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Biosecurity Research Symposium highlights work of the NBAF
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2 Sep 2010Earlier this week, the Biosecurity Research Symposium was held in Kansas City. As part of the conference, the work of the NBAF and the Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI) at K-State was highlighted. One of the reasons that Manhattan is such a good fit for the NBAF is because of the work that has already begun [...]
A quick NBAF fact
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24 Aug 2010Kansas State University has long been recognized for its expertise in zoonotic, emerging, and reemerging infectious diseases and livestock medicine. Evidence of this expertise includes the National Agricultural Biosecurity Center and the newly built Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI), which is the nation’s most modern BSL-3 agricultural facility of its kind. The BRI is a 113,000 [...]
Kansas consolidates NBAF in animal health corridor
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18 Aug 2010Recently, President and CEO of the Kansas BioScience Authority (KBA), Tom Thornton, was interviewed by Animal Pharm Magazine about the progress of the NBAF project, how KBA participated in the process, and how the NBAF will impact the security of animal health and the nation’s food supply.
Here are the highlights:
“Mr. Thornton says that the [...]
BRI provides tools to accelerate research and help protect agriculture economy
In: Animal Health| Food Supply| KSU| Livestock| Manhattan| NBAF| National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility| Safety| Scientific Research
16 Aug 2010Check out this article to learn more about why Manhattan and K-State were chosen for NBAF.
Here are a couple of highlights:
Porcine circovirus associated diseases cost pig producers around the world hundreds of millions of dollars each year…
“That’s why Kansas State University virologists Dick Hesse and Bob Rowland have been working to create new vaccines to [...]
The NBAF: safeguarding our food supply
In: Federal Research Lab| Food Supply| Livestock| NBAF| National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility| Safety| Scientific Research| Veterinary Medicine
6 Aug 2010Even more imminent than the threat of a rogue nuclear attack in the next five years is the threat of an attack by biological weapons, according to the World at Risk report issued late last year by former senators Bob Graham of Florida and Jim Talent of Missouri.
This is a view reinforced by numerous other [...]
The NBAF: a modern, scientific agricultural research facility with state-of-the-art safety, security and world-class results
In: Animal Health| Federal Research Lab| Food Supply| Livestock| NBAF| National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility| Safety| Scientific Research| Veterinary Medicine
10 Jul 2010The federal government is taking decisive action to modernize the nation’s animal disease research infrastructure, with the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility set to bring our efforts to protect the food supply and agriculture economy into the 21st century.
This is a very important development for American science — and one that some experts say is [...]
Manhattan Mercury: Director hopes NBAF can help improve tests
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2 Jul 2010Earlier this week the Director of the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, New York, discussed the advantages of having the NBAF in Manhattan.
Here’s the article:
“William “Bill” White, director of the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, New York, said he hopes [...]
NBAF quick fact
In: Federal Research Lab| Food Supply| KSU| Livestock| NBAF| National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility| Safety| Scientific Research| Veterinary Medicine
22 Jun 2010When the state-of-the-art NBAF is built in Manhattan, its research will protect the American food supply and agriculture economy, and the safety of the site and surrounding community will be paramount.
With security built into every part of this world-class science facility, the NBAF will contain a BSL-4 lab, which will be self-contained and isolated from [...]
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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