Online retraining is done through your Canvas dashboard. This training covers biosafety regulations and best practices in microbiological and biomedical research laboratories. While the training is ...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, research on coronaviruses and other harmful pathogens has increased in laboratories across the world — and not just any labs. Work of this sort often requires ...

Training is required for all laboratory workers (faculty, staff, students and visiting scientists) at The University of Nevada, Reno. The exact training required for a particular person will depend on ...

In compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Standard, all employees who are considered at risk of occupational exposure to BBP shall be ...

Kendall Powell is a freelance writer in Boulder, Colorado. David Gillum received a flood of phone calls in January, after his university announced that someone in the campus community had been ...

“How did it start?” is among the many questions raised by the Covid-19 pandemic. Answering it may help prevent future pandemics. The escape of SARS-CoV-2 from a research laboratory in Wuhan, China, ...

Who is required to take this course? Do you work in a biological research laboratory? If so, this course is strongly recommended for a one-time completion; however, if there are significant changes in ...

Recombinant DNA Infectious organisms and viruses (like parasites, bacteria, fungi, prions, and viroids) Biologically active agents (like toxins, allergens, and venoms) Human blood and blood products ...

What do hantavirus, the Yersinia pestis bacteria, the 1918 influenzas virus, and the H5N1 virus have in common? The virus found in rodent droppings, the culprit behind the Black Death, the cause of ...

Ebola virus research is conducted in maximum containment Biosafety Level 4, or BSL-4, laboratories, where investigators wear positive-pressure suits and breathe filtered air as they work. Here, ...