Image credit: Andrew Brodhead In preparation for entering the Biosafety Level 3 lab, Buonomo and Rustagi wear personal protective equipment, including wraparound gowns, disposable pants, gloves, shoe coverings, face protection and respirators. Rustagi is also adjusting his air-purifying respirator, which features a different design. Buonomo is testing his powered air-purifying respirator for flow. Image credit: Andrew Brodhead Joe Buonomo, a postdoctoral research fellow in chemistry, and Arjun Rustagi, a postdoctoral medical fellow in infectious diseases, don personal protective equipment before entering the lab. Now, the lab is fully operational and researchers there are working with SARS-CoV-2.Ī typical lab bench setup in the Biosafety Level 3 lab. In late August – before the lab was officially up and running – Joe Buonomo, a postdoctoral research fellow in chemistry, and Arjun Rustagi, a postdoctoral medical fellow in infectious diseases, showed Stanford News photographer Andrew Brodhead what work in the BS元 lab would look like. The BS元 is administered by the Innovative Medicines Accelerator, a part of Stanford’s Long-Range Vision that is designed to help faculty generate and test new medicines to slow the spread of disease.
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This type of lab is capable of handling airborne microbes that can cause serious or potentially lethal disease.
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With the aim of enhancing research on SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, Stanford University has expanded its Biosafety Level 3 (BS元) lab. Read our updates about those initiatives and their progress. Stanford’s Long-Range Vision lays out the future direction for the university’s research, education and impact.