Galveston National Laboratory

Galveston National Laboratory
Established	November 2008
Research type	BSL-4 Biocontainment Laboratory
Field of research	Infectious diseases ; Emerging pathogens ; Bioterrorism agents
Director	Gary Kobinger, Laboratory Director; Scott C. Weaver, Scientific Director
Staff	300
Location	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
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 Galveston, Texas, United States, is a high security National Biocontainment Laboratory housing several Biosafety level 4 research laboratories. The lab is run by the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) for exotic disease diagnosis and research.^[2] The GNL is one of the 15 biosecurity level 4 facilities in the United States and the largest one in the world located on an academic campus.^[3]^[4]

^ "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.
^ Cite error: The named reference UTMBMag was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] "Leadership".

[2] "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-3] ERIC BERGER. "UTMB on biowar front line / Lab funded by federal grant will seek defenses for terror". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-01-22.

[UTMBMag-4] Cite error: The named reference UTMBMag was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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