Workshop on Biorisk Management at PU

Chandigarh, January 7, 2019: Department of Biotechnology, Panjab University, Chandigarh is organising a week long workshop to create and spread awareness among researchers about how and why to follow biosafety and biosecurity measures in research work which started today with a workshop on Biorisk Management. Dr Cecelia Williams and Dr Linda Winona are here as Resource Persons from Sandia National Laboratories (SNLs) to conduct the workshop. Since 2014 PU has organised 11 such workshops on Biorisk Management. Sandia has trained select PU faculty to organize these workshops along with resource persons from SNLs. As of date more than 100 researchers from all over India have been trained, informed Prof. Neena Capalash, Department of Biotechnology. These training Workshops are very important as large number of students work on biological materials during their research work and through these workshops we raise awareness among students and faculty to handle infectious material in a safe way. Panjab University, Chandigarh signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, USA under which a series of workshops on BIORISK MANAGEMENT are organised every year. The MoU envisions the establishment of a Centre at Panjab University facilitated by SNL, USA. This centre will be first of its kind in India to disseminate the know-how on safe and secure bio-research.