Tuesday, June 3 2025, at 16:00 BST / 17:00 CEST / 11:00 EDT / 08:00 PDT
This webinar will introduce the concept of risk assessment and its role in choosing a biosafety cabinet. It will explain risk assessment in general and move to an explanation of the kinds of cabinets one can choose for their protective needs as well as the possibilities for configuring and even customizing one for their specific workflow and instruments. The webinar will then conclude with a brief discussion of model/design certification/listing to the NSF/ANSI 49 standard.
Key learning objectives
- Explain why lab staff should conduct a risk assessment before choosing a biosafety cabinet (BSC) for their work, and continually thereafter.
- Describe the classes and types of biosafety cabinets and their function.
- Explain how to plan an appropriate workflow considering ergonomic needs for work in a BSC.
- Identify the reasons a laboratory may need a custom BSC for containing their equipment.
Who should attend
Lab managers, biosafety officers, laboratory technicians
Accreditation statement
SelectScience is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Continuing education units are also provided for the ABSA International Credentialing Maintenance Program. Webinar 1: Risk Assessment and Choosing a BSC is approved for 0.125 CM points, approval # 25-2574.
Presenters
Julianne Baron, Ph.D., CPH, RBP
President
Science and Safety Consulting, LLC
Julianne L. Baron, PhD, CPH, RBP is the President and Owner of Science and Safety Consulting, a woman-owned small business with specialized expertise in biosafety, biorisk management, public health, emergency preparedness, and training development. She obtained her PhD in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology from the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health. Dr. Baron completed the prestigious National Biosafety and Biocontainment Training Program (NBBTP) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. She is Certified in Public Health, is a Registered Biosafety Professional, has professional certifications in both Biorisk Management and Cyberbiosecurity, and is Certified in Cybersecurity.
Lora Grainger, Ph.D.
Owner
Project Safe Lab, LLC
Dr. Lora Grainger has been working internationally in the biosafety and biosecurity field for nearly 15 years, with the last 6 years as the Owner, Founder, CEO, and biorisk management consultant of Project Safe Lab, LLC. Project Safe Lab has been the recipient of USG contracts and subcontracts under the umbrella of Cooperative Threat Reduction to promote safe and secure best practices in the bioscience laboratory. As an experienced subject matter expert Lora provides technical, programmatic, and data-driven expertise to develop, support, and evaluate biorisk management programs, equipment, activities, and personnel for public health and research laboratories. She specializes in providing specific technical biorisk management recommendations, coaching, and mentoring on biosafety and biosecurity risk assessment, mitigation, and performance with a particular focus on curriculum and trainer development for biosafety professionals. Lora has authored a chapter on Biorisk Management Training in the “Laboratory Biorisk Management Biosafety and Biosecurity” edited by Reynolds M. Salerno and Jennifer Gaudioso and contributed significantly to the Global Biorisk Management Curriculum (GBRMC) while she worked at Sandia National Laboratories. Lora combines her formal training as a Virologist, using her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology to provide context-specific risk-reduction recommendations to clients and partners alike with the goal of enabling others to work safely, securely, and responsibly in the pursuit of scientific discovery.
Sarah Thomas
Associate Editor
SelectScience