> 03:37:40,392 CETERA, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO 5428 03:37:40,392 --> 03:37:43,395 START THINKING ABOUT THIS IN 5429 03:37:43,395 --> 03:37:46,498 SIGNIFICANTLY SORT OF A NOT AN 5430 03:37:46,498 --> 03:37:51,103 NIH-CENTRIC WAY, IF THAT'S 5431 03:37:51,103 --> 03:37:51,370 POSSIBLE. 5432 03:37:51,370 --> 03:37:54,039 >> I'LL OPEN UP TO THE PANEL. 5433 03:37:54,039 --> 03:37:58,010 I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE FROM THE 5434 03:37:58,010 --> 03:37:58,577 PANELISTS. 5435 03:37:58,577 --> 03:38:00,412 >> I MIGHT JUMP OFF. 5436 03:38:00,412 --> 03:38:04,116 THAT'S A GOOD POINT AND SPEAKS 5437 03:38:04,116 --> 03:38:07,519 TO -- TWO WAYS TO GET AT THAT. 5438 03:38:07,519 --> 03:38:09,821 ONE IS BROADER REGULATIONS THAT 5439 03:38:09,821 --> 03:38:11,123 TOUCH ON INDUSTRY, OR APPROACH 5440 03:38:11,123 --> 03:38:14,726 THAT I MIGHT FAVOR IS JUST THE 5441 03:38:14,726 --> 03:38:16,261 IMPORTANCE OF RAISING AND 5442 03:38:16,261 --> 03:38:18,664 TRAINING YOUNG SCIENTISTS TO 5443 03:38:18,664 --> 03:38:19,998 HAVE INTEGRITY AND RESPONSIBLE 5444 03:38:19,998 --> 03:38:20,432 CONDUCT. 5445 03:38:20,432 --> 03:38:23,602 SO THE MORE YOU CAN INSTILL THAT 5446 03:38:23,602 --> 03:38:26,204 TRAINING AND IMPORTANCE AS THEY 5447 03:38:26,204 --> 03:38:28,106 ARE TRAINED THEY BRING THAT WITH 5448 03:38:28,106 --> 03:38:29,408 THEM TO INDUSTRY OR WHENEVER 5449 03:38:29,408 --> 03:38:30,509 THEY CAN. 5450 03:38:30,509 --> 03:38:35,447 >> ONE THING IS LOOK AT 5451 03:38:35,447 --> 03:38:36,581 PARALLELS, WHAT HAPPENED IN 5452 03:38:36,581 --> 03:38:39,184 ENGINEERING WRIT LARGE IN THE 5453 03:38:39,184 --> 03:38:45,824 LAST CENTURY, PEOPLE DON'T DO 5454 03:38:45,824 --> 03:38:47,092 POSTDOCS, IN ENGINEERING, THEY 5455 03:38:47,092 --> 03:38:48,894 GO STRAIGHT TO JOBS. 5456 03:38:48,894 --> 03:38:52,064 DO THEY BEHAVE IN AN ETHICAL 5457 03:38:52,064 --> 03:38:52,631 WAY? 5458 03:38:52,631 --> 03:38:58,603 WE CAN DEBATE THAT. 5459 03:38:58,603 --> 03:39:00,205 I THINK THERE'S PRIVATE INDUSTRY 5460 03:39:00,205 --> 03:39:01,606 AND THERE'S GOVERNMENT BUT THEN 5461 03:39:01,606 --> 03:39:05,844 THERE'S GOING TO BE THIS HUGE 5462 03:39:05,844 --> 03:39:08,380 MIDDLE GROUND OF LIKE THE SAUDIS 5463 03:39:08,380 --> 03:39:13,051 ARE GOING TO FUND MORE AGING 5464 03:39:13,051 --> 03:39:16,955 RESEARCH THAN THE NIH DOES PER 5465 03:39:16,955 --> 03:39:17,489 YEAR. 5466 03:39:17,489 --> 03:39:19,858 AND THESE NEW ENTITIES THAT ARE 5467 03:39:19,858 --> 03:39:24,262 BEING FUNDED BY, YOU KNOW, THE 5468 03:39:24,262 --> 03:39:30,402 UBER WEALTHY, THAT'S GOING TO 5469 03:39:30,402 --> 03:39:32,904 START TAKING UP A LARGE AMOUNT 5470 03:39:32,904 --> 03:39:34,573 OF OUR NATIONAL FUNDING, BARRING 5471 03:39:34,573 --> 03:39:40,479 WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE ECONOMY. 5472 03:39:40,479 --> 03:39:42,214 THAT'S A UNIQUE SESSION WHERE A 5473 03:39:42,214 --> 03:39:44,616 LOT OF TRAINEES ARE GOING TO GO. 5474 03:39:44,616 --> 03:39:46,585 >> DAVID, YOU CAME OFF MUTE. 5475 03:39:46,585 --> 03:39:48,687 >> YEAH, TWO THINGS TO SAY. 5476 03:39:48,687 --> 03:39:50,555 THANK YOU, LYRIC. 5477 03:39:50,555 --> 03:39:54,359 THE FIRST IS A LITTLE BIT 5478 03:39:54,359 --> 03:39:54,893 SELFISH. 5479 03:39:54,893 --> 03:39:57,229 WE HAVE WHERE THE GREAT 5480 03:39:57,229 --> 03:39:58,530 RESIGNATION OVER A DOZEN OPEN 5481 03:39:58,530 --> 03:39:58,964 POSITIONS. 5482 03:39:58,964 --> 03:40:01,700 IF YOU WANT A JOB, COME SEE US. 5483 03:40:01,700 --> 03:40:03,535 THAT TELLS YOU THERE'S A 5484 03:40:03,535 --> 03:40:05,737 DRAMATIC NEED TO GET PEOPLE UM 5485 03:40:05,737 --> 03:40:09,808 TO SPEED IN TERMS OF 5486 03:40:09,808 --> 03:40:11,309 UNDERSTANDING THE BUT ALSO ON 5487 03:40:11,309 --> 03:40:14,613 THE OTHER SIDE, RESEARCH SIDE, 5488 03:40:14,613 --> 03:40:17,215 MAKING SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, 5489 03:40:17,215 --> 03:40:19,217 UNDERSTAND TO CHRIS'S POINT HOW 5490 03:40:19,217 --> 03:40:22,154 TO MAKE THEM BE RESPONSIBLE. 5491 03:40:22,154 --> 03:40:23,889 I DISCUSSED MAYBE THIS SHOULD BE 5492 03:40:23,889 --> 03:40:26,224 MORE LOCALIZED, DONE AT THE 5493 03:40:26,224 --> 03:40:27,626 INSTITUTIONS SO IT'S NOT AS MUCH 5494 03:40:27,626 --> 03:40:36,067 NIH FOCUS, IT'S WHAT YOU 5495 03:40:36,067 --> 03:40:36,868 MENTIONED, PAMELA. 5496 03:40:36,868 --> 03:40:44,609 THE 5497 03:40:44,609 --> 03:40:47,512 THE FACT YOU USED TO DO MORE 5498 03:40:47,512 --> 03:40:48,313 OUTREACH, GOING TO INSTITUTIONS, 5499 03:40:48,313 --> 03:40:50,382 AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING IT'S 5500 03:40:50,382 --> 03:40:52,751 YOU, IT'S A BIG -- WE'VE GOT 5501 03:40:52,751 --> 03:40:57,622 LOTS OF AGENCIES, WE NEED MORE 5502 03:40:57,622 --> 03:41:01,693 EDUCATION THAN TRAINING. 5503 03:41:01,693 --> 03:41:02,961 IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. 