Midwest Area Biosafety Network

We represent a group of professionals dedicated to the field of biosafety within the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Great Plains regions of the United States.

Announcements

New Webinar Provider - Please Read

We have switched providers for our webinar services. We are now using GoToWebinar by Citrix. Due to this change, our webinar registration process has changed. You will now need to register on the GoToWebinar site separately after registering, and paying if you are a non-member, on the MABioN site. You will receive an email after registering for a webinar with the link to register at the GoToWebinar site. If you do not receive this email, check your spam/junk folder first, then email (support@mabion.org) us if you still don’t see the email.

MABioN Events

MABioN Members Meeting @ ABSA Conference

10/04/2016

MABioN is hosting a meeting for members and interested parties at the ABSA Conference in Grapevine, Texas. The meeting will be over the lunch hour…

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Links and Resources

ABSA International

We are an official affiliate of the ABSA International

ASM

The mission of the ASM is to promote and advance the microbial sciences. Microbiology is the main fields where Biosafety is essential.

Pathogen Safety Data Sheets

Pathogen Safety Data Sheets (PSDSs) are technical documents that describe the hazardous properties of a human pathogen and recommendations for work involving these agents in a laboratory setting.

Source: Public Health Agency of Canada

BMBL

Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) quickly became the cornerstone of biosafety practice and policy in the United States upon first publication in 1984.

NIH Guidelines

The NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules (NIH Guidelines) detail safety practices and containment procedures for basic and clinical research involving recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules.

Select Agents

The Federal Select Agent Program is jointly comprised of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Division of Select Agents and Toxins and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services/ Agriculture Select Agent Services. The Federal Select Agent Program oversees the possession, use and transfer of biological select agents and toxins, which have the potential to pose a severe threat to public, animal or plant health or to animal or plant products.