Posts Tagged ‘bioterrorism’
The NBAF a priority for DHS budget
In: Construction|DHS|Federal Research Lab|Janet Napolitano|National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility|NBAF|Safety|Scientific Research
7 Mar 2011Last week Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Janet Napolitano, presented testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security regarding the budget for the Department of Homeland Security. In that testimony, she emphasized the need for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF). Here are the excerpts: “…The [...]
The importance of biosecurity and agro-defense
In: DHS|Food Supply|KSU|National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility|NBAF|Safety|Scientific Research|Veterinary Medicine
1 Mar 2011Recently, Senators Moran and Roberts introduced a resolution in the United States Senate highlighting the importance of protecting our nation’s food supply and agriculture economy. You can read more about the resolution here. Here’s the text of the resolution: “Whereas following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Nation took notice of the global threat [...]
The NBAF: a modern, scientific agricultural research facility with state-of-the-art safety, security and world-class results
In: DHS|Federal Research Lab|Food Supply|Kansas|Livestock|National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility|NBAF|Safety|Scientific Research|Veterinary Medicine
1 Feb 2011The 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 [...]
The NBAF will help protect against animal disease
In: Livestock|National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility|NBAF|Safety|Veterinary Medicine
17 Jan 2011The following Op-Ed previously ran in the Kansas City Star. In it, Bob Larson, DVM, Ph.D., explains why placing the NBAF in Manhattan is imperative to protect agriculture, and enhance our nation’s protection from diseases that could have crippling effects on animal suffering and death. Here are the highlights: “Kansas State University, Manhattan and the [...]
In case you missed it: Editorials defend modern research safety
In: Animal Health|DHS|Federal Research Lab|Job Growth|Kansas|Livestock|Manhattan|National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility|NBAF|Safety|Scientific Research|Veterinary Medicine
24 Nov 2010Over the last week, several Kansas newspapers have run some great editorals in support of the NBAF. Here are the excerpts: Topeka Capital-Journal: “There’s no reason a biodefense laboratory with all the necessary precautions to ensure the safety of humans and livestock can’t be built in Manhattan … The key is to make the facility [...]
Dr. Oz takes us inside biodefense
In: DHS|Federal Research Lab|National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility|NBAF|Safety|Scientific Research
16 Nov 2010What did Dr. Oz do on TV today? He visited a BSL-4 research lab in Maryland! Dr. Oz got a “sneak peek” of the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center lab, and he told the Frederick News-Post, “By informing people, you eliminate fear, which is what we try to do with all the topics on [...]
Washington Post editorial: The forgotten threat
In: DHS|Federal Research Lab|Food Supply|Livestock|National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility|NBAF|Safety|Scientific Research
1 Jun 2010The following editorial appeared in the Washington Post recently. It highlights the need for research labs like the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in order to protect our nation’s food supply from terrorists. “THREE THOUSAND people were killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. More than 300,000 could be dead within one week after a [...]
K-State Earns Another Bioscience Distinction
In: Animal Health|DHS|KSU|National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility|NBAF|Safety
22 Feb 2010Last Friday, Kansas State University was awarded the “Center for Excellence” distinction by the Department of Homeland Security for its work on zoonotic and animal disease research. This award highlights why KSU and the NBAF will be able to work hand-in-hand to protect our nation’s agriculture economy from bioterrorism. Check out the article: “Kansas officials [...]
Another Community Partnership
In: Animal Health|Federal Research Lab|KSU|Manhattan|National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility|NBAF|Safety|Scientific Research
10 Nov 2009One of the reasons Manhattan was chosen for the NBAF was because of the partnership between the Bioscience Research Institute and the NBAF. These two cutting-edge facilities will work together to research biological diseases that threaten our nation’s food supply. Some of this research will begin as soon as next year. This article in the [...]
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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