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Gov’t pursues bold plan on protecting VN’s biodiversity  -  27 Sep 2008
VietNamNet Bridge,Another decision, otherwise known as Decision 102, approved a master plan on strengthening management capacity of biological safety for genetically modified

Cyntellect, eBioscience, BioTek Instruments, North Star Leasing ...  -  27 Sep 2008
Cell Based Assay News (subscription),The platform features a Biological Safety Level 1 classification as specified by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Esco Cytoculture safety cabinet  -  Sep 15, 2008
Laboratory Talk,This is typically impossible with conventional biological safety cabinets. Cytoculture enables safe filter disposal using a dual exhaust filter system,

Esco safety cabinet range meets European  -  Aug 28, 2008
Laboratory Talk,...has ensured the Health Protection Agency's close involvement in the development of containment technologies, including biological safety cabinets.

Ivins: Anthrax Spores 'Got on My Pants'  -  Sep 24, 2008
Washington Post,He was preparing samples in a biological safety cabinet in a government lab at Fort Detrick, Md., according to a report (PDF) obtained by The Frederick

Matrical unveils automated assay  -  Sep 23, 2008
Laboratory Talk,Automap features a Biological Safety Level 1 (BSL1) classification as specified by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), minimising potential

Numbers thrown out to cast fear of new science  -  Sep 3, 2008
Kennebec Journal,In St. Louis, it was my privilege to represent the community-at-large as a member of the Biological Safety Committee of Monsanto Chemical Co.

Lawrenceville bioterror lab opening on hold indefinitely  -  Sep 3, 2008
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,When the ventilation system is fixed, Larry Milchak, a former University of Pittsburgh biological safety officer now working in Wisconsin, will inspect it

Implementing a Medical Surveillance Program for Animal Care Staff  -  Sep 2, 2008
Animal Lab News,Examples of engineering controls include ventilated cage rack systems, ventilated dumping stations, biological safety cabinets, and fume hoods.

Cellectar names new board member  -  Sep 19, 2008
Pharmaceutical Business ReviewMr Harwood also serves on the board of directors at BioReliance, a contract research organization specializing in biological safety testing and specialized

Where are the cleanrooms?  -  Sep 19, 2008
CleanRooms Magazine,This calculation does not include minienvironments or biological safety cabinets as rooms. But it does include rooms as small as 100 ft 2 .

Charles C. Harwood, Jr., Joins Cellectar, Inc.'s Board of Directors  -  Sep 18, 2008
Earthtimes (press release),Mr. Harwood also serves on the Board of Directors at BioReliance, Inc., a contract research organization specializing in biological safety testing and

Best of the week - September 12  -  Sep 13, 2008
Isle of Man Today,...with first aid demonstrations (MP080910-27) and volunteer Mike Dobson demonstrated the use of chemical and biological safety equipment (MP080910-29).

Additional Thoughts on Directional Airflow  -  Sep 2, 2008
Animal Lab News,10, Number 3, American Biological Safety Association, 2005 Jon Crane and Randy Kray are Architects with CUH2A, a division of HDR Architecture in Atlanta,

UI Research Office announces staff changes  -  Sep 9, 2008
Iowa City Press Citizen,...services to facilitate compliance in the areas of radiation safety, chemical safety, environmental safety, biological safety and occupational safety.

Pakistan biological safety association launched  -  Aug 5, 2008
Associated Press of Pakistan,ISLAMABAD, Aug 5 (APP): The Pakistan Biological Safety Association (PBSA) has been launched under the auspices of the National Core Group in Life Sciences

Ex-colleague questions government’s case against anthrax suspect  -  Aug 7, 2008
Hagerstown Morning Herald,Institute had programs in the four areas that comprise biosurety: physical security, agent accountability, biological safety and personnel reliability.

Green G3 First GreenFumeHood Product  -  Jul 25, 2008
MarketWatchA product this innovative resists being put in a category; it's a hybrid, somewhere between a traditional chemical fume hood and a Biological Safety Cabinet

FBI Frame-up of Bruce E. Ivins Made Simple  -  Aug 12, 2008
OpEdNews,It also requires access to particular laboratory equipment such as a lyophilizer or other drying device, biological safety cabinet or other containment

Investigation of ESR meningitis infection case  -  Aug 3, 2008
Scoop.co.nz (press release),Handling frozen or liquid samples in this way creates a risk of infection and must only be done in a biological safety cabinet. Dr Emrys said this activity

San Antonio site pushed for biodefense lab  -  Aug 7, 2008
Houston Chronicle,..."Biological safety should be the primary factor," said Wright, of Harper. "There is no such probability of 100 percent biosecurity.

