New England Biological Safety Association - SYMPOSIUM

2019 NEBSA Symposium

The 2019 NEBSA Symposium will be held on September 18, 2019 at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, MA. The agenda is still being finalized, but is expected to include topics such as infectious disease, occupational and travel health, biosafety mythbusters, and more! Check back here for updates once the tentative agenda is set.

Call for Presentations Now Open

We are seeking proposals for presentations at this year's Symposium. Speakers receive free admission to the Symposium, parking reimbursement, and can earn certification maintenance points for professional credentials. Click here to download the Call for Presentations. Call for presentations closes July 31, 2019.

Sponsors and Exhibitors

We love our exhibitors and sponsors! If your company or organization is interested in becoming an exhibitor or sponsor, visit the Sponsor/Exhibitor page.

Registration is now open - click here for the Registration Page.

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EXHIBITORS and SPONSORS for the 2019 SYMPOSIUM!

Thank you to all who attended the
NEBSA 2018 Biological Safety Symposium and BSL3 Workshop
UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA
Thursday 11/15/18 - all day Biological Safety Symposium - Final agenda
Friday 11/16/18 - half-day BSL3 Workshop - Final agenda

2018 NEBSA Symposium Presentations - posted with permission of presenters. Click link to access a pdf of the presentation

Welcome & 2018 NEBSA Updates - Despina Felis, RBP, CBSP

Plant Research & Biosafety - Tomas Pluskal, Ph.D.

Safety and Bruker - Emerging Technologies and MALDI-TOF - Thomas Tague Jr., Ph.D.

BSC Mythbusters: Does heat really affect protection? - Kara Held, Ph.D.

Volatile Chemicals and Class II Type A2 "Recirculated" BSCs: How much is safe? - Daniel Ghidoni

NIH Design Requirements Manual Technical Overview - Steven Breslin, AIA, PE, LEED AP; Alamelu Ramesh, PE, LEED AP; Doug Wrenn, CCM

p53 inhibits CRISPR-Cas9 engineering in human pluripotent stem cells - Robert Ihry, Ph.D.

Challenges and Validation of Chemical Effluent Treatment Systems - Gary Schmidt

Understanding the Math of Thermal Treatment - Gary Schmidt

Finding the Denominator: Survey of NEBSA Members for Incidence of Laboratory-Associated Infections - Sean Ryan, CSP

Permitting Process of Biosafety Level 4 Facility: A Regulator's View - Simon Muchohi & Julien Farland, RBP, CBSP

Disinfecting Parts and Supplies Entering your clean facility/ exiting your BSL facility - Paul Lorcheim

Updates on ABSA Education and Curriculum Task Force, and on revision of ANSI Standard Z9.14 - Rhonda O'Keefe, CSP, CBSP