{"61294":{"#nid":"61294","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Kosal speaks at UN-Geneva on Nanotechnology for Biological Defense","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProf Kosal speaks at UN-Geneva on Nanotechnology for Biological Defense.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor Kosal spoke on 28 June at the \u0022Synthetic Biology and Nanobiotechnology Risk and Response Assessment\u0022 workshop at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.  Kosal spoke on the application of nanotechnology for defensive countermeasures to biological warfare agents and bioterrorist attacks in her invited talk, \u0022Nanotechnology for Biological Defense: Detection, Protection, Decontamination, and Medical Countermeasures.\u0022  The meeting was hosted by the \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.unog.ch\/80256EE600585943\/(httpPages)\/16C37624830EDAE5C12572BC0044DFC1?OpenDocument\u0027\u003EBiological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit (BWC-ISU)\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.unicri.it\/\u0027\u003EUN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)\u003C\/a\u003E and sponsored by the European Commission.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe series of risk workshops in which Prof Kosal participated aimed to scan the horizon for developments in the technology fields of synthetic biology and Nanobiotechnology that \u2013 dependent on their current or future ease of use and access \u2013 may lead to potentially dangerous capabilities at the disposal of groups or individuals that intentionally want to cause harm to society.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Assistant Professor Kosal spoke on 28 June at the \u0022Synthetic Biology and Nanobiotechnology Risk and Response Assessment\u0022 workshop at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u201cSynthetic Biology and Nanobiotechnology Risk and Response Ass"}],"uid":"27184","created_gmt":"2010-07-23 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:31","author":"Jene Gladstone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"61295":{"id":"61295","type":"image","title":"United Nations ~ Geneva, Switzerland","body":null,"created":"1449176322","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:42","changed":"1475894533","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:13","alt":"United Nations ~ Geneva, Switzerland","file":{"fid":"191321","name":"tpk01213.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tpk01213_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tpk01213_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":125493,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tpk01213_0.jpg?itok=HkI4wikW"}},"61296":{"id":"61296","type":"image","title":"Professor Margaret E. Kosal","body":null,"created":"1449176322","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:42","changed":"1475894533","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:13","alt":"Professor Margaret E. Kosal","file":{"fid":"191322","name":"tqn01547.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tqn01547_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tqn01547_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":31772,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tqn01547_0.jpg?itok=hFCzuovC"}}},"media_ids":["61295","61296"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cistp.gatech.edu\/events\/docs\/Agenda_SynNanoBio_2ndWS_28-29June2010.pdf","title":"Agenda from Workshop"}],"groups":[{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"147","name":"Military Technology"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"277","name":"Biology"},{"id":"10776","name":"geneva"},{"id":"922","name":"Kosal"},{"id":"10775","name":"nanobiology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EAngela Levin\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECISTP\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=al101\u0022\u003EContact Angela Levin\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-3199\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Angela.Levin@inta.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}