Developing a Maximum Containment Laboratory: BSL-4 Biosafety and Biosecurity Considerations

Date:

7 May 2026, Thursday

Time:

5:30 – 6:30pm Singapore time (GMT+08:00) 

Platform:

Via Zoom

Synopsis:

During this session, Adj A/Prof Gladys Tan, Director of the Biological Defence Programme, DSO National Laboratories, will explain how Singapore has been strengthening its laboratory capability to include a maximum containment laboratory, as well as the biosafety and biosecurity risks that need to be recognised and mitigated.

Speaker:

Adj A/Prof Gladys Tan, Director, Biological Defence Programme, DSO National Laboratories

Moderator:

Adjunct Associate Prof Poh Lian Lim, Lead, Biorisk Management, Asia Centre for Health Security