TWiV 200: Threading the NEIDL

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Elke Mühlberger, Paul Duprex, and Ron Corley

Vincent, Alan, and Rich celebrate the 200th episode of TWiV by visiting the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center, where they meet with Elke, Paul, and Ron to talk about building and working in a BSL4 facility.

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Links for this episode:

• Threading the NEIDL video – Inside a BSL-4
• The NEIDL
• NEIDL goes public (BU Today)
• Biosafety levels (Wikipedia)
• Select agents (Wikipedia)
• NEIDL stalled (Boston Business J)
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 200
• Behind the scenes at TWiV 200
• Video of this episode – view below

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Tagged as: arenavirus, biocontainment, biodefense, bioterrorism, bsl2, bsl3, bsl4, containment facility, filovirus, NEIDL, niaid, select agent, viral, virology, virus