Galveston National Laboratory

Galveston National Laboratory
EstablishedNovember 2008
Research typeBSL-4 Biocontainment Laboratory
Field of research
Infectious diseases
Emerging pathogens
Bioterrorism agents
DirectorGary Kobinger, Laboratory Director
Scott C. Weaver, Scientific Director [1]
Staff300
LocationGalveston, Texas, USA
29°18′38″N 94°46′43″W / 29.3106°N 94.7786°W / 29.3106; -94.7786
CampusUniversity of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
NicknameGNL
AffiliationsNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Operating agency
University of Texas Medical Branch with support from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and National Institutes of Health
Websitewww.utmb.edu/gnl

The Galveston National Laboratory (GNL) in Galveston, Texas, United States, is a high security National Biocontainment Laboratory housing several Biosafety level 4 research laboratories. The lab is run by the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) for exotic disease diagnosis and research.[2] The GNL is one of the 15 biosecurity level 4 facilities in the United States and the largest one in the world located on an academic campus.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Leadership".
  2. ^ "Medical Branch formally breaks ground on lab". Galveston County Daily News. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
  3. ^ ERIC BERGER. "UTMB on biowar front line / Lab funded by federal grant will seek defenses for terror". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
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