5504 03:41:02,961 --> 03:41:06,264 WE'RE NOT FOG TO CREATE A 5505 03:41:06,264 --> 03:41:14,439 POLICY, HERE'S THE POLICY, THIS 5506 03:41:14,439 --> 03:41:18,310 IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO PLYMOUTH 5507 03:41:18,310 --> 03:41:19,177 OF IMPROMOTE IT. 5508 03:41:19,177 --> 03:41:22,113 >> AND ONCE OF THE THINGS -- 5509 03:41:22,113 --> 03:41:24,349 THANK YOU. 5510 03:41:24,349 --> 03:41:29,221 WE APPRECIATE POSITIVE FEEDBACK. 5511 03:41:29,221 --> 03:41:30,689 I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE U.S. 5512 03:41:30,689 --> 03:41:31,556 GOVERNMENT IS STRONGLY 5513 03:41:31,556 --> 03:41:32,524 INTERESTED IN THIS THINKING 5514 03:41:32,524 --> 03:41:35,727 ABOUT THIS FROM A NON-NIH 5515 03:41:35,727 --> 03:41:37,896 PERSPECTIVE AND WILL GET INTO IN 5516 03:41:37,896 --> 03:41:40,098 A MAR. 5517 03:41:40,098 --> 03:41:42,067 THAT COMMENT IS HEARD. 5518 03:41:42,067 --> 03:41:49,641 JERRY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO 5519 03:41:49,641 --> 03:41:51,142 COMMENT? 5520 03:41:51,142 --> 03:41:51,409 >> SURE. 5521 03:41:51,409 --> 03:41:56,615 DAVID, FOLLOWING UP A LITTLE 5522 03:41:56,615 --> 03:41:58,984 BIT, THE OTHER CHRISTOPHER, 5523 03:41:58,984 --> 03:42:09,527 JENNIFER IS WELL, HOW THIS MIGHT 5524 03:42:09,794 --> 03:42:12,864 BE IN THE FUTURE. 5525 03:42:12,864 --> 03:42:15,066 WHAT DO YOU THINK -- RICHARD MAY 5526 03:42:15,066 --> 03:42:17,802 HAVE MENTIONED THIS IN PUBLIC 5527 03:42:17,802 --> 03:42:21,306 COMMENTS, ABOUT AN INDEPENDENT 5528 03:42:21,306 --> 03:42:22,540 BIOLEWIS MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY. 5529 03:42:22,540 --> 03:42:30,148 ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? 5530 03:42:30,148 --> 03:42:31,616 >> I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT 5531 03:42:31,616 --> 03:42:34,886 THIS, MORE IN THE WAY OF 5532 03:42:34,886 --> 03:42:35,287 REGULATION. 5533 03:42:35,287 --> 03:42:39,291 YOU HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS AS 5534 03:42:39,291 --> 03:42:41,493 YOU DO SIMILAR PROBLEMS, WITH 5535 03:42:41,493 --> 03:42:43,228 MULTIPLE AGENCIES, WITH 5536 03:42:43,228 --> 03:42:45,330 OVERLAPPING AUTHORITIES, 5537 03:42:45,330 --> 03:42:47,799 SOMETIMES GAPS, SOMETIMES 5538 03:42:47,799 --> 03:42:48,133 REDUNDANCIES. 5539 03:42:48,133 --> 03:42:50,669 OSTP HAS TAKEN A LEAD IN THE 5540 03:42:50,669 --> 03:42:53,738 PAST SOMETIMES OVER TIME WITH 5541 03:42:53,738 --> 03:42:55,173 THE COORDINATED FRAMEWORK FOR 5542 03:42:55,173 --> 03:42:56,274 REGULATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 5543 03:42:56,274 --> 03:42:58,677 I LIKE THE IDEA OF SOMETHING 5544 03:42:58,677 --> 03:42:59,978 EVEN MORE INDEPENDENT THAN THAT 5545 03:42:59,978 --> 03:43:04,582 BUT I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A 5546 03:43:04,582 --> 03:43:07,118 START, IN OSPT HAVING SOME 5547 03:43:07,118 --> 03:43:09,754 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIEDENT UNIT, 5548 03:43:09,754 --> 03:43:11,823 LIKE YOU SUGGEST. 5549 03:43:11,823 --> 03:43:17,062 I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE SAME 5550 03:43:17,062 --> 03:43:20,065 THINGS REGULATING PRODUCTS FOR 5551 03:43:20,065 --> 03:43:20,332 BIOSAFETY. 5552 03:43:20,332 --> 03:43:26,037 THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE. 5553 03:43:26,037 --> 03:43:29,441 >> YEAH, I'LL ADD. 5554 03:43:29,441 --> 03:43:30,175 GOVERNMENT-- REGULATORY 5555 03:43:30,175 --> 03:43:33,111 OVERSIGHT CAN SOMETIMES CAUSE 5556 03:43:33,111 --> 03:43:33,478 PROBLEMS. 5557 03:43:33,478 --> 03:43:39,217 WHEN YOU CENTRALIZE, WHETHER 5558 03:43:39,217 --> 03:43:42,220 GEORGE BUSH CENTRALIZEs TSA, 5559 03:43:42,220 --> 03:43:46,191 IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, DOUGH 5560 03:43:46,191 --> 03:43:48,927 IT RIGHT TO STREAMLINE, TO MAKE 5561 03:43:48,927 --> 03:43:50,595 IT EASIER TO MANAGE AND IDEALLY 5562 03:43:50,595 --> 03:43:55,300 IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SYSTEM 5563 03:43:55,300 --> 03:43:57,769 THINK ABOUT ALL THE OUTCOMES, 5564 03:43:57,769 --> 03:44:04,676 WHAT PROBLEMS ARE WE SOLVING AND 5565 03:44:04,676 --> 03:44:05,443 CREATING. 5566 03:44:05,443 --> 03:44:06,644 YOU HAVE TO THINK THROUGH THE 5567 03:44:06,644 --> 03:44:07,479 WHOLE PROCESS. 5568 03:44:07,479 --> 03:44:08,613 I DON'T HAVE A STRONG ANSWER 5569 03:44:08,613 --> 03:44:18,423 OTHER THAN IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO 5570 03:44:18,423 --> 03:44:19,691 IT, DO IT RIGHT. 5571 03:44:19,691 --> 03:44:23,928 >> I WOULD ADD THIS IDEA OF A 5572 03:44:23,928 --> 03:44:26,264 CENTRAL COMMISSION OR SOMETHING 5573 03:44:26,264 --> 03:44:27,899 ALMOST PARABLES THE HHS GAIN OF 5574 03:44:27,899 --> 03:44:34,873 FUNCTION FRAMEWORK WHERE YOU 5575 03:44:34,873 --> 03:44:37,075 HAVE A GROUP THAT BRINGS HIGH 5576 03:44:37,075 --> 03:44:38,043 LEVEL EXPERTISE. 