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Map of RBL and NBL locations

National Biocontainment Laboratories (NBLs)

Boston University Medical Center
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (NEIDL)
http://www.bu.edu/dbin/neidl/en/
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Klempner
(Under construction)

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Galveston National Laboratory
http://utmbcare.com/GNL/about/index.shtml
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stanley Lemon
(Under construction)

Regional Biocontainment Laboratories (RBLs)

Colorado State University (Fort Collins)
Regional Biocontainment Laboratory
http://ghrc.colostate.edu/index.asp
Principal Investigator: Dr. William Farland 

Duke University Medical Center (Durham)
Global Health Research Building (GHRB)
http://humanvaccine.duke.edu/modules/
rsch_bldg/index.php?id=1home/index

Principal Investigator: Dr. R.Sanders Williams

George Mason University
George Mason University Biomedical Research Laboratory
http://brl.gmu.edu/
Principal Investigator: Dr. Charles Bailey
(Under construction)

Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine (Grafton, MA)
Regional Biosafety Laboratory-New England (RBL-NE)
http://www.tufts.edu/vet/rbl/
Principal Investigator: Dr. Deborah Kochever 

Tulane National Primate Research Center
(Covington, LA)
Regional Biocontainment Laboratory
http://www.tulane.edu
Principal Investigator: Dr. Andrew Lackner 
(Under construction)

University of Alabama at Birmingham
School of Medicine
Southeast Biosafety Laboratory Alabama (SEBLAB)
http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=61656
Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Marchase

University of Chicago
The Ricketts Laboratory
http://www.htrl.uchicago.edu/
Principal Investigator: Dr. Keith Moffat

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Pacific Regional Biocontainment Laboratory
http://www.hawaii.edu/
Principal Investigator: Dr. James R. Gaines
(Under construction)

University of Louisville
The Center for Predictive Medicine
http://www.louisville.edu/community/
biosafetylab/

Principal Investigator: Dr. Manuel Martinez 
(Under construction)

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark)
New Jersey Medical School Center for Infectious Disease Research—RBL
http://www.umdnj.edu/
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robert L. Johnson

University of Missouri-Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Missouri—Columbia Regional Biocontainment Laboratory
http://www.rbl.missouri.edu
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robert Duncan 

University of Pittsburgh
The Regional Biocontainment Laboratory at the Bioscience Tower III (BST3)
http://www.cvr.pitt.edu
Principal Investigator: Dr. Donald Burke 

University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis)
University of Tennessee Health Science Center Regional Biocontainment Laboratory
http://www.utmem.edu/research/RBL/
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gerald Byrne

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