A peek inside the BU biolab
By Michael Naughton (From Metro), January 10, 2012 The Boston University biolab has been causing nerves to shake ever since plans to construct the South End facility were announced. Now, as some research is set to begin at the $200 million lab, officials are attempting to soothe the nerves by... More
Inside BU’s maximum-security ‘biolab’
Original video report by Peter Howell (From NECN.com), January 10, 2012 Is the middle of Boston the right place for a laboratory researching some of the world's deadliest bacteria and microbes. Boston University has been arguing for years its maximum security biolab facility will be safe and bring hundreds of jobs. More
Controversial Biolab Set To Open
Boston City Officals Tour BU Lab From WCVB, January 10, 2012 BOSTON -- It's been controversial from the get go. Ever since Boston University revealed plans to do research on the world's deadliest diseases, neighbors of the South End facility have had safety concerns.Now years after debate, it is closer... More
Risk assessment, public meetings on BU biolab in progress
By Emily Overholt (From The Daily Free Press), January 18, 2012 The National Institute of Health will release a draft risk assessment on Boston University’s Biosafety Level-4 laboratory and hold meetings in Boston in the coming weeks for locals to voice comments and concerns about the document, university... More
A look inside BU’s Level 4 Biolab
Original video from WGBH, January 17, 2012. Within a year, Boston University’s controversial BioLab could be operational and host to some of the most dangerous germs in the world. Last week, Boston Mayor Tom Menino led a tour of the South End facility to highlight some of the lab’s safety features.
NEIDL Goes Public
BU biosafety labs offer tours to press, politicians By Leslie Friday (From BU Today), January 26, 2012 John R. Murphy and Ronald Corley may be the most highly educated tour guides in Boston. Murphy, a School of Medicine professor of medicine and microbiology, researches the ways that bacterial protein toxins get into... More
Mayor Menino to lead tour of controversial BU biolab in South End
By Kay Lazar (From The Boston Globe), January 9, 2012 BU Biolab Video Mayor Thomas M. Menino will lead a tour of the Boston University biolab tomorrow, accompanied by two dozen neighborhood and civic leaders, in advance of what’s expected to be the federal government’s final decision on whether... More
BU opens Biolab doors for invite-only tour
By Julie M. Donnelly (From Boston Business Journal), January 10, 2012 Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino led a tour Tuesday of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (NEIDL), better known as the Boston University biolab. The tour was designed to highlight both the safety features and the prospective economic impact of... More
South End biolab can open, with restriction
By Kay Lazar (From The Boston Globe), December 6, 2011 State environmental officials have granted preliminary approval to allow a controversial Boston University laboratory to open for biomedical research with germs less hazardous than those that sparked opposition to the project. In its decision, the state Executive Office of... More
Biolab will become operational in 2012
Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issues green light for low level research, risk assessment nears completion By Kate Vander Wiede (From South End News), December 29, 2011 The end of 2011 saw several victories for the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (NEIDL, or the Biolab). In... More
