UKBSA Meeting, 9th July 2025

UK Biological Safety Advisers Meeting (9th July 2025)

Booking arrangements:

2nd June - ISTR member tickets booking opens.

9th June - Non-ISTR member ticket booking open. 

Payment (£15 per ticket) is by credit card only - we cannot process POs for this event.

Places are limited to 100 for this event, so book early to avoid disappointment. No more than TWO tickets will be issued for any single organisation. 

Meeting programme

0930	Registration open
1000 -10:45	Coffee and networking
10:45	Welcome and introduction	Marian Blokpoel - Chair of ISTR Biosafety Steering Group
10:50	Engineering tools for the de novo synthesis of non-model gut bacteria - safety and synthetic biology	Gonzalo Mendoza Ochoa - Career Development Fellow, MRC LMB
11:30	Biosafety in the creative arts	Ian Hackford - Head of Health and Safety and Security Intelligence, Glasgow School of Art
12:10	Bushy brows & breakthroughs: Brenner and the birth of biosafety	Shahana Ahmed - H&S advisor, MRC LMB
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch and networking
14:00	TExT - a guided masterclass on thorough examination and testing of LEV reporting requirements	Mark Ariyanayagam and Ian Graham (BSG members)
15:00	Group therapy - feedback from recent HSE interventions and other topics of concern	Facilitated discussion
1600	End of event.

The Venue: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Francis Crick Avenue,
Cambridge Biomedical Campus,
Cambridge CB2 0QH

Cost for the meeting is £15 which includes refreshments on arrival and a buffet lunch 

Travelling to the LMB
By Car - Visitor parking is limited to Blue Badge holders only.  There are public car parks on the Biomedical Campus (see map) - Car Park 2 is closest to the LMB.

See "how to find us" for details of public transport links.  To note that Bus A is the best option for onward travel from the rail station as it stops on the Green and Gardens just opposite the LMB (see map)