Biosafety Tips brings you practical approaches to biosafety or “news you can use.” If you
are looking for a useful and sensible solution to a biocontainment problem or perhaps a
reference to help convince a skeptical researcher of the need for caution, this is the
place to look. In this column I share some biosafety insights for managing a variety of
workplace situations. I welcome feedback or suggestions for future topics. Please e-mail
any comments, suggestions, or insights to Karen Byers at karen_byers@dfci.harvard.edu.
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