GESDA Summit 2026

Really delighted to be back in Geneva for this year’s GESDA Summit on 14–15 October! As always, it was such a pleasure to catch up with old friends, meet new colleagues and be part of conversations that bring together so many different disciplines and perspectives. I was particularly grateful for the opportunity to join Sarah … Continue reading →

A Milestone for BioGovernance Commons

Thrilled to share that our BioGovernance Commons initiative — a bottom-up science diplomacy experiment we started in 2021 in response to escalating geopolitical tensions surrounding the life sciences — has finally become a book! It’s been quite a journey, with plenty of unexpected hurdles along the way! I’m particularly pleased that the book has found … Continue reading →

Singapore Conference on Mirror Biology

It has been a pleasure to contribute to all three public events supported by the Mirror Biology Dialogue Fund, from Paris in June 2025 and Manchester in September 2025 to Singapore at the end of September this year. At the Singapore conference, I enjoyed a stimulating panel discussion with Hervé Chneiweiss, as well as the … Continue reading →