Supplemental Funding for Research at NIAID Regional Biocontainment Laboratories
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is supporting administrative supplement applications for funding from eligible investigators at National Institute of ...
Tag: BSL-3
Federal Select Agent Program Clarifies Requirements for Botulinum Neurotoxin Gene Constructs
The Federal Select Agent Program, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Select Agents and Toxins, ...
NIAID Funding Available for Biocontainment Facility Improvements
NIAID supports Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Infrastructure as a key component of our mission to safely and effectively ...
U.S. Government to Conduct Sweeping Review of Biosecurity Policy Frameworks
The Biden Administration and National Institutes of Health (NIH) officials have initiated a review of the scope and effectiveness of ...
First Lethal Hamster Model for SARS-CoV-2 Developed by USAMRIID Scientists
This model system will aid in understanding the severe disease course of COVID-19—including the virus’s interaction with the central nervous ...
Tonix Pharmaceuticals Opens Infectious Disease R&D Center in Maryland
A ribbon-cutting ceremony today at Tonix Pharmaceuticals marks the opening of a new 48,000 square foot Research and Development Center ...
UTHSC Awarded $3.2 Million for Upgrades to Regional Biocontainment Laboratory
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has been awarded $3.2 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...
Animal Biosecurity and Agro-Defense Program Launches at Auburn
The Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine is home to the new Animal Health and Agro-/Bio-Defense (AHAD) Program through funding from the USDA-Agricultural ...
By Targeting Key Part of Spike Protein, This Antibody Protects Against Broad Range of COVID Variants
Researchers working in a BSL-3 lab at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified an antibody ...
NEIDL Director: Here’s Why You Can Feel Safe About Our Research
Microbiologist Ronald Corley has gone to work every day throughout the pandemic as director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases ...
NBACC: Past Bioagent Research Informs Current and Future Pandemic Response
Like many U.S. research and development agencies, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) was forced to shift ...
VIDO Gains Support Towards Becoming Canadian Centre for Pandemic Research
The Government of Saskatchewan has committed $15 million to support the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization’s ...
Inside the Lab: How Do Coronavirus Researchers Avoid Catching COVID-19?
Around the world, virologists in labs are constantly handling samples of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, as part of ...
Validated Methods for Removing Select Agent Samples from BSL-3 Labs
The Federal Select Agent Program dictates that all research entities in the United States must rigorously assess laboratory protocols to ...
NAU Launches Testing Service Center to Evaluate COVID-19 Drug Candidates
The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute at NAU is testing new drugs and decontamination agents against the SARS-CoV-2 virus to identify ...
