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Existential Risk Laboratory (X-Lab) @ University of Chicago

Research institute • xrisk.uchicago.edu

This research institute focuses on GCBRs .

Research Outreach & Advocacy

The UChicago Existential Risk Laboratory’s mission is to understand and mitigate existential and global catastrophic risks while training the next generation of scholars and policymakers. Their work is focused on preventing events that could result in hundreds of millions of deaths or permanently curtail civilization’s long-term potential.

This research institute works on

  • AI x Bio
  • Biological weapons
  • Synthetic biology
  • Lab biosafety