5577 03:44:38,043 --> 03:44:44,416 I LIKE THAT AS A MODEL, I DON'T 5578 03:44:44,416 --> 03:44:47,385 KNOW WHETHER IT'S EXPER TUESDAY. 5579 03:44:47,385 --> 03:44:50,121 IT'S A REASONABLE STARTING POINT 5580 03:44:50,121 --> 03:44:52,257 BUT I WOULD CAUTION UNTIL WE 5581 03:44:52,257 --> 03:44:59,964 KNOW SHOULD FOCUS ON A NUMBER OF 5582 03:44:59,964 --> 03:45:00,999 EXPERIMENTS AND SHOULD CONSIDER 5583 03:45:00,999 --> 03:45:03,134 THE OTHERS, WHAT ARE THE RISKS 5584 03:45:03,134 --> 03:45:07,872 NOT NIH THAT NEED TO GET MANAGED 5585 03:45:07,872 --> 03:45:08,106 BETTER. 5586 03:45:08,106 --> 03:45:09,074 >> ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT I'LL 5587 03:45:09,074 --> 03:45:15,180 YIELD TO OTHERS WITH QUESTIONS. 5588 03:45:15,180 --> 03:45:16,214 >> JILL TAYLOR? 5589 03:45:16,214 --> 03:45:17,482 >> THIS WAS AN INTERESTING 5590 03:45:17,482 --> 03:45:21,419 SESSION TO ME BECAUSE I THINK 5591 03:45:21,419 --> 03:45:22,687 ABOUT RISK INCOME A DIFFERENT 5592 03:45:22,687 --> 03:45:27,025 WAY BECAUSE I COME FROM PUBLIC 5593 03:45:27,025 --> 03:45:28,226 HEALTH. 5594 03:45:28,226 --> 03:45:33,698 AND I WOULD ASK YOU WHEN YOU'RE 5595 03:45:33,698 --> 03:45:38,636 DOING THIS ANALYSIS, NSABB IS 5596 03:45:38,636 --> 03:45:41,239 DOING THIS, KEEN THE DOWNSTREAM 5597 03:45:41,239 --> 03:45:46,377 KENSES AND U.S. ABILITY TO 5598 03:45:46,377 --> 03:45:49,047 MANAGE A POTENTIAL ESCAPE, 5599 03:45:49,047 --> 03:45:49,681 ACCIDENT, WHATEVER. 5600 03:45:49,681 --> 03:45:51,950 AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION. 5601 03:45:51,950 --> 03:45:54,052 I HAVEN'T HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT 5602 03:45:54,052 --> 03:45:55,720 DISCUSSION TODAY. 5603 03:45:55,720 --> 03:46:00,391 THAT'S NOT A CRITICISM, JUST A 5604 03:46:00,391 --> 03:46:02,494 COMMENT, PLEASE KEEP THAT AS 5605 03:46:02,494 --> 03:46:04,028 PARTS OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING 5606 03:46:04,028 --> 03:46:05,263 ABOUT, WHAT OTHERS ARE TALKING 5607 03:46:05,263 --> 03:46:05,597 ABOUT. 5608 03:46:05,597 --> 03:46:07,966 THANK YOU. 5609 03:46:07,966 --> 03:46:11,269 5610 03:46:11,269 --> 03:46:12,036 >> A QUICK COMMENT. 5611 03:46:12,036 --> 03:46:14,372 I THINK THAT'S A GREAT COMMENT. 5612 03:46:14,372 --> 03:46:17,242 IT RELATES TO ENDPOINTS OF 5613 03:46:17,242 --> 03:46:18,309 CONCERN, IN RISK ASSESSMENT 5614 03:46:18,309 --> 03:46:20,445 WORLD THAT WE CALL THEM, WHERE 5615 03:46:20,445 --> 03:46:22,313 THE BALANCE BETWEEN OPENNESS AND 5616 03:46:22,313 --> 03:46:23,681 SECURITY ISN'T AS DIFFICULT 5617 03:46:23,681 --> 03:46:28,119 BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE PEOPLE 5618 03:46:28,119 --> 03:46:30,855 HIGHLIGHT DIFFERENT TYPES OF 5619 03:46:30,855 --> 03:46:33,057 ENDPOINTS OF CONCERN OR RISK AND 5620 03:46:33,057 --> 03:46:36,427 MAKE SURE POLICIES AROUND THEM. 5621 03:46:36,427 --> 03:46:44,769 A GREAT PLACE FOR STAKEHOLDER 5622 03:46:44,769 --> 03:46:45,603 ENGAINMENT. 5623 03:46:45,603 --> 03:46:48,106 >> THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF 5624 03:46:48,106 --> 03:46:50,675 THE POLICY, AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT 5625 03:46:50,675 --> 03:46:52,677 OR THOUGHTS, INTERESTING TO HEAR 5626 03:46:52,677 --> 03:46:54,846 ABOUT HOW YOUR UNIVERSITY THINKS 5627 03:46:54,846 --> 03:46:58,583 ABOUT SOME TRADEOFFS AND THAT 5628 03:46:58,583 --> 03:47:00,318 MAKES SENSE TO KEEP HIGH 5629 03:47:00,318 --> 03:47:01,519 STANDARDS AND PRIORITIZE. 5630 03:47:01,519 --> 03:47:04,489 THIS MORNING WE HEARD ABOUT THE 5631 03:47:04,489 --> 03:47:07,325 DESIRE OR SOME VALUE IN 5632 03:47:07,325 --> 03:47:08,293 CENTRALIZING RESOURCES FOR 5633 03:47:08,293 --> 03:47:10,828 BIOCONTAINMENT AND I WANTED TO 5634 03:47:10,828 --> 03:47:13,364 HEAR MORE ABOUT THE FUTURE, LEE 5635 03:47:13,364 --> 03:47:15,567 DOUGH MANNED AT YOUR 5636 03:47:15,567 --> 03:47:16,968 INSTITUTIONS BUT NOT ZERO 5637 03:47:16,968 --> 03:47:17,402 DEMAND. 5638 03:47:17,402 --> 03:47:21,573 IS THERE A TRADE IMPROVE TO 5639 03:47:21,573 --> 03:47:23,975 CENTRALIZE, SUCH AS CENTERS OF 5640 03:47:23,975 --> 03:47:25,710 EXCELLENCE, OR IS THAT 5641 03:47:25,710 --> 03:47:29,347 CONSOLIDATING EXPERTISE IN WAYS 5642 03:47:29,347 --> 03:47:32,083 THAT ARE DETRIMENTAL TO THE 5643 03:47:32,083 --> 03:47:33,351 UNIVERSITY OR OTHER SETTING IN 5644 03:47:33,351 --> 03:47:35,253 WHICH THIS TAKES PLATES. 5645 03:47:35,253 --> 03:47:37,855 >> I MIGHT JUST START OFF, BUT 5646 03:47:37,855 --> 03:47:43,161 I'M INTERESTED IN WHAT THE 5647 03:47:43,161 --> 03:47:45,196 OTHERS HAVE TO SAY. 5648 03:47:45,196 --> 03:47:47,599 PART OF THE SECRET SAUCE TO AN 5649 03:47:47,599 --> 03:47:50,134 INSTITUTION IS IT'S VERY 5650 03:47:50,134 --> 03:47:51,569 DECENTRALIZED AND BROAD. 