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Valentin Disashi is the Technical Manager of High-Containment Laboratories (BSL-3) at the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) in Kinshasa. He oversees the management, operation and maintenance of laboratory buildings and facilities, ensuring exceptional biosecurity standards. Holding a master’s degree in Wireless Communication and a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Lovely Professional University (LPU) in India, with over six years of experience in the field of biomedical research and as an IFBA‑certified professional in Biorisk Management, Valentin’s expertise is applied to enhance the safety and security of high-containment laboratories. His work supports epidemic and pandemic preparedness, outbreak response and infectious disease research. He also contributes to global public health efforts through innovative biosecurity and biosafety solutions, regional exchange of experience and collaboration, sustainable operation and maintenance of High-Containment Laboratories as well as science diplomacy and policy through his support to the G7-led Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (GPWMD), Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and World Health Organization (WHO).