August 20, 2025 – 16:00 BST / 17:00 CEST / 11:00 EDT / 08:00 PDT
Proper biosafety cabinet (BSC) placement is critical to maintaining safety and performance in laboratory environments — yet many professionals face uncertainty when it comes to clearance guidelines and certification requirements. Join this webinar to gain clarity on these concepts and get practical insights to support optimal BSC installation and compliance.
Dr. Julianne L. Baron, President and owner of Science and Safety Consulting, and Dr. Lora Grainger, owner, founder, CEO, and biorisk management consultant of Project Safe Lab, LLC, discuss the importance of providing clearance around biosafety cabinets from a conceptual perspective. They will also share a series of illustrations that compare and contrast the specific guidelines given by various industry sources.
Additionally, they will explain the importance of field certification of newly installed biosafety cabinets.
Key learning objectives:
- Explain why the correct placement of a BSC in the laboratory is important to ensure its proper function
- Describe the guidelines that recommend BSC clearances and how to select an appropriate guideline to follow for your laboratory’s design
- Identify recommended clearances between BSCs and other common laboratory equipment and facility features
- Describe the importance of BSC field certification
Who should attend?
Lab managers, biosafety officers, laboratory technicians, lab planners, lab designers, and architects.
Certificate of attendance
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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