5651 03:47:51,569 --> 03:47:53,171 AN INVESTIGATOR CAN COME HERE, 5652 03:47:53,171 --> 03:47:54,739 HAVE A GOOD IDEA AND GET IT 5653 03:47:54,739 --> 03:47:58,876 FUNDED THEY CAN DO IT. 5654 03:47:58,876 --> 03:48:01,479 IF WE DON'T HAVE A BSL3 YOU 5655 03:48:01,479 --> 03:48:02,814 CAN'T DO IT. 5656 03:48:02,814 --> 03:48:05,116 MAYBE THERE IS SOME VALUE IN 5657 03:48:05,116 --> 03:48:06,484 JUST SAYING OUR INSTITUTION 5658 03:48:06,484 --> 03:48:07,952 DOESN'T FOCUS ON INFECTIOUS 5659 03:48:07,952 --> 03:48:09,153 DISEASE RESEARCH. 5660 03:48:09,153 --> 03:48:11,889 OUR BREAD AND BUTTER IS 5661 03:48:11,889 --> 03:48:14,158 ROBOTICS, OR SOMETHING LIKE 5662 03:48:14,158 --> 03:48:19,030 THAT, WHEN WE PROMULGATE 5663 03:48:19,030 --> 03:48:22,000 POLICIES, IT DRIVES THE RESEARCH 5664 03:48:22,000 --> 03:48:31,276 TO PLACES THAT CAN IMPLEMENT THE 5665 03:48:31,276 --> 03:48:31,542 POLICY. 5666 03:48:31,542 --> 03:48:33,311 >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE I ANSWER 5667 03:48:33,311 --> 03:48:34,145 WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. 5668 03:48:34,145 --> 03:48:36,547 WOULD YOU ASK IT AGAIN PLEASE? 5669 03:48:36,547 --> 03:48:39,050 >> I THINK IT WAS JIM THIS 5670 03:48:39,050 --> 03:48:42,353 MORNING, I APOLOGIZE IF I'M 5671 03:48:42,353 --> 03:48:44,422 INCORRECT, CENTRALIZING 5672 03:48:44,422 --> 03:48:45,456 RESOURCES AROUND BIOCONTAINMENT, 5673 03:48:45,456 --> 03:48:46,824 HAVING SOME CENTRAL MODELS. 5674 03:48:46,824 --> 03:48:49,127 THE QUESTION HERE IS THINKING 5675 03:48:49,127 --> 03:48:52,196 ABOUT THE FUTURE, DO WE HAVE 5676 03:48:52,196 --> 03:48:53,398 POLICIES WHERE WE PRIORITIZE 5677 03:48:53,398 --> 03:48:55,133 PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO 5678 03:48:55,133 --> 03:49:03,741 DO THIS RESEARCH OR DO WE 5679 03:49:03,741 --> 03:49:08,212 PRIORITIZE THIS GROUNDSWELL. 5680 03:49:08,212 --> 03:49:10,381 SO HEARING THE TRADEOFF, DO WE 5681 03:49:10,381 --> 03:49:13,584 WANT TO, AS WRIST MENTIONED, BE 5682 03:49:13,584 --> 03:49:23,628 MORE CONSCIOUS OR ALLOW IT TO BE 5683 03:49:23,628 --> 03:49:24,629 AN INVERTANCE OF POLICY. 5684 03:49:24,629 --> 03:49:26,497 >> DIFFICULT TO LIMIT IT TO 5685 03:49:26,497 --> 03:49:28,132 CERTAIN PLACES OR INSTITUTIONS, 5686 03:49:28,132 --> 03:49:31,636 BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT US, LIKE 5687 03:49:31,636 --> 03:49:34,038 TO CHRIS' POINT, WE -- IF 5688 03:49:34,038 --> 03:49:35,673 SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO SOMETHING 5689 03:49:35,673 --> 03:49:37,342 AND WE CAN ACCOMMODATE, WE'LL DO 5690 03:49:37,342 --> 03:49:37,709 IT. 5691 03:49:37,709 --> 03:49:40,511 THERE ISN'T MUCH MORE. 5692 03:49:40,511 --> 03:49:41,612 THE ONLY LIMITING FACTORS WOULD 5693 03:49:41,612 --> 03:49:44,248 BE DO WE HAVE THE CONTAINMENT 5694 03:49:44,248 --> 03:49:46,317 FACILITIES TO DO THAT. 5695 03:49:46,317 --> 03:49:49,921 AT OUR INSTITUTION IF WE DIDN'T 5696 03:49:49,921 --> 03:49:55,827 HAVE THE ABILITY, WE WOULD DO IT 5697 03:49:55,827 --> 03:49:56,861 AND BUILD IT. 5698 03:49:56,861 --> 03:50:00,198 I WORRY IT'S U.S.-CENTRIC. 5699 03:50:00,198 --> 03:50:04,902 GRANTED THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT. 5700 03:50:04,902 --> 03:50:06,971 I'M NOT SURE OTHER PLACES IN THE 5701 03:50:06,971 --> 03:50:08,740 WORLD WOULD STOP IT. 5702 03:50:08,740 --> 03:50:10,274 I WON'T SEE ANY MORE THAN THAT 5703 03:50:10,274 --> 03:50:18,483 BUT IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING. 5704 03:50:18,483 --> 03:50:20,985 >> WE'RE COMING CLOSE TO TIME. 5705 03:50:20,985 --> 03:50:22,920 GERRY, FINAL QUESTION FOR THIS 5706 03:50:22,920 --> 03:50:26,157 PANEL. 5707 03:50:26,157 --> 03:50:29,560 5708 03:50:29,560 --> 03:50:29,927 >> BOY. 5709 03:50:29,927 --> 03:50:35,233 MOST HAS BEEN SAID. 5710 03:50:35,233 --> 03:50:38,069 MAYBE ONE QUICK LIGHTNING ANSWER 5711 03:50:38,069 --> 03:50:42,774 FROM ALL, WHAT WE'RE HEARING 5712 03:50:42,774 --> 03:50:48,012 TODAY IS DURC IS RIGHT NOW LIST 5713 03:50:48,012 --> 03:50:51,416 BASED, AND SEVEN EXPERIMENTS, 5714 03:50:51,416 --> 03:50:57,321 ESSENTIALLY P3CO ALMOST A SUBSET 5715 03:50:57,321 --> 03:50:59,524 OF DURC, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, 5716 03:50:59,524 --> 03:51:01,592 LIGHTNING ANSWER, HOW THOSE 5717 03:51:01,592 --> 03:51:03,628 WOULD LOOK TO INTEGRATE, OR IS 5718 03:51:03,628 --> 03:51:04,562 THERE BENEFIT TO INTEGRATING 5719 03:51:04,562 --> 03:51:07,298 THOSE? 5720 03:51:07,298 --> 03:51:09,801 >> I'LL GO FIRST. 5721 03:51:09,801 --> 03:51:10,001 YES. 5722 03:51:10,001 --> 03:51:12,537 I DEFINITELY THINK THERE WOULD 5723 03:51:12,537 --> 03:51:13,638 BE BENEFIT. 5724 03:51:13,638 --> 03:51:15,973 I CARE ABOUT HAVING TOO MUCH 5725 03:51:15,973 --> 03:51:16,808 BUREAUCRACY, TOO MUCH 5726 03:51:16,808 --> 03:51:19,143 REDUNDANCY. 5727 03:51:19,143 --> 03:51:20,311 WE HAVE LIMITED STAFF. 