Past events & courses

This is an introductory course for those interested in the selection and use of personal protective equipment when applied to protection of workers in the Microbiological biosafety level 3 context.

This is intermediate course is designed for those who are involved in writing plans for responding to emergencies involving BSL3 laboratories

The organization of biosafety and biosecurity in an institution where biological materials are handled, be it genetically modified or pathogenic, requires a broad range of competences and abilities by individuals who advise management and personnel on the safe and secure use of biological material. As of today, interested individuals gain these competences and abilities by a step by step learning and practical application process. The present course on absolute essentials of biosafety would like to serve as a starting point in this process.

Management of risks related to activities with hazardous biological material, be it research, development, production or diagnostics, requires risk assessment at various stages of the activity. To begin with, the hazards of the various biological materials need to be estimated. Also, when genetic modification is involved methods and tools such as viral vectors, plasmids and types of inserts need to be considered.

Biosafety cabinets are the most important and most widely used primary containment equipment in microbiological and biomedical laboratories (BSL-2, BSL-3 and BSL-4) for the protection of workers, the environment and the product. 

This is a highly interactive course.The trainers guide you through the maze of making a training program, fit for the audience; including an introduction to various ways of teaching, organizing group work and evaluation of training. 

The course is aimed at biosafety people and others desiring to create User Requirement Specifications (URSs) which optimize the ability to create successful outcomes.

This course will provide researchers, biosafety professionals and facility managers an insight into the assessment of risk, design, operation and management of contained use activities involving arthropods.

The aim of this course is to reflect on the rationale and benefit of science regulation in different research fields from a bioethical point of view.We will start with a brief introduction to the aims and methodology of bioethics and the general relation between ethics and law.