[Sci-tech-public] Fwd: Seminar announcement

[Deborah Fairchild]

>MIT Student Pugwash presents:
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>MIT Responses to the BU Biolab
>Wednesday, April 27, 2005
>5pm - 6:30pm, MIT Room 4-270
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>Jonathan King, Professor of Biology, MIT
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>Sanford Weiner, Research Fellow, Center for International Studies, MIT.
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>In September 2003, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 
>Diseases (NIAID) awarded a $1.6 billion federal biodefense laboratory to 
>Boston University Medical Center.  As part of this grant, BU has proposed 
>building a biosafety level 4 lab in the heart of South Boston.  Criticism 
>by the community has been intense, but not everyone feels this opposition 
>is justified.  Are there significant risks associated with a BSL-4 
>lab?  How will this large investment in biodefense affect scientific 
>research at BU and more broadly?  Professor Jonathan King and Sanford 
>Weiner, both members of the MIT academic community, will outline the local 
>and national issues surrounding the BU biolab and share their perspectives 
>on the debate.
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>For questions or comments, please contact pugwash-officer at mit.edu

Deborah L. Fairchild
Administrative Officer
Program in Science, Technology and Society
E51-184
dlfair at mit.edu
Phone:  (617) 253-4084
Fax:    (617) 258-8118 
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