Matthew McKnight·Jan 20, 2025Five Observations on Biosecurity for 2025I’m publishing this just before the inauguration tomorrow because the real story of 2025 in our world is how the Trump Administration 2.0…
Matthew McKnight·Jun 6, 2024Some ways to think about the coming era of biosecurity.10 minute presentation providing an overview of Ginkgo Biosecurity
Matthew McKnight·Jan 8, 2024Five Observations on Biosecurity for 2024This past year has been a powerful reminder that we’re on the exponential tail of a technology change curve.
Matthew McKnight·Dec 21, 2023The reality behind the “gain of function” legislation: Opportunities and risksBinary thinking on science and security only sets us up for more cycles of blunt policy instruments. We need to break this cycle for good.
Matthew McKnight·Dec 1, 2023Building effective biodefense starts with understanding biological riskThe epidemiology and risk analytics team at Concentric is modeling biorisk to help leaders understand how the threat surface is changing.
Matthew McKnight·May 8, 2023Our Vision for Building Biological Radar in New Issue of CEPOur work is highlighted on the cover of Chemical Engineering Progress.
Matthew McKnight·May 2, 2023On Building Technologies for the Global Immune SystemAt a recent conference, I highlighted the progress we’ve made towards building a global “radar system” for biological threats.
Matthew McKnight·Apr 12, 2023Coverage of the Dream of Biosecurity InfrastructureI’m optimistic that biological threat monitoring infrastructure is actually being built and expanded. Just read the news!
Matthew McKnight·Apr 12, 2023Biology as an Operational DomainWe must make biology the sixth domain of military operations — and demand it’s the first domain where only defensive technologies are…
Matthew McKnight·Apr 12, 2023Eight Observations on Biosecurity for 2023Biothreats and biodefenses need to be redefined as a critical priority — immediately.
