NEIDL in the News
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
BU bio lab review called nearly ready
Boston Globe - Boston, Mass. By Kay Lazar Dec 16, 2011 An independent scientific panel advising the federal government on Boston University's controversial high-security research laboratory has concluded that the latest federal assessment of potential safety risks posed by the lab is significantly improved and nearly ready for public comment. Hours after that panel... More
Green Light for Biosafety Lab
State proposes approval for low-level biosafety research By Art Jahnke (From BU Today), December 6, 2011 The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs has announced a draft decision that would allow researchers to conduct lower-level biosafety research in BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) on the Medical Campus in... More
NIH Blue Ribbon Panel Meeting on 11/2
The NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on the Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories is meeting with the National Research Council Technical Committee on November 2, 2011 in Bethesda, Maryland from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm to discuss the Draft Supplementary Risk Assessment. For details on the... More
Boston University Plans to Request Permission to Conduct Lower Level Research in NEIDL: BSL-4 Risk Assessment Process to Continue
Boston University Medical Campus For Immediate Release: August 12, 2011 Contact: Ellen Berlin eberlin@webershandwick.com, 617-520-7115 Boston -- Boston University will be asking the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) for permission to conduct lower-level biosafety research in its National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL). Construction on the $200... More
Biolab officials hoping to start research this year
Some groups suspicious of BU’s waiver request by Kate Vander Wiede (From South End News), August 17, 2011 Boston University Medical Center is hoping they will soon be able to start research in the National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory (NEIDL) later this year, explained press contact Ellen Berlin. "The laboratory has been built and... More
BU biolab may start research this fall
Will seek waiver for lesser hazards By Carolyn Y. Johnson (From The Boston Globe), August 12, 2011 A controversial Boston University laboratory building that has stood empty since construction finished in 2008 may open this fall to biomedical research involving pathogens less hazardous than those that sparked opposition to the project. BU officials... More
BU to Seek Permission for Low-Level Research at NEIDL
Risk assessment will continue By Art Jahnke (From BU Today), August 12, 2011 Boston University will ask the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs later this month for permission to conduct lower-level biosafety research in its National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), located on the BU Medical Campus in the... More
Message from Karen Antman, MD, Provost of BU Medical Campus and Dean of BU School of Medicine
August 1, 2011 Mark Klempner, MD, has expressed his strong desire to return to research and to assume the roles of physician-scientist and Clinical Research Core director at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) and therefore, will step down as Director of the NEIDL effective September 1, 2011. Since 2003, More
Members Appointed to Community Group for National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at BU
Boston University Medical Campus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, May 13, 2011 Contact: Ellen Berlin eberlin@webershandwick.com 617-520-7115 (Boston) -Three members were appointed to fill the open positions on the six-member Community Liaison Committee (CLC) of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL). Two current members were reappointed and one new member was chosen by Karen Antman, MD, More
Report questions safety review of BU biolab
By Kay Lazar (The Boston Globe), November 19, 2010 Government scientists have not adequately assessed the risks to public health from a controversial high-security research laboratory at Boston University, according to a report made public yesterday by a panel of independent scientists. The National Research Council report, the latest in a series... More
Report rekindles controversy on Boston University biolab
By Thomas Grillo (From The Boston Herald), November 19, 2010 A critical review of the risks associated with a Boston University biodefense lab in the South End is giving opponents more ammunition for killing the project. “We have said all along this is not the place for a biolab,” said Mel King, a South End... More
Tensions high at BU BioLab meeting
By Emily Cataneo (From Sound End News), October 6, 2010 Citizens still displeased with risk assessment studies When community members at the Boston University BioLab Meeting on Tuesday, October 5 stepped up to the microphone, they were not happy. Some were barely civil. Commentator after commentator expressed confusion and suspicion about what the BioLab... More
Boston Medical Center to test workplace safety response
Boston Medical Center September 7, 2010 Patient safety is a priority at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and maintaining a safe environment is a key part of that commitment. As part of our Emergency Preparedness plan, BMC will be conducting a workplace violence DRILL on Thursday, Sept. 16, during the evening hours. The... More
Institutional Biosafety Committee – Public Meeting
Boston University Office of Research Compliance August 31, 2010 Pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Boston Public Health Commission’s Biological Laboratory Regulation, the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) of Boston University will hold its annual public meeting on September 21, 2010 from 12:00 noon-1:30 p.m. at BMC, 88 E. Newton Street, 2nd Floor, Conference... More
Imaging researcher appointed to NEIDL
Kate Vander Wiede (From South End News), August 25, 2010 Earlier this month, Ronald Killinay, PhD, was appointed director of the Multimodal Whole Animal Imaging Core at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) at Boston University. The director for the Center for Biomedical Imaging, Killiany also acts as an associate professor in... More
Notice of a Meeting of a Working Group of the NIH Blue Ribbon Panel
National Institutes of Health By Amy P. Patterson (From Federal Register, Vol. 75, No. 173), September 8, 2010 The purpose of this notice is to inform the public about a meeting of the NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on the Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at the... More
Notice of a Meeting of a Working Group of the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director
National Institutes of Health August 9, 2010 Update:[Federal Register: August 23, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 162)] The purpose of this notice is to inform the public about a meeting of the NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on the Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) at Boston University Medical... More
Director of Multimodal Whole Animal Imaging Core Appointed at Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories
Boston University School of Medicine For Immediate Release: August 2, 2010 Contact: Ellen Berlin, 617-638-6838, Ellen.berlin@bmc.org (Boston) – Ronald Killiany, PhD, the director of the Center for Biomedical Imaging (CBI) at Boston University Medical Campus has been appointed director of the Multimodal Whole Animal Imaging Core at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories... More
An alternative use for Biolab
Safety Net group gives recommendations on Biolab; BU is hopeful they don’t need them By Kate Vander Wiede (From South End News), July 22, 2010 The Haley House was packed full of attendees as Boston residents vied for a seat in the cramped café and waited for the agenda to start. It... More