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George Poste

George Poste is Regents' Professor, Del E. Webb Chair in Health Innovation and Director of the Complex Adaptive Systems Initiative at Arizona State University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, ex-officio member of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense and prior member of the US Defense Science Board.


Articles by George Poste

An early gene synthesis machine.

Biotech promises miracles. But the risks call for more oversight

By David Gillum, George Poste, Craig Woods, Rachel Levinson | Biosecurity
A biosafety level 4 lab.

Researchers hacked a lab’s pathogen containment system. Was it a good idea to publish the results?

By George Poste, David Gillum | Biosecurity