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Recently, president and CEO of the Kansas Bioscience Authority, Tom Thornton, had a great article about the bioscience industry in Kansas, and how the NBAF is a big part. The article provides a good overview of how the NBAF can partner with private industry to protect our nation’s food supply and spur industry and research. [...]

Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson had an opinion editorial in the Kansas City Star yesterday discussing the advances in the bioscience infrastructure in Kansas. This is just one of the many reasons why Manhattan was chosen as the new home for the NBAF. Here are the highlights: “Kansas, like the rest of the United States, has [...]

Today, the Kansas City Business Journal had a great overview of the effects that the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility will have on the Veterinary Medicine industry. This is just one of the many benefits of having a major research facility in the Midwest. In addition to securing our nation’s food supply, the NBAF will [...]

Yesterday, exciting news was announced about the ongoing process to establish the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Kansas. Joining the USDA’s network is just one of many ways that the NBAF can have an immediate impact on protecting our nation’s food supply and agricultural economy. Check out the highlights from the announcement: “Kansas entrepreneurs, [...]

The Kansas Bioscience Authority, the driving force behind bringing the NBAF to Manhattan, announced this week that they will be helping two key animal health companies increase their investments in protecting our nation’s food supply and the Kansas economy. Cargill Meat Solutions in Wichita and the Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Unit were each recipients of [...]

CHICAGO — National leaders in biosecurity and government converged in Chicago today at the world’s largest annual biotechnology convention and described the urgent need for accelerated research to protect the American food supply and agriculture economy.   At the Biosecurity Conference at the BIO International Convention, food and agriculture security were called essential to public [...]

Biosecurity is an important and high profile topic at BIO International Convention this year, complete with a dedicated “biosecurity zone” within the BIO exhibit hall and the first-ever, two-day Biosecurity Conference. The Kansas Bioscience Authority and Kansas State University are teaming up to showcase Kansas’ national biosecurity leadership with an exhibit in the biosecurity zone [...]

President and CEO of the Kansas BioScience Authority, Tom Thornton, had a great op-ed in the Kansas City Star yesterday about the continued growth of the bioscience industry in Kansas. Check it out here. “Over the last year, a remarkable success story has been unfolding in the Kansas City animal health corridor stretching from Manhattan, [...]

One of Kansas’ great strengths is its leadership in bioscience, especially in the areas of animal health, infectious diseases, vaccines, and food safety. With the NBAF being built in Kansas, there will be an impressive mix of efficiencies and effectiveness drawn from a critical mass of assets in the state. These will provide a full [...]

Congress has taken another important step forward to initiate construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas. The Department of Homeland Security project will accelerate research to protect the American food supply and agriculture economy. Members of the Kansas congressional delegation announced today that a Senate and House conference committee for [...]


NBAF in Kansas


Kansas State University has been selected as the future home of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) — once again highlighting the state’s deep agricultural heritage, bioscience expertise, research infrastructure, world-class animal health industry, and strong public support.

The $650 million research facility will provide the country with an urgently needed, state-of-the-art lab to protect the food supply and agriculture economy. Kansas is exceptionally well suited to accelerate the achievement of this mission.


 

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