To help ensure global public health, safety and security by safeguarding the opportunities offered by advances in the life sciences and their application through the promotion of best practices, standards and codes of conduct.
Terence Taylor will participate in a panel discussion at the 106th Annual Meeting of APSA on September 2-5, 2010, in Washington, D.C. This year's theme is “The Politics of Hard Times: Citizens, Nations, and the International System under Economic Stress.”
Donors
The ICLS welcomes contributions in support of our global effort to reduce the misuse of the life sciences. The Council would like to thank the following public and private supporters for making its daily operations and project-related activities since 2005 possible.
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
The BioIndustry Initiative (US Department of State)
The Global Opportunities Fund (UK Government)
The Global Partnership Program (Foreign Affairs Canada)
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The Robert and Ardis James Foundation
Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi
Islamic Development Bank
Nuclear Threat Initiative
The ICLS would like to acknowledge its partners for providing or leveraging resources to carryout joint meetings and initiatives.
Center for Modern Medical Technology (TEMPO)
Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Corporation (COMSTECH)
The Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi
Kingdom of Morocco's Ministry of Education, Higher Education, Training and Scientific Research
Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
Royal Scientific Society of Jordan
Royal Society (UK)
Most of the experts that attend and contribute to ICLS meetings and initiatives do so on their own time or with the support of their home organization. Several of these experts raise funds from within their own organizations to participate in our actives. We thank you.
Members
The following organizations support the ICLS through membership dues
AVANT Immunotherapeutics
Black & Veatch Corporation
Cellon SA
GANYMED Pharmaceuticals AG
Haseltine Associates
International Association for Synthetic Biology
Midwest Research Institute
National Centre for Biosecurity, The Australian National University
National Core Group in Life Sciences of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
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The Program on Life Sciences Ethics and Policy, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, UHN and MCMM at University of Toronto
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech)