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.
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Former Governor and Chairman of Kansas Bioscience Authority, John Carlin, wrote a great column about the NBAF. Here are a couple of exerpts.
“The good news … is the fact that our nation has successfully conducted research on dangerous, even deadly, human diseases at places such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in [...]
There are numerous benefits of bringing the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility to Kansas. Even though construction is in its early stages on the facility, some of these benefits are already being seen. Today, an editorial in the Lawrence Journal World highlighted some of these.
Here’s the editorial:
“A ranking released this week by a national site [...]
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, startups, researchers [...]
Recently, 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 [...]
Recently, 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 [...]
This column, by the President and CEO of the Kansas Bioscience Authority, Tom Thornton, is a good reminder of the importance of ongoing research into our country’s food safety needs. The NBAF is an important part of this, and is on schedule to be fully operational by 2015.
Here’s the column:
“One of the things we don’t [...]
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 can seem [...]
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 [...]
One of the reasons the NBAF will succeed in Kansas is because an environment for success has been created. The Kansas Bioscience Authority recently announced that it will be investing heavily in animal health research thereby helping to protect the American food supply and agriculture economy. The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility will play a [...]