People slam HEC attestation procedure  -  Aug 5, 2008
The Post,Biological safety body formed: The Higher Education Commission's National Core Group in Life Sciences (NCGLC) in collaboration with OIC Committee on

Alnylam biodefense deal renewed  -  Aug 6, 2008
Bizjournals.com,Ebola virus can cause a severe, often fatal infection, and poses a potential biological safety risk and bioterrorism threat. To date, Alnylam has received

New York, not Athens, safest location for NBAF  -  Jul 19, 2008
Online Athens,The GAO further informs us that in a Bio-Safety Level 4 laboratory, work is done within a biological safety cabinet with no contact between the human

The Middle East to hold “Arab Environment 2008â€? Conference, by ...  -  Aug 8, 2008
MaximsNews Network,...air, marine life, lands and forests, in addition to waste management, food safety, climate change, biological safety education, awareness and laws.

Outmaneuvering Foodborne Pathogens  -  Jul 24, 2008
RedOrbit,Research assistant Danielle Goudeau inoculates a lettuce leaf with E. coli O157:H7 in a biological safety cabinet to study the biology of the human pathogen

Local company tapping into life science market  -  Jul 18, 2008
Kennebec Journal,BY NOEL K. GALLAGHER BY NOEL K. GALLAGHER A Sanford company that makes biological safety equipment has increased its export business, in part by tapping

Pharmaceutical Isolators offer built-in microbial protection.  -  Aug 1, 2008
ThomasNet Industrial News Room,Barrier isolators and biological safety cabinets utilize stainless steel interiors with coved corners. o Continuous monitoring for peace of mind.

EFSA publishes Salmonella and bio-hazard advice  -  Jul 18, 2008
WorldPoultry.net,The Biological Hazards Panel (BIOHAZ) of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was asked by the European Commission to deliver a scientific opinion on

Biotech Lab Makes Room for New Researchers  -  Jul 15, 2008
University of Texas at Dallas (press release),Tissue culture hoods—biological safety cabinets that use airflow to contain or keep out contaminants. An incubator—for growing and protecting tissue samples

UW Trustees Approve Supplemental Budget Request  -  Jul 17, 2008
University of Wyoming News,These improvements will ensure that federal BSL-3 (Biological Safety Lab-Level III) standards can be met as the Vet Lab performs work on livestock and

서ìƒ?í?¬ êµ?수, AI백신 국내개발 본격 착수  -  Aug 5, 2008
세계�보,...앞서 �수팀� 2006년 10월 고병�성 H5N1 AI �체백신� 개발하기 위한 연구시설� �체 위해 3등급 안전시설(BSL-3: Biological safety level 3)� 구축했다.

Class II biological safety cabinets are  -  Apr 14, 2008
Laboratory Talk,Reliant BSCs use Ulpa filters (per IEST-RP-CC-001.3) tested to a typical efficiency of >99.999% for 0.1 to 0.3micron, for superior safety and performance.

HSE to attend Biological Safety Training in Cambridge  -  Apr 7, 2008
Cambridge Network,A representative from the Health and Safety Executive (Biological Agents Unit) will be attending Maxwell Safety's forthcoming Biological Safety Officer's

Pakistan Biological Safety Association formed  -  Mar 28, 2008
Online - International News Network,KARACHI: A group of life-scientists on Friday announced launching of Pakistan Biological Safety Association in order to create awareness about bio-safety

BIOVET Launches ASIA's First and World's Second BSL-4 ...  -  Apr 23, 2008
India PRwire (Press Release),Managing Director, BioVet said “BIOVET state of the art manufacturing facility meets the highest level of biological safety containment BSL-4.

Abkhazia: Laboratory Testing for Influenza  -  Apr 13, 2008
Abkhazia,Molecular and rapid antigen testing can be performed on respiratory specimens under standard BSL 2 conditions in a Class II biological safety cabinet.

Alnylam Presents Pre-clinical Data from Hypercholesterolemia ...  -  Mar 31, 2008
FOXBusiness...directed against the Ebola virus, which can cause a severe, often fatal infection, and poses a potential biological safety risk and bioterrorism threat.

Administrators at K-State's BRI gain new  -  Apr 4, 2008
High Plains Journal,A certified biological safety professional, she came to K-State in 2006 after more than 10 years as the campus biosafety officer at Iowa State University in

Anthrax/Hatfill v. US: The DOJ Statement of the Facts  -  Apr 13, 2008
Blogger News NetworkFort Detrick scientist� – Hatfill – “who returned a few years ago and took discarded biological safety cabinets, used for work with dangerous pathogens.

Implanted wireless medical devices are potential security risk for ...  -  Apr 2, 2008
MTBeurope,While there has been much research that explores the biological safety of implantable medical devices, there is limited understanding about the related

New SLMC lab provides better convenience for patients, more room ...  -  Mar 28, 2008
Reno Gazette Journal,One of the nicest addition is a new biological safety cabinet or "hood" that arrived a few weeks ago and installed in the microbiology room.

