UMass Lowell

Biosafety Level 2

BSL-2 is designed for work with agents that pose moderate hazards to personnel and the environment. These agents are associated with human diseases that are generally treatable or preventable. Agents ...
Troy Record

We work with dangerous pathogens in a downtown Boston biocontainment lab – here’s why you can feel safe about our research

(THE CONVERSATION) Microbiologist Ronald Corley has gone to work every day throughout the pandemic as director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories. Within this secure lab ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

A pathway toward better oversight for high-level disease research labs

What do hantavirus, the Yersinia pestis bacteria, the 1918 influenzas virus, and the H5N1 virus have in common? The virus found in rodent droppings, the culprit behind the Black Death, the cause of ...
The Conversation

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The microbiologist who directs the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University explains all the biosafety precautions in place that help him feel safer in the lab than out.
The Conversation

We work with dangerous pathogens in a downtown Boston biocontainment lab – here’s why you can feel safe about our research

Director of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories and Chair of Microbiology, Boston University Microbiologist Ronald Corley has gone to work every day throughout the pandemic as ...