New England Biosafety Association

04/16/2024

Hello NEBSA members,

We hope everyone has been enjoying the spring weather New England has had these past days. Just sharing some quick reminders:

Our scholarship application period is still open! Please spread the word to potential candidates in your network. This is a great opportunity not to be missed.

NEBSA Biosafety Education Scholarship: NEBSA is still accepting applications for this year’s NEBSA Biosafety Education Scholarship, open to individuals who EITHER have an educational background in science, engineering or health and are interested in moving into the field of biosafety, OR are currently serving or are interested in serving as a Community Representative on an Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC). Application period closes May 15th.
NEBSA Symposium: Please save the date for this year's NEBSA Biosafety Symposium, to be held on Wednesday, October 16th at the Broad Institute in Cambridge. Call for presentations is open now.

Harvard-Yale Symposium: The 2024 Harvard-Yale Symposium is next week at Harvard Medical School in Boston, please pre-register if you’ll be attending in person to avoid waiting in line and securing food availability for everyone. The Pre-symposium courses are on April 23, and the Symposium is on April 24. View the Agenda and Register today.

03/08/2024

NEBSA Biosafety Education Scholarship Award

NEBSA intends to award an annual Biosafety Education Scholarship to one or more individuals who EITHER:

have an educational background in science, engineering or health and are interested in moving into the field of biosafety
OR
are currently serving or are interested in serving as a Community Representative on an Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).

See the details here:

01/18/2024

06/30/2023

Novartis is looking for a Manager of Health, Safety, and Environment.

In alignment with the Novartis strategy, the purpose of this role is to lead, develop, implement, and oversee effective Biosafety programs and provide direction to any dedicated HSE associates in line with local, regional and global expectations.This position will lead the development, implementatio...

06/28/2023

We share this link with great sadness. Angie was a wonderful colleague, mentor and friend to many NEBSA members. She will be sorely missed.

Celebrate the life of Angela Birnbaum, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of .

05/30/2023

Hi everyone, just a reminder about our upcoming webinar June 14th! See below:

Risk Communication Webinar June 14 –
Join us Wednesday, June 14 from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm EST for a virtual webinar on Risk Communication led by Dr. Susan Santos, PhD, co-sponsored by NEBSA and NEAIHA. Registration is $25 until June 6, $30 after.
More details and the registration link (through NEAIHA) are here.

https://ne-bsa.org/webinars?fbclid=IwAR1icSG_DzehNrnYVSl3WBizM7btH4UPC1I44UIWzjtR8gH_DjA4VXeSXUY

Registration is $25 until June 6. After June 6, the price increases to $30. Registrants will receive the emailed Zoom invitation before the event.

05/30/2023

Registration is $25 until June 6. After June 6, the price increases to $30. Registrants will receive the emailed Zoom invitation before the event.

05/18/2023

Risk Communication Webinar June 14 –

Join us Wednesday, June 14 from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm EST for a virtual webinar on Risk Communication led by Dr. Susan Santos, PhD, co-sponsored by NEBSA and NEAIHA. Registration is $25 until June 6, $30 after.

More details and the registration link (through NEAIHA) are here.

Registration is $25 until June 6. After June 6, the price increases to $30. Registrants will receive the emailed Zoom invitation before the event.

05/15/2023

https://www.eagleson.org/conferences/occ/

Register SPECIAL EVENT SUNDAY, June 11, 2023 Behind the Scenes at the Zoo 9:00 – 11:00 – Presentations by Curators at the Zoo 11:00 – 12:00 – Picnic Lunch 12:00 – 3:00 – Small Group Behind the Scene Tours … Continue reading →

12/13/2022

Here is the recording of our last webinar series, sorry for the delay in posting this!

09/07/2022

NEBSA 2022 Biological Safety Symposium
Join NEBSA at the Broad Institute for our full-day biosafety symposium. We're planning an exciting day of learning, networking, and exhibitors. Registration fee includes lunch (please email [email protected] by Oct. 13th with any special dietary requirements).

Click here for more information

Join NEBSA at the Broad Institute for our full-day biosafety symposium.  We're planning an exciting day of learning, networking, and exhibitors.  Registration fee includes lunch (please email [email protected] by Oct. 13th with any special dietary requirements).  

07/12/2022

Dear NEBSA members,

We'd like to remind you of NEBSA's "Call for Presentations" for the Oct. 27th NEBSA Symposium to be held in Cambridge MA; the deadline to submit presentation proposals is August 21. More info is on the Symposium page on the NEBSA website. https://ne-bsa.org/Symposium/

We also want to remind you of our July 27th lunchtime webinar, Permitting Laboratories for Biological/rDNA Research in Cambridge and Boston: Best Practices and Lessons Learned, featuring Sam Lipson and Simon Muchohi. Register here https://ne-bsa.org/event-4867605/Registration if you haven't already done so.

If you have any questions, please send them to [email protected].

Sincerely,

The NEBSA Board