Reiche, Safe Handling honored, again  -  Apr 8, 2008
SunJournal.com (subscription),...and Maine's Exporter of the Year for 2008, The Baker Co. of Sanford, which designs and manufactures biological safety cabinets, clean benches and fume

Baldacci to honor Maine companies  -  Apr 7, 2008
Central Maine Morning Sentinel,Exporter of the Year: The Baker Co. of Sanford, which designs and manufactures biological safety cabinets, clean benches and fume hoods.

JFAC doles out $400000 for legal dispute  -  Mar 28, 2008
Twin Falls Times-News,..."This is a very important biological safety lab and we just have to make sure it was built properly," said Oberrecht. "There were a lot of issues that arose

Japanese-funded bio-labs inaugurated in Hanoi  -  Mar 27, 2008
Thanh Nien Daily,The Hanoi-based National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) opened a set of biological-safety laboratories financed by the Japanese government

Laboratory Testing for Influenza  -  Feb 5, 2008
RMGH Health News,Molecular and rapid antigen testing can be performed on respiratory specimens under standard BSL 2 conditions in a Class II biological safety cabinet.

AIHA Introduces Respiratory Protection Management DVD  -  Feb 14, 2008
Safety Online (press release),Featured speakers include James Johnson, PhD, CIH, section leader of the chemical and biological safety section in the safety programs division at the

Notice to Readers: Potential Exposure to Attenuated Vaccine Strain ...  -  Feb 12, 2008
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),Written LPS instructions instructed laboratories to handle and manipulate all samples under a Class II Biological Safety Cabinet (Class II BSC),

Cleanroom Equipment Manufacturer to Distribute in Canada  -  Feb 18, 2008
Controlled Environments Magazine,Esco’s main product lines include biological safety cabinets, laminar flow cabinets, clean benches, animal containment workstations, PCR cabinets,

Thermo Fisher Scientific India on expansion spree  -  Jan 24, 2008
Express Pharma,In addition to this, we are also launching new high-end equipment, advanced centrifuges, biological safety cabinets and several innovative cold storage

Questions arise over UW-Madison germs research  -  Jan 29, 2008
Wisconsin State Journal,The six-person Office of Biological Safety and the 18-member Institutional Biosafety Committee make sure researchers use the appropriate labs and equipment

Chronic Drinking Can Lead To Severe Pneumonia After Surgery ...  -  Feb 3, 2008
Science Daily (press release)...of Pathology at Charité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin; and Herbert Nattermann of the Robert Koch Institute at the Centre for Biological Safety 2, Berlin.

Analytica 2008 sets its sights on training  -  Feb 14, 2008
Laboratory Talk,Genetic engineering law: A training course for genetic-engineering project managers and biological safety managers - 1-3 April; Hans Peter Neidhardt;

UW President Asserts Universitys Commitment to Ag Producers  -  Feb 14, 2008
University of Wyoming News,Buchanan said UW will talk with legislators for funding to expand the biological safety level 3 laboratory capability at the Wyoming State Veterinary

Labconco Announces Product Presentations For Pittcon 2008  -  Feb 14, 2008
Pharmaceutical Online (press release),Products include fume hoods, biological safety cabinets, laboratory glassware washers, and glove boxes. Please see our agenda for times and subject matter.

AIDS awareness  -  Feb 6, 2008
Auburn Citizen,Shon Workman, a CDC biologist, works in a biological safety cabinet to conduct an HIV/AIDS blood test. Workman is a staff member of the National Center for

Abkhazia: Proposed Surveillance System  -  Nov 25, 2007
Abkhazia,Molecular and rapid antigen testing can be performed on respiratory specimens under standard BSL 2 conditions in a Class II biological safety cabinet.

While ebola study banned at UW, CDC continues research  -  Nov 2, 2007
The Capital Times,..."It's an uneven playing field," said Janet Klein, uw's biological safety officer. She said the university is considering appealing the NIH decision.

Robin Elliott cited for distinguished service to safety  -  Nov 15, 2007
University of Delaware,Society for Radiation Safety, the Delaware Chapter of the American Industrial Hygiene Association and the Mid-Atlantic Biological Safety Association.

Jumping genes for safer gene delivery  -  Nov 15, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),A University of Wisconsin-Madison molecular biologist who is also a biological safety expert believes an extremely promising technology now exists.

Nigeria loses 1.3m birds to Avian influenza  -  Nov 10, 2007
The Tide,Our correspondent reports that the equipment consists of Biological Safety Cabinets, Ultra-low Temperature Freezers, an incinerator, disinfectants and

Nigeria lost 1.3 million birds to avian influenza  -  Nov 9, 2007
Earthtimes,The equipment consists of biological safety cabinets, ultra-low temperature freezers, an incinerator, disinfectants and disinfecting equipment.

in brief  -  Nov 9, 2007
The Coloradoan,CSU professor Robert Ellis was elected president of the American Biological Safety Association, an internationally recognized organization responsible for

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