5728 03:51:20,311 --> 03:51:21,813 WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE 5729 03:51:21,813 --> 03:51:24,449 NEED TO DO AND JUST DO THAT AND 5730 03:51:24,449 --> 03:51:26,851 HAVING TO DO IT MULTIPLE TIMES 5731 03:51:26,851 --> 03:51:28,820 FOR DIFFERENT AGENCIES IS 5732 03:51:28,820 --> 03:51:30,254 RIDICULOUS, SO YES. 5733 03:51:30,254 --> 03:51:33,090 >> YOU NEED A COMMON USG, NOT 5734 03:51:33,090 --> 03:51:36,861 HHS OR DoD OR USDA, SOMETHING 5735 03:51:36,861 --> 03:51:38,029 THAT WOULD BE HARMONIZED. 5736 03:51:38,029 --> 03:51:39,363 >> YES, BECAUSE THINK ABOUT IT. 5737 03:51:39,363 --> 03:51:42,400 IF I DO THIS WORK AND CDC 5738 03:51:42,400 --> 03:51:44,168 INSPECTS, NIH DECIDES TO 5739 03:51:44,168 --> 03:51:45,803 INSPECT, WE MAY ALSO HAVE A 5740 03:51:45,803 --> 03:51:49,307 DoD GRANT WHERE THEY DECIDE TO 5741 03:51:49,307 --> 03:51:51,776 INSPECT, A LOT OF PAPERWORK, A 5742 03:51:51,776 --> 03:51:53,344 LOT OF INSPECTION, TIME WASTED 5743 03:51:53,344 --> 03:51:54,912 TO WHAT BENEFIT? 5744 03:51:54,912 --> 03:51:56,414 >> CHRISTOPHER, JENNIFER, WANT 5745 03:51:56,414 --> 03:51:58,316 TO COMMENT? 5746 03:51:58,316 --> 03:52:01,486 >> DEFER TO DAVID WHO IS ON THE 5747 03:52:01,486 --> 03:52:03,454 GROUND IN THESE SITUATIONS. 5748 03:52:03,454 --> 03:52:04,755 >> I'LL JUST SAY I'VE THOUGHT 5749 03:52:04,755 --> 03:52:06,724 THE GAIN OF FUNCTION STUDIES IN 5750 03:52:06,724 --> 03:52:10,228 QUESTION WERE A TYPE OF DURC, 5751 03:52:10,228 --> 03:52:12,096 SUBSET OF DURC MAYBE, IT 5752 03:52:12,096 --> 03:52:13,598 PROBABLY MAKES SOME SENSE TO 5753 03:52:13,598 --> 03:52:13,998 COMBINE POLICIES. 5754 03:52:13,998 --> 03:52:16,234 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT YET 5755 03:52:16,234 --> 03:52:19,103 BUT ANY APPROACH WHERE A 5756 03:52:19,103 --> 03:52:19,971 FUNDING AGENCY TO IDENTIFY 5757 03:52:19,971 --> 03:52:21,072 SOMETHING OF HIGH CONCERN AND 5758 03:52:21,072 --> 03:52:23,808 SAY WE WANT TO FUND THIS, WE 5759 03:52:23,808 --> 03:52:26,644 THINK IT'S DURC, WE BROUGHT TO 5760 03:52:26,644 --> 03:52:28,312 BEAR EXPERTISE TELLING US IT IS, 5761 03:52:28,312 --> 03:52:36,354 YOU OF I -- YOU AT THE 5762 03:52:36,354 --> 03:52:38,256 INSTITUTION, I WANT YOU TO BE 5763 03:52:38,256 --> 03:52:39,891 AWARE AND MANAGE IT, ESPECIALLY 5764 03:52:39,891 --> 03:52:41,959 IF IDENTIFIED AT TIME OF 5765 03:52:41,959 --> 03:52:42,527 FUNDING. 5766 03:52:42,527 --> 03:52:42,827 >> THANKS. 5767 03:52:42,827 --> 03:52:46,898 NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM ME. 5768 03:52:46,898 --> 03:52:51,602 >> I WANT TO THANK IF I -- THIS 5769 03:52:51,602 --> 03:52:53,104 PANEL, WITH PARTICIPANTS ILL, 5770 03:52:53,104 --> 03:52:54,205 COMING OFF VACATION, WE 5771 03:52:54,205 --> 03:52:55,540 APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO 5772 03:52:55,540 --> 03:52:55,840 JOIN US. 5773 03:52:55,840 --> 03:52:57,608 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 5774 03:52:57,608 --> 03:52:57,875 THOUGHTS. 5775 03:52:57,875 --> 03:52:59,810 WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR 5776 03:52:59,810 --> 03:53:01,445 SOME CLOSING THOUGHTS. 5777 03:53:01,445 --> 03:53:05,716 I WOULD LOVE TO INVITE GERRY AND 5778 03:53:05,716 --> 03:53:09,120 RACHEL TO GIVE SOME THOUGHTS 5779 03:53:09,120 --> 03:53:13,090 ABOUT TODAY AND SOME MAYBE 5780 03:53:13,090 --> 03:53:15,326 THEMES OR INTERESTING CONCEPTS. 5781 03:53:15,326 --> 03:53:17,428 GERRY, DO YOU WANT TO START? 5782 03:53:17,428 --> 03:53:17,828 >> SURE. 5783 03:53:17,828 --> 03:53:22,767 BOY, IT WAS A LOT. 5784 03:53:22,767 --> 03:53:27,204 A GOOD DISCUSSION, HARD WORK. 5785 03:53:27,204 --> 03:53:28,973 THESE ARE HARD POLICIES. 5786 03:53:28,973 --> 03:53:32,710 THERE'S A REASON MAYBE DURC WAS 5787 03:53:32,710 --> 03:53:34,912 ORIGINALLY LIST BASE, 15 SELECT 5788 03:53:34,912 --> 03:53:35,413 AGENTS. 5789 03:53:35,413 --> 03:53:38,649 IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET BEYOND 5790 03:53:38,649 --> 03:53:39,417 LIST BASE. 5791 03:53:39,417 --> 03:53:42,587 WE'RE IN A BIT OF SPACE WHERE WE 5792 03:53:42,587 --> 03:53:46,057 RECOGNIZE MAYBE A LIST BASE IS 5793 03:53:46,057 --> 03:53:47,258 NECESSARY, NOT SUFFICIENT, SO WE 5794 03:53:47,258 --> 03:53:49,026 ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT 5795 03:53:49,026 --> 03:53:53,064 HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A RISK 5796 03:53:53,064 --> 03:53:55,366 BASE IN ADDITION TO LIST BASE, 5797 03:53:55,366 --> 03:53:57,768 THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME 5798 03:53:57,768 --> 03:53:58,669 THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION BUT I 5799 03:53:58,669 --> 03:54:03,474 HEARD PEOPLE SAYING THAT TODAY. 5800 03:54:03,474 --> 03:54:05,876 JIM LE DUC PROVIDED A LOT OF 5801 03:54:05,876 --> 03:54:09,146 THINGS, A ROAD MAP TO A WAY 5802 03:54:09,146 --> 03:54:09,380 FORWARD. 