RA
Contained use expertise
GM & biological risk assessment
Support with assessment, classification, notification and review—from a former specialist inspector who has managed the HSE notification process.
Independent biosafety consultancy
Keep the science moving.
Know the risk is handled.
Clear, pragmatic advice on biological safety and genetic modification from someone who understands the laboratory, the organisation and the regulator.
Start with what is happening
What do you need to move forward?
Core expertise
Specialist input that fits the situation.
Use GMBSC for a discrete project, a call-off arrangement or retained advice. Every engagement is shaped around your work and the outcome you need.
HSE
Regulatory advice
Prepare for a visit or respond constructively to enforcement action.
✓
Inspection & audit
Targeted reviews with clear findings and practical next steps.
Intelligent client support
Containment laboratory design, operation & commissioning
An independent, experienced view while decisions can still be improved—from initial planning through commissioning and operation.
More ways GMBSC can help
- Accident & incident investigation
- Safe handling of biological agents
- Coaching & mentoring
- General health & safety advice
GMBSC Learning
Build confident decisions,
not passive attendance.
Interactive learning grounded in real regulatory and laboratory experience, delivered from GMBSC’s catalogue or tailored to your organisation.
Core programme
GM Risk Assessment, Classification & Notification
Understand the decisions, evidence and regulatory steps that turn a proposed activity into well-controlled work.
Reviewer programme
Reviewing GM Risk Assessments
Develop a robust, proportionate approach to review as a Biological Safety Officer or GM Safety Committee member.
Professional development
Wider BSO Skills
Strengthen investigation, monitoring, management advice and briefing skills for day-to-day biosafety practice.
Organisation programme
Biosafety Competence Management
Build a practical framework for defining, developing and sustaining competence across the organisation.
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Dr Jon Gawn
Founder · GMBSC LtdExperience you can use
Calm, credible advice when the question is difficult.
Jon’s career spans biological research, university safety leadership and specialist regulation. That means advice is technically grounded, operationally realistic and alive to regulatory expectations.
He is a former University Biological Safety Officer, former Chair of the Executive Committee for ISTR, a Fellow of the Institute, and a qualified coach and mentor.
HSE Former Principal Specialist InspectorISTR Former Executive Committee ChairPractice Government, academic, healthcare & industry
Read Jon’s background →
A focused route forward
One question.
Thirty minutes.
Clearer next steps.
30
Quick advice callOne-to-one video meeting with Jon
- Bring a focused biosafety question
- Share context before the call
- Leave with practical next steps
Interactive learning
Enter the GM Decision Lab.
Make four decisions under pressure. You will see the reasoning after every answer and earn a place on the local leaderboard.
DNA
Scenario challenge
Would you make the safer call?
Four short situations drawn from the principles behind sound biosafety practice.
Educational only. It does not replace a site-specific risk assessment.What clients value
“His in-depth knowledge of biological safety, legislative compliance and genetic modification, coupled with his calm and patient manner, helped to resolve several issues.”
Dr Tanya AspinallSafety Risk and Compliance Manager
Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
CalmPragmaticPatientEngaging
inUseful thinking,
From the biosafety community
Useful thinking,
shared regularly.
A future live feed can bring Jon’s latest posts, regulatory observations and practical lessons straight into the website.
Find Jon on LinkedIn ↗When “suitable and sufficient” needs more than a template
How reviewing the work as it is really done leads to more proportionate controls.
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Why independent challenge early in a laboratory project can prevent expensive compromises.
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