by MABioN | Mar 12, 2026
The 22nd Annual MABioN Biosafety Hybrid Symposium will be held August 3-5, 2026 and co-hosted by Northwestern University and University of Chicago. The Midwest Area Biosafety Network Annual Symposium is a two-day conference for biosafety professionals and others involved in biosafety. Speakers and attendees have the option to participate in person or virtually.
An optional half-day pre-symposium workshop on Protein Safety will be held on Monday morning. Register separately for the Monday morning workshop, which includes a break and lunch. The Symposium opens at 1pm on Monday and concludes after lunch on Wednesday. Presentations on various topics related to biosafety and facility tours are planned for Monday afternoon, all day Tuesday, and Wednesday morning.
by MABioN | Nov 20, 2025 | Members Event, News & Updates, Webinar
On Monday, December 1, 2025, MABioN is hosting a FREE webinar, Safety Games 2!
The webinar will be from 9-10 AM (Central Time)/ 10-11 AM (Eastern)
In 2024, the University of Michigan (U-M) Medical School rolled out a lab safety awareness contest for research laboratories. A quiz was developed that included questions related to biological and chemical research and addressed frequent and/or high-risk inspection deficiencies and incidents on the medical campus. Prizes were chosen that supported and improved safety in the areas the quiz covered. There will be time for Q&A.
by MABioN | Oct 10, 2025 | Members Event, News & Updates, Webinar
FREE Webinar – Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025 12pm CDT, 1pm EDT
It’s never been more important for biosafety professionals and institutions to submit questions! This webinar will begin with a brief presentation explaining the process. It will also encourage all shareholders to prepare to submit comments to the NIH to amplify the voices of biosafety in this process. This will be an interactive, open forum discussion without a formal panel. Participants can submit questions anonymously with their registration or live during the webinar.
by MABioN | Apr 27, 2025 | Members Event, Webinar
Thursday, May 1, 2025 1-2pm (CDT)
Have you ever had a biosafety question but you were too shy to post it on the ABSA listserv? Well this webinar is for you. Participants can submit questions and our panel of Biosafety Experts will be on hand to answer them.
by MABioN | Nov 26, 2024 | Members Event, Webinar
Have you ever had a biosafety question but you were too shy to post it on the ABSA listserv? Well this webinar is for you. Participants can submit questions and our panel of Biosafety Experts will be on hand to answer them.
by MABioN | May 20, 2024
The MABioN Annual Symposium is a two day conference for biosafety professionals and others involved in biosafety. The Symposium opens at 1pm on Monday and concludes after lunch on Wednesday. Presentations on various topics related to biosafety are planned for Monday afternoon, all day Tuesday and Wednesday morning. An optional half-day pre-conference workshop will be held Monday morning, and an optional facility tour on Wednesday Morning. Come and network with biosafety professionals in the Midwest area and learn and share information about biosafety. Register separately for the Monday morning workshop, which includes a break and lunch.
by MABioN | Jan 8, 2024 | Members Event, Webinar
MABioN is proud to offer a webinar discussing Considerations for Working with LCMV – From Bench to Bedside Webinar summary: Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a single-stranded RNA arenavirus commonly used in laboratory animal models to examine acute... by MABioN | Jun 13, 2023
The MABioN Annual Symposium is a two day conference for biosafety professionals and others involved in biosafety. The Symposium opens at 1pm on Monday and concludes after lunch on Wednesday. Presentations on various topics related to biosafety are planned for Monday afternoon, all day Tuesday and Wednesday morning. An optional half-day pre-conference workshop will be held Monday morning, and an optional facility tour on Wednesday Morning. Come and network with biosafety professionals in the Midwest area and learn and share information about biosafety. Register separately for the Monday morning workshop, which includes a break and lunch.
by MABioN | May 25, 2023
MABioN is proud to offer a webinar discussing
Clinical gene transfer/gene therapy biosafety and compliance
This webinar will be a panel discussion of the topic.
IBC oversight of studies involving transfer of recombinant DNA/RNA or recombinant micro-organisms to human research study subjects can be complex. We will review the NIH guidelines that apply to human research and benchmark how different institutions handle IBC approvals. There will be a panel discussion on institutional experiences of hearing gene therapy studies using an internal IBC vs. using a third-party (external) IBC.