5803 03:54:09,380 --> 03:54:11,882 WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO A 5804 03:54:11,882 --> 03:54:13,951 LOT OF THINGS JIM LAID OUT. 5805 03:54:13,951 --> 03:54:15,620 THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD 5806 03:54:15,620 --> 03:54:18,456 EXAMPLES OF HOW A COUPLE 5807 03:54:18,456 --> 03:54:21,392 UNIVERSITIES, UNIVERSITY OF 5808 03:54:21,392 --> 03:54:23,260 CHICAGO, UTMB, ACTUALLY WORK 5809 03:54:23,260 --> 03:54:25,563 IBCs THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT. 5810 03:54:25,563 --> 03:54:27,732 WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF WORK, A 5811 03:54:27,732 --> 03:54:30,601 LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY ON OUR 5812 03:54:30,601 --> 03:54:31,802 IBCs, AT THE INSTITUTION 5813 03:54:31,802 --> 03:54:32,203 LEVEL. 5814 03:54:32,203 --> 03:54:35,539 I ALSO AGREE WITH JIM WE'VE GOT 5815 03:54:35,539 --> 03:54:39,510 TO UPREGULATE, ON PAR WITH IACUC 5816 03:54:39,510 --> 03:54:40,344 AND HUMAN RESEARCH, PROBABLY 5817 03:54:40,344 --> 03:54:43,447 HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT QUALITY 5818 03:54:43,447 --> 03:54:46,384 CONTROL OF THE IBCs ACROSS 5819 03:54:46,384 --> 03:54:47,952 UNIVERSITIES AND MOVE BEYOND 5820 03:54:47,952 --> 03:54:52,189 UNIVERSITIES AND BEYOND FEDERAL 5821 03:54:52,189 --> 03:54:53,624 FUNDING INSTITUTIONS, WE'LL HAVE 5822 03:54:53,624 --> 03:54:55,893 TO GIVE THAT CONSIDERABLE 5823 03:54:55,893 --> 03:54:56,360 THOUGHT. 5824 03:54:56,360 --> 03:54:57,962 MAYBE MY FINAL THOUGHT, I 5825 03:54:57,962 --> 03:54:58,629 STRUGGLE WITH THIS. 5826 03:54:58,629 --> 03:55:02,366 CHRISTOPHER SAID IT IN THE LAST 5827 03:55:02,366 --> 03:55:04,802 PANEL, TENSION BETWEEN 5828 03:55:04,802 --> 03:55:06,871 THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL 5829 03:55:06,871 --> 03:55:07,238 IMPLEMENTATION. 5830 03:55:07,238 --> 03:55:08,372 AND IN REALITY A LOT OF THINGS 5831 03:55:08,372 --> 03:55:13,978 WE SAID TODAY ARE NOT NEW. 5832 03:55:13,978 --> 03:55:17,782 BUT THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATION IS 5833 03:55:17,782 --> 03:55:21,619 REALLY HARD BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET 5834 03:55:21,619 --> 03:55:23,587 BEYOND THAT THEORETICAL TO 5835 03:55:23,587 --> 03:55:24,822 PRACTICAL IMPLICATION AND IT 5836 03:55:24,822 --> 03:55:27,291 WON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT BUT WE'VE 5837 03:55:27,291 --> 03:55:29,593 GOT TO ACCELERATE THAT JOURNEY. 5838 03:55:29,593 --> 03:55:34,999 I'LL STOP AND DEFER TO RACHEL. 5839 03:55:34,999 --> 03:55:35,633 >> SURE. 5840 03:55:35,633 --> 03:55:36,967 ACTUALLY, GERRY, YOU WENT WHERE 5841 03:55:36,967 --> 03:55:39,336 I WAS DEBATING GOING AND DECIDED 5842 03:55:39,336 --> 03:55:43,307 NOT TO, IN TERMS OF INTEGRATING 5843 03:55:43,307 --> 03:55:45,743 OR HARMONIZING P3CO AND DURC AND 5844 03:55:45,743 --> 03:55:48,679 I WOULD ADD INTO THAT SELECT 5845 03:55:48,679 --> 03:55:50,548 AGENT PROGRAM. 5846 03:55:50,548 --> 03:55:55,152 WE HAVE -- MAYBE OTHERS BUT 5847 03:55:55,152 --> 03:55:56,587 THOSE THREE DEFINITELY. 5848 03:55:56,587 --> 03:55:58,422 SIMON ANTHONY RAISED MY 5849 03:55:58,422 --> 03:56:00,958 CONSCIOUSNESS ABOUT GRAY AREA 5850 03:56:00,958 --> 03:56:01,425 RESEARCH. 5851 03:56:01,425 --> 03:56:05,663 THAT REALLY BEGS FOR THE 5852 03:56:05,663 --> 03:56:09,600 INTEGRATION AND DISCUSSION AND 5853 03:56:09,600 --> 03:56:12,436 TRAINING AND SORT OF THOUGHT 5854 03:56:12,436 --> 03:56:15,706 PROCESS ABOUT WHAT IS OF 5855 03:56:15,706 --> 03:56:15,940 CONCERN. 5856 03:56:15,940 --> 03:56:17,475 WHEN WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO 5857 03:56:17,475 --> 03:56:20,811 AN UPDATE ON DURC, I KEPT GOING 5858 03:56:20,811 --> 03:56:22,079 BACK TO "OF CONCERN." 5859 03:56:22,079 --> 03:56:24,482 HOW CAN WE DEFINE THAT IN A 5860 03:56:24,482 --> 03:56:24,915 RATIONAL WAY? 5861 03:56:24,915 --> 03:56:27,985 AND I THINK IF WE DO THAT WE 5862 03:56:27,985 --> 03:56:31,021 START THERE, THE TRAINING PART, 5863 03:56:31,021 --> 03:56:33,357 CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING COMES WITH 5864 03:56:33,357 --> 03:56:33,657 THAT. 5865 03:56:33,657 --> 03:56:35,860 THE POINT ABOUT NIH HAVING 5866 03:56:35,860 --> 03:56:38,462 PROVIDED MORE OUTREACH AND 5867 03:56:38,462 --> 03:56:40,664 TRAINING RESOURCES, I LOOKED AT 5868 03:56:40,664 --> 03:56:42,733 THE FAQs AND TRAINING, THAT'S 5869 03:56:42,733 --> 03:56:42,933 GREAT. 5870 03:56:42,933 --> 03:56:44,935 BUT NOT EVEN EVERYBODY WHO IS 5871 03:56:44,935 --> 03:56:47,671 RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS KNOWS THOSE 5872 03:56:47,671 --> 03:56:49,974 EXIST, IF WE GOOGLE IT, BUT I 5873 03:56:49,974 --> 03:56:52,910 THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A FULL 5874 03:56:52,910 --> 03:56:57,648 COURT PRESS ON THAT DISCUSSION. 