Biosafety Month
October is Biosafety and Biosecurity Month
Started in 2014 by the National Institutes of Health, the National Biosafety and Biosecurity Month is a period during which institutions are encouraged to reinforce their attention to biosafety and biosecurity practices, policies, and procedures. Join the Institutional Biosafety Committee Program and Environmental Health and Safety Biosafety group in celebrating Virginia Tech's accomplishments in biosafety and biosecurity.
Save the Date: 2024 Biosafety and Biosecurity Day to be held
October 23, 2024 in the Fralin Hall atrium, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Additional details will be provided in Fall 2024.
See below for information and photos from our 2023 event.
2023 Activities and Photos
The 2023 traveling Biosafety and Biosecurity Lab Challenge Trophy winners are: The Microbiology Teaching Labs Prep Space
Click on the links below to see photos from the various activities during the 2023 Biosafety and Biosecurity Month.
The Biosafety and Biosecurity Day activity tables included a visit from the HokieBird, information from the IBC Program and EHS- Biosefty Group staff, a trivia challenge, a glove doffing Glo Germ challenge, and even a build-your-own air plant beaker terrarium.
Below are photos from the various activity tables!
As part of the 2023 Biosecurity and Biosafety Day activities we had a biosafety themed escape room challenge. Participants had 30 minutes to respond to a biohazardous spill and find an antidote to save everyone in the lab from becoming a zombie.
Some groups found the antidote and escaped!
Some groups did not escape and the zombie appeared!
But everyone had fun trying to solve the clues to find the antidote!
Photo by Travis Williams, Virginia Tech
Laboratories are encouraged to participate in the Virginia Tech Biosafety Lab Challenge each year. Each year, the winning laboratory will be awarded the traveling Biosafety and Biosecurity Lab Challenge trophy.
For 2023, laboratories were challenged to complete as many activities as possible that were listed on a BINGO-style activity card. The 2023 challenge winner is the Microbiology Teaching Labs Prep Space. Below are photos from the 2023 lab challenge.
