Safeguarding Biological Research.

Working to usher in a future of safe and transformative biotechnologies.

About CBH

The Cambridge Biosecurity Hub (CBH) is a team of researchers investigating and raising awareness of the risks associated with rapidly developing biotechnologies. Our projects aim to make progress on both technical and policy issues within biosecurity.

What we do

Events

See our events page for details on the following events

  • AI x Biosecurity Symposium

    Monday, 16th March 2026 | Cambridge Union, Cambridge, UK

Collaborations

CBH is collaberating with ERA to run the first AIxBio Fellowship

It is an 8-week, fully funded research fellowship at Cambridge, UK, from January 26 - March 20, 2026.

Our aim is for fellows to work on concrete projects mitigating biosecurity risks, including those amplified by frontier AI.

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CBH is working with SPAR, a part-time, remote research fellowship, to run their first biosecurity stream.

Applications are now closed, but complete an expression of interest if you’re interested in applying for a future round.

Previous Projects

  • Pandemic Prevention Fellowship - 7 week speaker series with 20 fellows completing

  • In person ‘Biosecurity Fundamentals’ reading groups

  • Biosecurity research sprints

  • The Cambridge Pandemic Prevention Symposium was held at Jesus College on 7th October 2024. We had >100 attendees and a series of impressive speakers including Dr Cassidy Nelson (CLTR), Dr Ewan Harrison (University of Cambridge), Dr Nicole Wheeler (University of Birmingham) and Dr Sana Zakaria (RAND Europe).

Meet the Team

  • Grace Braithwaite

    FOUNDER

  • Sandy Hickson

    FOUNDER

  • Phil Palmer

    RESEARCH LEAD

  • Richard Moulange

    RESEARCH AFFILIATE