Past events & courses

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 used need to be estimated. Techniques of genetic engineering allow for significant reconstruction of organisms involving synthetic DNA and RNA, viral vectors, plasmids and inserts from all sorts of different organisms. 

UNamur, Auditorium B07, Rue de Bruxelles 65, BE-5000 Namur Registration in mandatory

KU Leuven, Departement of Biosystems, Room SEG 01.19, W. de Croylaan 42, BE-3001 Heverlee Registration is mandatory

EBSA17 Conference - Ghent

This introductory course is for  safety professionals or managers having +5 years of professional experience. In this highly interactive course attendees will systematically gain insight in the principles of behavior based safety and gradually learn to set up the foundations of a behavior based safety management system. Attendees will receive some practical guidance on how to promote safe behavior.

The vast majority of biologists enter the field because they have a passion to make the world better by understanding organisms and the systems they live in.  We dream of improving the world's health through combatting disease, improving nutrition and protecting species and the environment.

Building new containment facilities or revamping existing biological laboratories is generally an important step in the development of an organization. It is also a challenge for all those involved in the project, including the laboratory users and the biorisk management advisor.

The purpose of biosafety is to prevent exposure to biological agent especially that which leads to infection. It is therefore important to know the causes and circumstances in which laboratory acquired infections occur in clinical, veterinary and research work and the lessons learned from those.

Biocontainment constitutes the combination of engineering controls and infrastructure that support and complement the biosafety protocols adopted in biocontainment laboratories.