5875 03:56:57,648 --> 03:57:02,119 AND MAKING IT BROAD, I SPENT A 5876 03:57:02,119 --> 03:57:03,020 LOT OF TIME THERE, I DON'T KNOW 5877 03:57:03,020 --> 03:57:06,090 IF THAT'S THE PLACE OR HAVE AN 5878 03:57:06,090 --> 03:57:07,992 ACADEMY GROUP OR PUBLIC 5879 03:57:07,992 --> 03:57:09,026 DISCUSSION, THAT INVOLVES THE 5880 03:57:09,026 --> 03:57:13,631 OTHER PLAYERS THAT WE'VE TALKED 5881 03:57:13,631 --> 03:57:15,399 ABOUT, WHETHER INDUSTRY DIY, 5882 03:57:15,399 --> 03:57:17,301 INTERNATIONAL, THE U.S. CAN SET 5883 03:57:17,301 --> 03:57:18,035 AN EXAMPLE. 5884 03:57:18,035 --> 03:57:20,004 I THINK IF WE COME UP WITH 5885 03:57:20,004 --> 03:57:21,639 SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE, THAT 5886 03:57:21,639 --> 03:57:23,707 OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD BE 5887 03:57:23,707 --> 03:57:25,810 DELIGHTED, SOME AT LEAST, FALL 5888 03:57:25,810 --> 03:57:28,512 INTO LINE BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 5889 03:57:28,512 --> 03:57:29,446 THE CULTURE OF RESPONSIBILITY, 5890 03:57:29,446 --> 03:57:32,249 IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING THAT 5891 03:57:32,249 --> 03:57:35,085 MAKES SENSE AND ISN'T VULCANIZED 5892 03:57:35,085 --> 03:57:37,054 THEY ARE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW IT. 5893 03:57:37,054 --> 03:57:38,722 IT'S A GOOD TIME TO BE 5894 03:57:38,722 --> 03:57:41,225 REEXAMINING WHAT WE DO, HOW WE 5895 03:57:41,225 --> 03:57:44,461 DO IT, ESPECIALLY HOW WE TRAIN 5896 03:57:44,461 --> 03:57:46,263 RESEARCHERS FOR WHEREVER THEY 5897 03:57:46,263 --> 03:57:50,634 GO, THEY END UP GOING IN OTHER 5898 03:57:50,634 --> 03:57:54,138 COUNTRIES OR IN OTHER 5899 03:57:54,138 --> 03:57:56,106 DISCIPLINES AND INDUSTRY. 5900 03:57:56,106 --> 03:57:57,608 I THINK IT'S WELL PAST TIME TO 5901 03:57:57,608 --> 03:57:58,742 DO THAT. 5902 03:57:58,742 --> 03:58:00,277 THIS IS THE WINDOW OF 5903 03:58:00,277 --> 03:58:02,813 OPPORTUNITY I THINK THE PANDEMIC 5904 03:58:02,813 --> 03:58:05,182 MADE US REEVALUATE WHAT WE 5905 03:58:05,182 --> 03:58:06,717 CONSIDER RISK AND BENEFIT FROM 5906 03:58:06,717 --> 03:58:08,485 BOTH SIDES AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 5907 03:58:08,485 --> 03:58:09,253 THAT OPPORTUNITY. 5908 03:58:09,253 --> 03:58:10,988 I SEE JIM HAS A HAND UP AND 5909 03:58:10,988 --> 03:58:14,491 GOING BACK TO HIS ROAD MAP, A 5910 03:58:14,491 --> 03:58:17,862 FITTING PERSON TO GIVE US 5911 03:58:17,862 --> 03:58:22,366 ANOTHER POINTER ON THAT. 5912 03:58:22,366 --> 03:58:25,536 >> I DID WANT TO EMPHASIZE OR 5913 03:58:25,536 --> 03:58:27,905 DRAW ATTENTION TO CHRIS' COMMENT 5914 03:58:27,905 --> 03:58:30,241 THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING 5915 03:58:30,241 --> 03:58:32,042 CLOSING DOWN THEIR BSL3 5916 03:58:32,042 --> 03:58:33,577 LABORATORY, FOR FINANCIAL 5917 03:58:33,577 --> 03:58:34,245 REASONS. 5918 03:58:34,245 --> 03:58:37,448 I THINK THIS JUST EXEMPLIFIES 5919 03:58:37,448 --> 03:58:40,084 THE COST OF THE BIOSAFETY 5920 03:58:40,084 --> 03:58:42,052 ASPECTS OF THE CHALLENGES THAT 5921 03:58:42,052 --> 03:58:42,920 WE'RE FACING. 5922 03:58:42,920 --> 03:58:44,922 AND, AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO THE 5923 03:58:44,922 --> 03:58:46,891 FACT THAT NIH IS ALREADY 5924 03:58:46,891 --> 03:58:49,193 INVESTED A BILLION DOLLARS IN 5925 03:58:49,193 --> 03:58:49,960 BUILDING THESE BIOCONTAINMENT 5926 03:58:49,960 --> 03:58:52,696 LABS, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN 5927 03:58:52,696 --> 03:58:54,765 BETTER USE THEM MORE EFFICIENTLY 5928 03:58:54,765 --> 03:58:57,268 TO HELP ADDRESS THIS QUESTION. 5929 03:58:57,268 --> 03:59:01,238 SO I JUST COULDN'T HELP BUT 5930 03:59:01,238 --> 03:59:01,639 COMMENT ON CHRIS. 5931 03:59:01,639 --> 03:59:05,276 THANK YOU. 5932 03:59:05,276 --> 03:59:09,513 >> IF I COULD ECHO ONE THING 5933 03:59:09,513 --> 03:59:13,684 ABOUT SIMON'S POINT ABOUT THE 5934 03:59:13,684 --> 03:59:15,286 UNCERTAIN TERRITORY, WE'VE GOT 5935 03:59:15,286 --> 03:59:16,520 TO INCORPORATE THAT UNCERTAIN 5936 03:59:16,520 --> 03:59:19,723 TERRITORY THAT'S UNKNOWN AND 5937 03:59:19,723 --> 03:59:22,359 RISK ASSESSMENT, INTO OUR 5938 03:59:22,359 --> 03:59:22,760 POLICIES. 5939 03:59:22,760 --> 03:59:24,728 >> THAT'S GOING TO BE ESPECIALLY 5940 03:59:24,728 --> 03:59:27,398 CRITICAL, IF IN FACT WE GO 5941 03:59:27,398 --> 03:59:29,233 FORWARD WITH A GLOBAL 5942 03:59:29,233 --> 03:59:31,035 SURVEILLANCE EFFORT IN SOME 5943 03:59:31,035 --> 03:59:31,535 FASHION. 5944 03:59:31,535 --> 03:59:33,437 WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU FIND IT? 5945 03:59:33,437 --> 03:59:35,739 HOW DO WE CLASSIFY AND HANDLE 5946 03:59:35,739 --> 03:59:37,141 IT? 5947 03:59:37,141 --> 03:59:40,844 EVEN IF IT'S NOT THE LIVE 5948 03:59:40,844 --> 03:59:42,046 ORGANISM BUT SEQUENCE, THAT 5949 03:59:42,046 --> 03:59:44,415 BRINGS UP OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT 5950 03:59:44,415 --> 03:59:51,355 DEALING WITH INFORMATION POLICY. 