Posts Tagged ‘bio lab

Scott Rusk, the director of Pat Roberts Hall which is home to K-State’s Biosecurity Research Institute wrote the following Op-Ed. In this article, Rusk explains the safety and training that make NBAF and biocontainment research safe. Here are some highlights of the article: “The prospect of a high-level aniemal disease lab being built in Manhattan [...]

Today, the Kansas Bioscience Authority, K-State, and the Department of Homeland Security announced that the Biosecurty Research Institute (BRI) in Pat Roberts Hall has been approved to being studying several of the indigenous or exotic agents that could potentially be fatal to animals and humans. This is a big step towards the partnership with the [...]

Recently, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was in Manhattan viewing the progress on the NBAF. Here is a great article talking about the progress that’s being made at the construction site as well as throughout the city of Manhattan. Here are the highlights: “If you drive down Kimball or Denison in Manhattan, Kansas, you [...]

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 [...]

In case you missed it, earlier this week officials announced that $40 million was included in the 2011 federal budget for construction of the NBAF. Check out this article for more details: “Kansas officials are pleased President Barack Obama included $40 million in his proposed 2011 budget for construction of a biodefense laboratory in northeast [...]

There is a great article in the Wichita Eagle today discussing the security of the new NBAF facility. It is part of an ongoing discussion taking place at the Kansas Homeland Security Summit in Wichita. Here are the highlights: “What if a tornado hit the lab on Kansas State University’s campus? “What if there’s an [...]

Today, Senator Sam Brownback and other state and local leaders announced that another federal lab will be coming to Manhattan. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Laboratory will be another facility that will partner with the NBAF to protect our nation’s food supply. The Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Laboratory is expected to [...]

Today, it was announced that a construction manager has been selected by DHS to build the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility. This highlights importance of research to protect U.S. food supply and agriculture economy. Here are the rest of the details: “U.S. Senators Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Pat Roberts (R-KS) and U.S. Representative Lynn Jenkins [...]

The Department of Homeland Security issued the following statement today regarding the Government Accountability Office report on the NBAF: “The department strongly disagrees with the assertions of this report. GAO did not correct the many factual errors from its original draft, despite our exhaustive 29-page response addressing these errors. In fact, our response is not [...]


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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