biosecurity

Opponents Of High-Security Lab In Manhattan Gain Steam

Laura Ziegler — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:50:59 +0000

The facility’s budget cuts have buoyed opponents of the project, the cost of which is now expected to climb to over $1 billion. The Obama administration’s 2013 budget, released earlier this month, eliminated funding for the Department of Homeland Security’s National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility being built in Manhattan, Kan.

NBAF, as it’s known, is a high-security lab designed to research foreign and zoonotic animal diseases.

Brownback Says Obama Still Committed To NBAF

Stephen Koranda — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:51:51 +0000

Governor Sam Brownback says members of the president's administration continue to support the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, which is slated to be built in Manhattan. That comes after President Obama chose not to add funding for the lab's construction in his 2013 budget proposal.

NBAF Supporters, And Opponents, In An Uproar After Obama's Funding Cuts

Bryan Thompson — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:40:59 +0000

The White House budget for 2013 provides no construction funding for a planned livestock disease lab in Kansas and calls for a “comprehensive assessment of the project in 2012” to consider “the cost, safety, and any alternatives to the current plan.”

Risk Unavoidable, With Or Without NBAF

Bryan Thompson — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:49:50 +0000

Kansas political leaders and top officials at Kansas State University are united in support of a plan to bring the nation's premier agricultural disease laboratory to the K-State campus in Manhattan. But many people remain uneasy about bringing dangerous pathogens into the nation’s heartland — pathogens that could devastate the livestock industry and possibly harm humans as well.

Safety Concerns Aired At NBAF Hearing

Bryan Thompson — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:58:25 +0000

A committee of the National Research Council visited Kansas State University Friday to get a feel for safety concerns for a giant biosafety lab planned for the Manhattan, Kan., campus.

Study Outlines Economic Impact Of NBAF Lab

Stephen Koranda — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:24:35 +0000

A new report says NBAF -- the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility -- could create 1300 jobs during the construction phase alone.

Questions Loom For Future Of High-Security Lab At K-State

Laura Ziegler — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:33:14 +0000

It’s been three years since the Department of Homeland Security chose Kansas as the site of its National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, or NBAF, but there’s a growing sense that the project has a precarious future.

Manhattan To Be Final Site For High Level Biosecurity Lab

Laura Ziegler — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:35:56 +0000

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Kansas won a fierce three-year competition last week for a multi-million dollar laboratory designed to replace the facility on Plum Island off New York. The new biosecurity lab will study contagious and untreatable pathogens and look for vaccines.

K-State Hopes New Biosecurity Research Will Help Win Federal Facility

Laura Ziegler — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:40:23 +0000

K-State will open a high-level Biosecurity Research Institute and has brought on new faculty to enhance chances to attract a multi-million dollar agro-terrorism facility.

Roberts Talks About Kansas Biosecurity Center

Laura Ziegler — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:37:09 +0000

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Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts says his home state ought to be where the federal government builds a multi-million dollar National BioSecurity Center.