5951 03:59:51,355 --> 03:59:52,656 >> AGAIN, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN 5952 03:59:52,656 --> 03:59:54,858 SAID BY YOU BOTH, ESPECIALLY 5953 03:59:54,858 --> 03:59:56,727 AROUND THE SCOPE. 5954 03:59:56,727 --> 03:59:58,562 SOME THOUGHTS AROUND THE NORMS 5955 03:59:58,562 --> 04:00:01,098 THAT EVEN AREAS WE DON'T, QUOTE, 5956 04:00:01,098 --> 04:00:03,000 REGULATE BUT CAN LEARN FROM AND 5957 04:00:03,000 --> 04:00:03,734 IMPLEMENT PRACTICES WOULD BE 5958 04:00:03,734 --> 04:00:05,035 VERY IMPORTANT. 5959 04:00:05,035 --> 04:00:07,571 THE PART THAT CONTINUALLY 5960 04:00:07,571 --> 04:00:11,275 STRIKES ME IS GERRY TALKED ABOUT 5961 04:00:11,275 --> 04:00:12,476 PRACTICAL VERSUS THEORETICAL AND 5962 04:00:12,476 --> 04:00:13,610 CHALLENGES FOR THE RESEARCH 5963 04:00:13,610 --> 04:00:15,346 COMMUNITY TO DEFINE THAT WHICH I 5964 04:00:15,346 --> 04:00:17,314 THINK THE PRACTICAL AND 5965 04:00:17,314 --> 04:00:19,450 THEORETICAL HAS A MUCH STRONGER 5966 04:00:19,450 --> 04:00:23,887 LEVEL OF PRECISION TO IT BUT 5967 04:00:23,887 --> 04:00:25,622 WHEN WE HEAR NIH AND PUBLIC 5968 04:00:25,622 --> 04:00:28,359 SERVING THE COUNTRY AND MORE HOW 5969 04:00:28,359 --> 04:00:30,461 TO DEFINE THOSE IN WAYS THAT ARE 5970 04:00:30,461 --> 04:00:34,064 MEANINGFUL AND WE DEVELOP 5971 04:00:34,064 --> 04:00:35,265 MITIGATION THAT ADDRESS 5972 04:00:35,265 --> 04:00:36,667 PRACTICAL RISKS AND NOT 5973 04:00:36,667 --> 04:00:37,801 THEORETICAL BECAUSE THEY ARE 5974 04:00:37,801 --> 04:00:39,670 COSTLY AND DON'T PROVIDE 5975 04:00:39,670 --> 04:00:40,971 ADDITIONAL BENEFITS. 5976 04:00:40,971 --> 04:00:42,606 HOWEVER, THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT 5977 04:00:42,606 --> 04:00:45,209 IS WHAT FOOTS THE BILL FOR THIS 5978 04:00:45,209 --> 04:00:46,877 RESEARCH SO HOW DO WE 5979 04:00:46,877 --> 04:00:49,113 EFFICIENTLY MANAGE THAT, THAT 5980 04:00:49,113 --> 04:00:52,483 KIND OF BALANCE. 5981 04:00:52,483 --> 04:00:54,151 WITH THAT, I WILL START TO WRAP 5982 04:00:54,151 --> 04:00:55,552 US UP FOR TODAY. 5983 04:00:55,552 --> 04:00:57,187 AS MENTIONED, THIS IS ONE IN 5984 04:00:57,187 --> 04:00:58,956 SEVERAL OF OUR LISTENING 5985 04:00:58,956 --> 04:00:59,390 SESSIONS. 5986 04:00:59,390 --> 04:01:02,993 AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO 5987 04:01:02,993 --> 04:01:06,730 WORK TO ENGAGE MANY SPEAKERS AND 5988 04:01:06,730 --> 04:01:08,265 WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR 5989 04:01:08,265 --> 04:01:10,000 FEEDBACK OR OTHER SORTS OF -- 5990 04:01:10,000 --> 04:01:12,403 SORRY, I'M TRYING TO SHARE MY 5991 04:01:12,403 --> 04:01:14,271 SCREEN TO GIVE YOU A PLACE TO 5992 04:01:14,271 --> 04:01:18,042 SEND COMMENTS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO 5993 04:01:18,042 --> 04:01:20,244 SEND COMMENTS TO THE NIH FOR 5994 04:01:20,244 --> 04:01:22,579 CONSIDERATION, WE'RE HAPPY TO 5995 04:01:22,579 --> 04:01:23,680 TAKE THOSE AT ANY TIME. 5996 04:01:23,680 --> 04:01:25,549 THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL. 5997 04:01:25,549 --> 04:01:26,950 WE'LL BE CONTINUING THIS 5998 04:01:26,950 --> 04:01:27,284 CONVERSATION. 5999 04:01:27,284 --> 04:01:29,787 WE'LL ALSO WORK HARD TO MAKE 6000 04:01:29,787 --> 04:01:32,556 SURE THAT THIS IS ADVERTISED FOR 6001 04:01:32,556 --> 04:01:33,957 PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE AND 6002 04:01:33,957 --> 04:01:34,224 COMMENT. 6003 04:01:34,224 --> 04:01:37,194 AGAIN, AS PART OF THE BROADER 6004 04:01:37,194 --> 04:01:39,430 U.S. GOVERNMENT EFFORT, THIS WAS 6005 04:01:39,430 --> 04:01:40,764 VERY FOCUSED ON NIH-SUPPORTED 6006 04:01:40,764 --> 04:01:43,600 RESEARCH, WE'RE WORKING IN 6007 04:01:43,600 --> 04:01:45,135 TANDEM WITH OSTP INTERNATIONAL 6008 04:01:45,135 --> 04:01:46,136 SECURITY COUNCIL AND U.S. 6009 04:01:46,136 --> 04:01:47,004 GOVERNMENT PARTNERS TO THINK 6010 04:01:47,004 --> 04:01:50,174 ABOUT HOW TO DO THIS IN A 6011 04:01:50,174 --> 04:01:51,141 LOCK-STEP APPROACH TO PROVIDE 6012 04:01:51,141 --> 04:01:52,242 CONSISTENCY FOR THE RESEARCH 6013 04:01:52,242 --> 04:01:54,144 COMMUNITY AS WELL AS APPROPRIATE 6014 04:01:54,144 --> 04:01:55,746 OVERSIGHT AND NEXT STEPS. 6015 04:01:55,746 --> 04:01:57,848 WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING 6016 04:01:57,848 --> 04:01:59,016 THIS CONVERSATION AND APPRECIATE 6017 04:01:59,016 --> 04:02:01,051 EVERYONE WHO TAKE THE TIME TO BE 6018 04:02:01,051 --> 04:02:02,319 ON A VIRTUAL MEETING. 6019 04:02:02,319 --> 04:02:03,954 WE WISH WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN 6020 04:02:03,954 --> 04:02:05,823 PERSON BUT WISH YOU ALL HEALTH 6021 04:02:05,823 --> 04:02:07,825 AND SAFETY AND LOOK FORWARD TO 6022 04:02:07,825 --> 04:02:09,226 SEEING YOU AGAIN SOON. 6023 04:02:09,226 --> 04:02:19,226 WITH THAT, WE ARE CLOSED.