1st Edition

Biosecurity in the Making The Threats, the Aspects and the Challenge of Readiness

Edited By Manousos E. Kambouris Copyright 2024
182 Pages 8 Color & 3 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

182 Pages 8 Color & 3 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

182 Pages 8 Color & 3 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

The explosive growth of bioeconomy and bioscience, coupled with an interconnected planet increases the potential impact of large-scale bio-events. Either causing public health threats as in epidemics or posing food security issues, from mass poisonings to large-scale starvation, such eventualities are direct threats and indirect destabilizers in a planetary context. The issue of Biosecurity thus... Read more

Preface

Introduction

A (hi)story of Horror: Biosociomics as an Integrated Field to Critically Research the Occurrence of Biothreats throughout the Ages

M.E. Kambouris, Y. Manoussopoulos, A. Velegraki and G.P. Patrinos

Agrosecurity: Integrating the Containment of Agroterrorism, Promotion of Bioeconomy and Protection of the Public Health

Yiannis Manoussopoulos, Aristea Velegraki, Marianna Manoussopoulou and Manousos E. Kambouris

The Enemy in the Dish: Current and Projected Foodborne Biorisks and Liabilities

M. Kakagianni and I. Giavasis

Beyond the Biosphere

M.E. Kambouris

Nature Avenging

Manousos E. Kambouris, Aristea Velegraki and George P. Patrinos

The Enemy Within: Turning the Pages

M.E. Kambouris and Y. Manoussopoulos

The Hope of Biologicals: Toxins, Microbiomes and Phages

M.E. Kambouris

Cyberbiosecurity: The Threat of the Sages

Ioannis Chatzis, Periklis Rompolas, Christoforos Karachristos and Angeliki Grivopoulou

Harnessing Fields, Waves and Currents: The Realm of Mages

M.E. Kambouris

Wars, Crime and Terror: The Perpetrated Dimension of Biothreats

George D. Kostis and Manousos E. Kambouris

Biography

Manousos E. Kambouris, BSc in Biology in 1993, 23 months military service (1993-5), PhD in Medical Molecular Mycology in 2000 and Post-Doc research in the USA (2000-2). He has been the Hellenic Police Headquarters advisor for chem/bio risks for the 2004 Olympics. He has taught in five universities and been pro bono advisor to the Commanding Officer of the Joint NBC intervention company of the Greek General Staff. He leads the Special Projects of the LaPIT in the Department of Pharmacy, Patras University.