{"607238":{"#nid":"607238","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Synthetic Biology Could Enable Bioweapons Development","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/margaret-e-kosal\u0022\u003EMargaret Kosal\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the Nunn School, was quoted in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EChemical and Engineering News\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;June 18, article,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/content\/cen\/articles\/96\/i26\/Synthetic-biology-enable-bioweapons-development.html\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;Synthetic Biology Could Enable Bioweapons Development.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The report was extremely well done and delivered something that has potential to be useful for policy-makers,\u0026rdquo; says Margaret E. Kosal, a chemist by training and currently a professor of international affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology, who reviewed a draft of the report. In particular, Kosal applauds the committee for prioritizing potential threats, \u0026ldquo;because if everything is a problem, then nothing gets addressed,\u0026rdquo; she says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, visit the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/content\/cen\/articles\/96\/i26\/Synthetic-biology-enable-bioweapons-development.html\u0022\u003EChemical and Engineering News\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ewebsite.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34508","created_gmt":"2018-06-21 15:59:57","changed_gmt":"2018-06-21 15:59:57","author":"oadebola3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"tech tower staircase","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/content\/cen\/articles\/96\/i26\/Synthetic-biology-enable-bioweapons-development.html","dateline":{"date":"2018-06-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-06-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"606992":{"id":"606992","type":"image","title":"Margaret Kosal","body":null,"created":"1528897504","gmt_created":"2018-06-13 13:45:04","changed":"1634215882","gmt_changed":"2021-10-14 12:51:22","alt":"Maraget E. Kosal","file":{"fid":"247238","name":"MargaretKosalSquare.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/MargaretKosalSquare.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/MargaretKosalSquare.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":86796,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/MargaretKosalSquare.jpg?itok=hdYL4Mss"}}},"media_ids":["606992"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"77471","name":"bioweapons"},{"id":"169316","name":"synthetic biology engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}