Title

Highlights of Biosafety and Biosecurity Month (BBM) at the AIMST University and Perspectives on Biorisk Management

Authors

Subhash Janardhan Bhore^1,2,*

Affiliation

¹Chairman, AIMST University Institutional Biosafety Committee; ²Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, AIMST University, Bedong-Semeling Road, 08100 Bedong, Semeling, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia.

Email

Subhash Janardhan Bhore - E-mail: subhash@aimst.edu.my; subhashbhore@gmail.com; Tel: +604-429 8176; Fax: +604-429 8009, *Corresponding author

Article Type

Views

Date

Received August 30, 2019; Revised September 2, 2019; Accepted September 4, 2019; Published September 7, 2019

The innovations and developments in microbiology, biomedical sciences, and biotechnology come along with the challenges of biological risk (biorisk). Biorisk is defined as the 'combination of the probability of occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm where the source of harm is a biological agent or toxin'. Biorisk is a borderless challenge to the global community. Hence, all universities, colleges, centers of bio-excellence, and institutions of higher learning can and should do their bit to educate laboratory members, academicians, students and stakeholders (LASS) for the efficient and comprehensive biorisk management (BRM) for our and future generations safety and
sustainability.

Keywords

biorisk, biosafety, biosecurity, biotechnology, microbiology, sustainability.

Citation

Bhore, Bioinformation 15(8): 568-571 (2019)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics