Articles, Chapters and Commentaries

Elbahtimy, Hassan & Filippa Lentzos (Forthcoming 2024) “Science & International Security” in Michael S Goodman, Rachel Kerr & Matthew Moran (Eds) An introduction to War Studies. Elgar.

Lentzos, Filippa and Gemma Bowsher (2023) Climate or conflict? Legionnaire’s outbreak in Poland raises questions, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 5 October.

Lentzos, Filippa (2023) Conducting public health workshops in Ukraine–under threat of missile attack, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 18 September.

Ekins, Sean, Max Brackmann, Cédric Invernizzi & Filippa Lentzos (2023) Generative AI-assisted protein design must consider repurposing potential, GEN Biotechnology Vol.2(4): 296-300.

Lentzos, Filippa (2023) Personalized war: How the genomics revolution will reshape war, espionage, and tyranny… Aporia Magazine, 26 June.

Lentzos, Filippa and Tancredi Francese (2023) Biological Weapons Convention: In the crosshairs of geopolitical tensions, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Part 1 Part 2

Ekins, Sean, Filippa Lentzos, Max Brackmann & Cédric Invernizzi (2023) There’s a ‘ChatGPT’ for biology. What could go wrong? The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 24 March.

Houser, Ryan S, Koblentz Gregory D, & Filippa Lentzos (2023) Understanding biosafety and biosecurity in Ukraine, Health Security Vol.21(1).

Urbina, Fabio, Filippa Lentzos, Cédric Invernizzi & Sean Ekins (2023) Preventing AI from creating biochemical threats, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling Vol.63(3): 691-694.

Urbina, Fabio, Filippa Lentzos, Cédric Invernizzi & Sean Ekins (2023) AI in drug discover: A wake-up call, Drug Discovery Today Vol.28(1): 103410.

Lentzos, Filippa (2022) “Intelligence and biosecurity: An emerging field of scholarship” in Rob Dover, Huw Dylan & Michael S Goodman (Eds) A Research Agenda for Intelligence Studies & Government. Elgar.

Lentzos, Filippa (2022) Biological weapons are a thing of the past…or are they? GEN Biotechnology Vol.1(4): 355-359.

Lentzos, Filippa (2022) “AI and biological weapons” in Niklas Schöring and Thomas Reinhold (Eds.) Armament, Arms Control and Artificial Intelligence: The Janus-faced nature of machine learning in the military realm. Springer.

Filippa Lentzos (2022) Der Horror aus dem Labor, Der Pragmaticus, 24 November.

Jez Littlewood & Filippa Lentzos (2022) Russia (again) peddles its debunked US-Ukrainian bioweapons claims at the United Nations, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 15 November.

Lentzos, Filippa, Gregory D. Koblentz and Joseph Rodgers (2022) The urgent need for an overhaul of global biorisk management, CTC Sentinel Vol.15(4): 23-29.

Urbina, Fabio, Filippa Lentzos, Cédric Invernizzi & Sean Ekins (2022) Dual use of artificial-intelligence-powered drug discovery, Nature Machine Intelligence Vol.4: 189-191.

Koblentz, Gregory D. & Filippa Lentzos (2022) A plan B to strengthen biosafety and biosecurity: A ‘minilateral’ approach is needed to strengthen global biorisk management, Council on Foreign Relations: Think Global Health, 15 November.

Jez Littlewood & Filippa Lentzos (2022) Russia’s alleged bioweapons claims have few supporters, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 11 October.

Urbina, Fabio, Filippa Lentzos, Cédric Invernizzi & Sean Ekins (2022) A teachable moment for dual-use, Nature Machine Intelligence Vol.4: 607.

Lentzos, Filippa & Jez Littlewood (2022) Russia finds another stage for the Ukraine biolabs disinformation show, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 8 July.

Lentzos, Filippa and Una Jakob (2022) “Chemical, biological and health security threats” in SIPRI Yearbook 2022: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. Oxford University Press. Yearbook Summary

Lentzos, Filippa, Edward Rybicki, Margret Engelhard, Pauline Paterson, Wayne Sandholtz & Guy Reeves (2022) Letter response, Science Vol.275(6587):  1363.

Lentzos, Filippa & Jez Littlewood (2022) Don’t let finger-pointing doom this key treaty against bioweapons, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 4 March.

Lentzos, Filippa, Edward P. Rybicki, Margret Engelhard, Pauline Paterson, Wayne Arthur Sandholtz & R. Guy Reeves (2022) Eroding norms over release of self-spreading viruses, Science, Vol.375(6576): 31-33. Article website.

Lentzos, Filippa & Gregory D. Koblentz (2022) Have hybrid coronaviruses already been made? We simply don’t know for sure, and that’s a problem, The Conversation, 21 Feb.

Lentzos, Filippa & Dag Hareide (2021) Stadig flere kan lage farlige virus og bakterier. Hva gjør vi med det? Kronikk i Aftenposten, 6 Nov.

Nelson, Cassidy, Ilker Adiguzel, Marie-Valentine Florin, Rickard Knutsson, Filippa Lentzos, Catherine Rhodes, Paul Rutten and Annika Vergin (2021) “Foresight in synthetic biology and biotechnology threats” in B.D. Trump et al. (Eds.) Emerging threats of synthetic biology and biotechnology. Springer. Open access

Butorac, Isobel, Filippa Lentzos & Christine Aicardi (2021) Grey Matters: Exploring technologists perceptions of dual-use potentiality in emerging neurotechnology applications, Health Security Vol.19(4): 424-430.

Lentzos, Filippa (2021) Dual-use biology: Building trust and managing perceptions of intent, The Nonproliferation Review Vol.27(1-3): 517-523.

Wilson, Henrietta & Filippa Lentzos (2021) Introduction: UNSCOM and the future of WMD verification, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Vol.77(4): 159-162.

Lentzos, Filippa & Henrietta Wilson (2021) How UNSCOM found and destroyed Iraq’s biological weapons, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 23 July.

Lentzos, Filippa (2021) Monitoring Iraq’s dual-use capabilities: An interview with Gabriele Kraatz-Wadsack, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Vol.77(4): 172-176.

Black, Stephen, Henrietta Wilson & Filippa Lentzos (2021) UNSCOM’s work to uncover Iraq’s illicit biological weapons program: A primer, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Vol.77(4): 199-202.

Nelson, Cassidy, Ilker Adiguzel, Marie-Valentine Florin, Rickard Knutsson, Filippa Lentzos, Catherine Rhodes, Paul Rutten and Annika Vergin (2021) “Foresight in synthetic biology and biotechnology threats” in B.D. Trump et al. (Eds.) Emerging threats of synthetic biology and biotechnology. Springer. Open access

Butorac, Isobel, Filippa Lentzos & Christine Aicardi (2021) Grey Matters: Exploring technologists perceptions of dual-use potentiality in emerging neurotechnology applications, Health Security Vol.19(4): 424-430.

Lentzos, Filippa (2021) Dual-use biology: Building trust and managing perceptions of intent, The Nonproliferation Review Vol.27(1-3): 517-523.

Rodgers, Joseph, Filippa Lentzos, Gregory D. Koblentz & Minh Ly (2021) How to make sure the labs researching the most dangerous pathogens are safe and secure, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 2 July.

Lentzos, Filippa and Caitríona McLeish (2021) “Chemical and biological security threats” in SIPRI Yearbook 2021: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. Oxford University Press. Yearbook Summary

Koblentz, Gregory D.  & Filippa Lentzos (2021) Whether Covid escaped from a lab or not, it’s time to talk about biosecurity, The Guardian, 15 June.

Lentzos, Filippa & Gregory D. Koblentz (2021) Fifty-nine labs around world handle the deadliest pathogens–only a quarter score high on safety, The Conversation, 14 June.

Lentzos, Filippa (2021) The role of critical researchers in the Covid origins controversy, The Somatosphere, 3 March.

Lentzos, Filippa (2021) WHO: Covid-19 didn’t leak from a lab. Also WHO: Maybe it did, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 11 February.

Connel, Nancy, Kobi Leins, Filippa Lentzos & Anja Kaspersen (2021) Driving responsible innovation of AI, life science and next generation biotech, IEEE SA Beyond Standards, 3 February.

Lentzos, Filippa & Jez Littlewood (2020) How Russia worked to undermine UN bioweapons investigations, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 11 December.

Lentzos, Filippa (2020) How to protect the world from ultra-targeted biological weapons, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Vol.76(6):302-308.

Lentzos, Filippa & Guy Reeves (2020) Scientists are working on vaccines that spread like a disease. What could possibly go wrong? The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 18 September.

Lentzos, Filippa & Michael S. Goodman (2020) Battles of Influence: Deliberate Disinformation and Global Health Security Centre for International Governance Innovation essay series on Security, Intelligence and the Global Health Crisis.

Lentzos, Filippa, Michael S. Goodman & James M. Wilson (2020) Health security intelligence: Engaging across disciplines and sectors Intelligence and National Security Vol.35(4): 465-476.

Lentzos, Filippa (2020) Biopower and precision surveillance, Lockdown Texts, BioSocieties, 28 August.

Lentzos, Filippa (2020) High-stakes virus research must end The Sunday Times,  12 July.

Trump, Ben D et al (2020) Building biosecurity for synthetic biology Molecular Systems Biology, 21 July.

McLeish, Caitríona and Filippa Lentzos (2020) “Chemical and biological security threats” in SIPRI Yearbook 2020: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. Oxford University Press. Yearbook Summary

Lentzos, Filippa, Jean-Baptiste Gouyon and Brian Balmer (2020) “Imagining future biothreats: The role of popular culture” in Andreas Wenger, Ursula Jaspers and Myriam Dunn Cavelty (Eds.) The politics and science of prevision: Governing and probing the future. Routledge. Open Access

Lentzos, Filippa (2020) Und wenn das Virus doch aus einem Labor stammt? Gastkommentar in the Swiss Tages Anzeiger, 23 May.

Lentzos, Filippa (2020) Will the WHO call for an international investigation into the coronavirus’s origins? The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists,  18 May.

Lentzos, Filippa (2020) Natural spillover or research lab leak? Why a credible investigation is needed to determine the origin of the coronavirus pandemic The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 1 May.

Lentzos, Filippa  & Isobel Butorac (2020) Neurotechnology overview: Why we need a treaty to regulate weapons controlled by…thinking The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists,  28 April.

Lentzos, Filippa  (2019) What happened after an explosion at a Russian disease lab called VECTOR? The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists,  27 November.

Lentzos, Filippa & Cédric Invernizzi (2019) Laboratories in the cloud The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 2 July.

McLeish, Caitríona  and Filippa Lentzos (2019) “Chemical and biological security threats” in SIPRI Yearbook 2019: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security. Oxford University Press. Yearbook Summary

Lentzos, Filippa (2019) Will splashy philanthropy cause the biosecurity field to focus on the wrong risks? The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 25 April.

Brockman, Kolja, Sibylle Bauer, Vincent Boulanin and Filippa Lentzos (2019) “New developments in biology” in Conference Reader: Capturing Technology. Rethinking Arms Control. German Federal Foreign Office.

Lentzos, Filippa (2019) Re-thinking biological arms control for the 21st Century Fletcher Security Review Vol.6(1): 33-36.

Lentzos, Filippa and Cecilie Hellestveit (2019) “Synthetic biology and the Biological Weapons Convention” in James Gow, Ernst Dijxhoorn, Rachel Kerr and Guglielmo Verdirame (Eds) Routledge Handbook of War, Law and Technology. Routledge.

Lentzos, Filippa (2019) “Trust and transparency in biodefense” in Sunit K Singh and Jens H Kuhn (Eds.) Defense Against Biological Attack. Springer.

Lentzos, Filippa (2018) The Russian disinformation attack that poses a biological danger The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 19 November.

Lentzos, Filippa (2018) Strengthen the taboo against biological and chemical weapons The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 26 July.

Lentzos, Filippa & Jez Littlewood (2018) DARPA’s Prepare program: Preparing for what? The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 26 July.

Lentzos, Filippa (2018) How do we control dangerous biological research? The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 12 April.

Bruner, Robert & Filippa Lentzos (2018) Militarising the Mind: Assessing the Weapons of the Ultimate Battlefield BioSocieties Vol.14(1): 94-122.

Lentzos, Filippa & Cédric Invernizzi (2018) DNA origami: Unfolding risk? The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 25 January.

Impelluso, Giulia & Filippa Lentzos (2017) The threat of synthetic smallpox: European perspectives Health Security Vol.15(6): 582-586.

Bruner, Robert & Filippa Lentzos (2017) Neuroscience–and the new weapons of the mind The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 27 October.

Rose, Nikolas and Filippa Lentzos (2017) “Making us resilient: Responsible citizens for uncertain times” in S Trnka and C Trundle (Eds.) Competing Responsibilities: The Ethics and Politics of Contemporary Life. Duke University Press.

Lentzos, Filippa (2017) Ignore Bill Gates: Where bioweapons focus really belongs The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 3 July.

Lentzos, Filippa (2017) “Genetic engineering and biological risks: Policy formation and regulatory response” in Roger Brownsword, Eloise Scotford and Karen Young (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the Law and Regulation of Technology. Oxford University Press.

Rose, Steven and Filippa Lentzos (2016) “Interview: Unconventional weapons and activist scientists” in Filippa Lentzos (Ed.) Biological Threats in the 21st Century, Imperial College Press.

Smith, Trevor and Filippa Lentzos (2016) “Interview: International security and counter-terrorism” in Filippa Lentzos (Ed.) Biological Threats in the 21st Century, Imperial College Press.

Lentzos, Filippa (2016) “Editor’s introduction: The politics, people, science and historical roots” in Filippa Lentzos (Ed.) Biological Threats in the 21st Century, Imperial College Press.

Lentzos, Filippa & Gregory D. Koblentz (2016) It’s time to modernize the bioweapons convention The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 4 November.

Lentzos, Filippa & Nicholas Evans (2016) Four steps to rebuild trust in biology The Guardian, 23 May.

Lentzos, Filippa (2016) “Don’t single out the DIY community” part of the STAT News First Opinion feature Is do-it-yourself CRISPR as scary as it sounds?, 14 March.

Lentzos, Filippa (2016) Biology’s misuse potential Connections – The Quarterly Journal Vol.15(2): 48-64.

Lentzos, Filippa (2015) Synthetic Biology’s Defence Dollars: Signals and Perceptions PLOS Blog, 27 December.

Lentzos, Filippa (2015) Mutational technologies: Engage public in gene-editing policy Nature Vol.521(7552): 289.

Lentzos, Filippa, Koos van der Bruggen & Kathryn Nixdorff (2015) Can we trust scientists’ self-control? The Guardian, 26 April.

Lentzos, Filippa & Jacob Thorup Cohn (2014) “Biopreparedness: Developing vaccines for an eradicated disease” BioSocieties, Vol.9(4): 421-430.

Lentzos, Filippa (2014) Preventing a man-made pandemic The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 18 December.

Marris, Claire, Catherine Jefferson & Filippa Lentzos (2014) Negotiating the dynamics of uncomfortable knowledge: The case of dual use and synthetic biology BioSocieties, Vol.9(4): 393-420.

Jefferson, Catherine, Filippa Lentzos & Claire Marris (2014) Synthetic biology and biosecurity: Challenging the ‘myths’ Frontiers in Public Health, Vol.2: 115.

Lentzos, Filippa, Catherine Jefferson & Claire Marris (2014) The myths (and realities) of synthetic bioweapons The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 18 September.

Lentzos, Filippa (2014) “The BWC: Compliance, transparency & confidence” Disarmament Times Vol.37(1): 6-8.

Lentzos, Filippa (2014) “The performativity of constructed uncertainty: Military money and secrecy in biology” Science as Culture Vol.23(4).

Lentzos, Filippa (2014) “The risk of bioweapons use: Considering the evidence base” BioSocieties Vol.9(1): 84-93.

Rappert, Brian and Filippa Lentzos (2013) “Biosecurity and bio-terror: Reflections on a decade” in Andrew Dobson, Kezia Barker and Sarah Taylor (Eds.) Biosecurity: The socio-politics of invasive species and infectious diseases, Routledge.

Lentzos, Filippa (2013) Syria and bioweapons: The need for transparency The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 21 November.

Lentzos, Filippa (2012) “Synthetic biology, security and governance” BioSocieties Vol.7(4): 339-351.

Lentzos, Filippa, Caitlin Cockerton, Susanna Finlay, Alex Hamilton, Joy Zhang and Nikolas Rose (2012) “The societal impact of synthetic biology” in Paul S. Freemont and Richard I. Kitney (Eds.) Synthetic Biology: A Primer, Imperial College Press.

Lentzos, Filippa and Pamela Silver (2012) “Synthesis of viral genomes” in Jonathan Tucker (Ed.) Innovations, dual use and security: Managing the risks of emerging biological and chemical technologies, MIT Press.

Lentzos, Filippa (2011) “Hard to prove: The verification quandry of the BWC” Nonproliferation Review Vol.18(3): 571-582.

Lentzos, Filippa (2011) “Strengthening the BWC confidence-building measures: Toward a cycle of engagement” The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Vol.67(3):26-33.

Lentzos, Filippa (2009) “Synthetic biology in the social context: The UK debate to date” BioSocieties Vol.4(3-4): 303-315.

Lentzos, Filippa and Nikolas Rose (2009) “Governing insecurity: Contingency planning, protection, resilience” Economy & Society Vol.38(2): 230-254.

Lentzos, Filippa (2009) “Reaching a tipping point: Strengthening the BWC’s confidence-building measures” Disarmament Diplomacy Vol.89: 52-57.

Lentzos, Filippa (2009) “The pre-history of biosecurity: Strategies for managing risks to collective health” in Brian Rappert and Chandre Gould (Eds.) Biosecurity: Its origins, transformations and practice, Palgrave.

Lentzos, Filippa, Gaymon Bennett, Jef Boeke, Drew Endy and Paul Rabinow (2008) “Visions and challenges in redesigning life” BioSocieties Vol.3(3): 311-323.

Lentzos, Filippa (2008) “Countering misuse of life sciences through regulatory multiplicity” Science and Public Policy Vol.35(1): 55-64.

Lentzos, Filippa (2007) “The American biodefence industry: From emergency to nonemergence” Politics and the Life Sciences Vol. 26(1): 15-23.

Lentzos, Filippa (2007) “Representation from the trenches: Ongoing monitoring for implementing the BWC” Disarmament Diplomacy Vol.85(Summer): 54-59.

Lentzos, Filippa (2006 and 2007) “Regulating biorisks: Developing a coherent policy logic” Biosecurity and Bioterrorism Part I Vol. 4(2): 160-167 and Part II Vol.5(1): 55-61.

Lentzos, Filippa (2006) “Rationality, risk and response: A research agenda for biosecurity” BioSocieties Vol.1(4): 453-464.

Lentzos, Filippa (2006) “Managing biorisks: Considering codes of conduct” Nonproliferation Review Vol.13(2): 211-226.

Lentzos, Filippa (2006) “Codes of conduct: Adequate regulation, a stop-gap measure, or part of a package?” EMBO reports Vol.7: S50-54.

Lentzos, Filippa (2005) “The impact of regulations on firms: A study of the biotech industry” Law & Policy Vol.27(3): 429-449.

Lentzos, Filippa (2001) “The legal trichotomy: Biotech company perspectives on institutional elements constraining research activities” Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie Vol. 22(2): 1-18.