It’s home to some of the nastiest viruses known to science, including Hendra virus and SARS. Located within the high containment facility at our Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL), in Geelong Victoria, the AAHL Collaborative Biosecurity Research Facility is the world’s most advanced biosecure laboratory. This new facility provides Australia with the necessary biosecure and biosafe infrastructure required to undertake research to effectively tackle increasing biosecurity threats, both here in Australia and around the world.
Video transcript available here: http://www.csiro.au/news/transcripts/YouTubeTranscripts/2011/Nov/Take_a_look_inside_the_worlds_most_biosecure_laboratory.html
More information on our website:
http://www.csiro.au/en/Organisation-Structure/Divisions/Livestock-Industries/Bio-secure-lab-opens.aspx
http://www.csiro.au/Organisation-Structure/National-Facilities/Australian-Animal-Health-Laboratory.aspx
