Galveston National Laboratory
Galveston, Texas, USA 29°18′38″N 94°46′43″W / 29.3106°N 94.7786°W | |
Campus | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston |
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Nickname | GNL |
Affiliations | National 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 |
Website | www.utmb.edu/gnl |
The Galveston National Laboratory (GNL) in
History
In the early 2000s, several incidents in the U.S. led to the federal government pushing for the creation of more facilities to provide research to help defend against bioterrorism attacks. Under the direction of the U.S. Congress, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) began a nationwide search for a location to build a National Biocontainment Laboratory. In 2003, UTMB was chosen by the NIH as the site for one of two such national laboratories, and a $174 million federal grant was issued to pay for its construction. The Galveston National Laboratory is one of only two such facilities in the United States.[3][4][5] The other one is the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL). In 2020, the United States Department of Education launched an investigation of the Galveston National Laboratory regarding any past interaction with the Wuhan Institute of Virology.[6]
Statistics
Galveston National Laboratory is an eight-story structure that was built using construction standards designed to resist a
See also
- National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
References
- ^ "Leadership".
- ^ "Medical Branch formally breaks ground on lab". Galveston County Daily News. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
- ^ ERIC BERGER. "UTMB on biowar front line / Lab funded by federal grant will seek defenses for terror". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
- ^ a b c d Kelly, Jim (January 2010). "A Port in the Storm". UTMB Magazine. 10 (1): 11–13.
- ^ "Texas in Focus: Gulf Coast Region, Healthcare" (PDF). Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ Eric Berger. "UTMB / Galveston National Laboratory dedicated". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
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