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Biosecurity
Research agendas, questions, and project lists
Global catastrophic biological risk
Megaprojects
Refuges
Biosurveillance
Antibiotic resistance
Journalism
Guarding Against Pandemics
Nucleic Acid Observatory
Metagenomics
Deutsch/ German
140 posts
COVID-19 pandemic
Vaccines
Pandemic preparedness
1Day Sooner
Human challenge trials
Schmidt Futures
Alvea
Institute for Progress
139
What Rethink Priorities General Longtermism Team Did in 2022, and Updates in Light of the Current Situation
Linch
6d
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EA's Achievements in 2022
ElliotJDavies
6d
7
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Delay, Detect, Defend: Preparing for a Future in which Thousands Can Release New Pandemics by Kevin Esvelt
Jeremy
1mo
7
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Map of Biosecurity Interventions
James Lin
1mo
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Some research ideas in forecasting
Jaime Sevilla
1mo
5
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What are the most promising strategies for reducing the probability of nuclear war?
Sarah Weiler
1mo
1
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Cruxes for nuclear risk reduction efforts - A proposal
Sarah Weiler
1mo
0
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List of Lists of Concrete Biosecurity Project Ideas
Tessa
5mo
5
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Sheltering humanity against x-risk: report from the SHELTER weekend
Janne M. Korhonen
2mo
3
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Concrete Biosecurity Projects (some of which could be big)
ASB
11mo
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[Doctoral seminar] Chemical and biological weapons: International investigative mechanisms
ncmoulios
1mo
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Announcing the Nucleic Acid Observatory project for early detection of catastrophic biothreats
Will Bradshaw
7mo
3
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What are the odds that the upcoming wave of FTX criticism will target EA again?
trevor1
15d
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Applications for the 2023 Tarbell Fellowship now open (one-year journalism programme)
Cillian Crosson
3mo
0
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Some observations from an EA-adjacent (?) charitable effort
patio11
11d
8
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COVID-19 in rural Balochistan, Pakistan: Two interviews from May 2020
NunoSempere
4d
2
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Stop Thinking about FTX. Think About Getting Zika Instead.
jeberts
1mo
5
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Come get malaria with me?
jeberts
21d
4
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Pandemic prevention as fire-fighting by Richard Williamson (Alvea.bio) for Works in Progress
Nick Whitaker
12d
1
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Pandemic Preparedness: Stakeholders who influence politicians in the UK
Alexandra Malikova
12d
1
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Announcing Alvea—An EA COVID Vaccine Project
kyle_fish
10mo
25
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A Potential Cheap and High Impact Way to Reduce Covid in the UK this Winter
Lawrence Newport
1mo
16
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What would be the best degree for a medical student to intercalate in if they wanted to get involved in global health/pandemic preparedness?
Rohan Singh
22d
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Experimental longtermism: theory needs data
Jan_Kulveit
9mo
10
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Reading suggestions for how regulatory bodies can do better on vaccine approval in a pandemic?
freedomandutility
1mo
0
32
Case Rates to Sequencing Reads
Jeff Kaufman
3mo
3
12
Does Factory Farming Make Natural Pandemics More Likely?
brook
1mo
2
120
How we failed
Jan_Kulveit
9mo
16