NEIDL in the News
BU Gives $8,500 in Grants for Summer Programs and Local Non-Profit
For Immediate Release: August 7, 2013 Contact: Ellen Berlin (617) 520-7115, eberlin@webershandwick.com Valeda Britton, (617) 638-1911, vjbritto@bu.edu BU GIVES $8,500 IN GRANTS FOR SUMMER PROGRAMS AND LOCAL NON-PROFIT (Boston) — Boston University recently gave $8,500 to help aid programs that support Roxbury's arts and cultural environment as well as a summer biotech program for local... More
Biotechnologist for a Week: SummerLab Challenges Teens with a Passion for Science
Original article from: BU Today, posted on August 5, 2013. By Amy Laskowski. Video by Erik Duda In the video above, participants in BU’s SummerLab program imagine they are employees in the research department of a biotechnology company. Most 16-year-olds’ appreciation of jellyfish is colored by the creature’s tendency to sting anything... More
Lessons from a Hot Zone
Original article from: Bostonia, By Nancy Brady “NANCY, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.” I looked squarely into the eyes of Bruno, our data manager, trying to gauge his concern. It was a phrase I was accustomed to hearing. I was spending the summer of 2012 working in public health centers in Kibaale, a rural... More
Fighting H1N1 with Tobacco Plants
Original article from: Bostonia, By Amy Laskowski After decades of demonization as a health menace, the tobacco plant is about to become a source of potentially lifesaving medicines, thanks in part to the work of Andre Sharon. Sharon leads a team that built a fully automated factory that uses synthetically altered tobacco plants... More
Boston University Study Identifies Molecular Circuitry That Helps Tuberculosis Survive for Decades
Original press release from: Boston Medical Center, posted on July 3, 2013. By Gina DiGravio Contact: Gina DiGravio gina.digravio@bmc.org 617-638-8480 Boston University Medical Center (Boston) – In a study from Boston University's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), researchers have generated a map of the cellular circuitry ofMycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of human tuberculosis... More
Emergency Drill to be Conducted at National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories
For Immediate Release: June 3, 2013 Contact: Ellen Berlin (617) 520-7115, eberlin@webershandwick.com EMERGENCY DRILL TO BE CONDUCTED AT NATIONAL EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES LABORATORIES (Boston) – On Wednesday, June 12th at approximately, 9:00 a.m., Boston University (BU) will conduct a full-scale emergency response drill at the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL)... More
Germs And Spacesuits: Touring The BU Biolab
WBUR Radio Show Aired on April 9, 2013 Interview done by Darrien Garay
Emergency Response Exercise Planned for NEIDL
For Immediate Release, March 19, 2013 Contact: Ellen Berlin, 617 520 7115, eberlin@webershandwick.com Emergency Response Exercise Planned for NEIDL March 19, 2013--On Wednesday, March 27, 2013, a discussion-based emergency response exercise will be taking place at Hiebert Lounge, located in the School of Medicine, as part of its ongoing safety and training program. In... More
Video Offers Glimpse of Biosafety Level 4 Lab: Science webcast “Threads the NEIDL”
Original article from: BU Today, posted on March 7, 2013. By Susan Seligson In the video above, This Week in Virology netcast host Vincent Racaniello joins Ronald Corley, an associate director of BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL), for a rare tour of the Biosafety Level 4 facility. Security concerns at... More
Boston University Biolab wins State Approval of its Environmental Review
Original article from: Boston Globe, posted on March 1, 2013. By Chelsea Conaboy Boston University’s bid to study some of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases in a South End laboratory has cleared another regulatory hurdle. The state secretary for environmental affairs issued a certificate Friday indicating that an environmental impact report submitted... More
State Approves NEIDL Biosafety Level 3, 4 Research
BU Today March 4, 2013 by Art Jahnke In an action that moves BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories(NEIDL) closer to full operation, the Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs has given approval for the lab to conduct research at Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) and Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4). The state agency issued... More
State Issues MEPA Certificate Approving Research at Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories
For Immediate Release: March 1, 2013 Contact: Steve Burgay, 617-353-1168, burgay@bu.edu State Issues MEPA Certificate Approving Research at Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (Boston) — The Massachusetts Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs announced that he has issued a Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) certificate for Boston University’s National Emerging... More
Opposition still wary of Biolab despite NIH Risk Assessment
The Daily Free Press January 15, 2013 by Margaret Waterman Although the National Institutes of Health handed down a decision affirming Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories poses minimal risk to the surrounding community, the opposition remains skeptical of its safety. Councilor Tito Jackson, of Roxbury, said he is disappointed by the assessment... More
Biolab Gets Fed OK But Hurdles Remain
The Boston Courant January 11, 2013 by Zach Huffman State approval and the resolution of state and federal lawsuits are the next hurdles that the BU biolab has to contend with before it can begin working with lethal biosafety level 4 pathogens. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued their approval for the... More
NIH concludes that BU biolab Poses Minimal Risk to Community; Decision comes after thorough and Comprehensive Analysis
The Bay State Banner January 10, 2013 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently concluded that Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) poses minimal risk to the surrounding community. The issuance of the Supplemental Record of Decision follows a thorough and comprehensive analysis by distinguished scientists and researchers... More
BU Awards Community Grants Supporting Youth Organizations in South End and Roxbury
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 10, 2013 Contact: Ellen Berlin eberlin@webershandwick.com 617-520-7115 (Boston) - Boston University today announced two grants of $2,500 to local community organizations offering programs and services that benefit youth in the South End and Roxbury. The two recipients are Boston City Lights and Mandela Resident Cooperative Association, Inc. (MRCA). More
Neighborhood Biolabs: How Safe Are They? Boston Biolab Gets Federal OK on Safety
ABC News January 7, 2013 by Sydney Lupkin Located just around the corner from the muted gray-brown of medical buildings, brownstones and halfway houses, Boston's most controversial laboratory stands out in clean beige with a shiny silver panel sticking out of its side like a shark fin. Neighbors deemed the building predatory even before... More
BU Biolab’s Passing Grade on Risk Evaluation should reassure skeptics
The Boston Globe (Editorial) January 7, 2013 It is unlikely that the decision by the National Institutes of Health that the National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory, known as the Boston University biolab, “poses very little risk to the public” will change the minds of Boston neighbors who oppose... More
NEIDL a Step Closer to Wider Operation; NIH says research can be conducted safely
BU Today January 7, 2013 by Susan Seligson Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) moved a step closer to clearance for full operation on January 2, when the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a Supplemental Record of Decision that the lab poses minimal risk to the surrounding community. The Record... More
Feds clear BU Biolab to study Ebola Virus, Yellow Fever
Boston Business Journal January 3, 2013 by Julie M. Donnelly The long held-up National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory (NEIDL), commonly referred to as the BU Biolab, has been cleared by federal health officials to study dangerous agents such as West Nile virus, Yellow Fever, SARS, small pox and ebola virus. The National Institutes of... More