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Biosecurity
Index: #81

Inadequate Blockers of Transmission

Our ability to block the transmission of pathogens is limited. Without effective strategies, airborne and surface-based transmission continues to spread diseases. A meta roadmap is here.

Foundational Capabilities (4)

Built Environment Protection

Enhance indoor environmental controls to reduce pathogen transmission through advanced sensor networks, UV/opto-acoustic disinfection, and improved HVAC systems.
  • OpenAeros
    Company
  • ARPA-H Program: BREATHE - Building Resilient Environments for Air and Total Health
    Funding Program
  • Arizona State University: Clean Indoor Air Project
    Initiative
  • The OSLUV Project
    Research Org
  • Convergent Research: Solid-state Far-UVC Roadmapping Workshop Report
    Roadmap
  • Blueprint for Far-UVC
    Whitepapers and Essays

    • Better PPE

    Develop next-generation, affordable, high-performance personal protective equipment to reduce transmission risks.
  • Speedrun: Develop an affordable super PPE
    Roadmap
  • A more perfect mask
    Technology Seed
  • How to stay healthy around wildfire smoke
    Technology Seed
  • Reusable Self-disinfecting Gloves for the Mitigation of Pathogen Spread
    Technology Seed
  • Towards a Theory of Pandemic-Proof PPE
    Whitepapers and Essays

    • Engineering the Microbiome to Improve Immune Response 

    Understand the role of the microbiome in immunity against infection and develop the ability to engineer or transplant microbiome communities that protect against infection.
  • King’s College London: MIMSA - Oral Microbiome & Mucosal Immunity in COVID-19 disease
    Initiative
  • From dysbiosis to defense: harnessing the gut microbiome in HIV/SIV therapy
    Research and Reviews
  • Gut microbiome, Vitamin D, ACE2 interactions are critical factors in immune-senescence and inflammaging: key for vaccine response and severity of COVID-19 infection
    Research and Reviews

    • Transmission Reduction Through Surfaces and Textiles

    Innovate new materials and coatings for surfaces and textiles that actively reduce pathogen viability and transmission.
  • Aqueous Zinc Compounds as Residual Antimicrobial Agents for Textiles
    Research and Reviews
  • Rapid inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 by titanium dioxide surface coating
    Research and Reviews