BSL-3 Training Program opens applications for a new class
Applications open today, December 2, and will close on the 18th of this month. Registration is now open for another edition of the Training & Qualification Program for BSL-3 (biosafety…
CNPEM highlights open access, biosafety training and Project Orion at the Brazilian Congress of Virology
Center introduced Orion’s training programs, scientific infrastructure and advances during the Congress and the Mercosur Virology Meeting, held at UFMG in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais The Brazilian Center for Research…
Minister Luciana Santos visits CNPEM for Orion and Sirius beamlines updates
The projects are part of the Federal Government’s New Growth Acceleration Program (PAC) and are financed with resources from the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FNDCT) of the…
December edition of the BLS-3 Training Program at CNPEM is now open for applications
The December edition is especially designed for the target audience in the North and Northeast regions of Brazil Registration is now open for another edition of the Training & Qualification…
CNPEM specialist trained in maximum biological containment laboratory and manipulates Sabiá virus
Unprecedented training reinforces the country’s preparation for Orion and involved the manipulation of Sabiá virus, the only Brazilian pathogen classified in the highest biological risk class Researcher Jacqueline Farinha Shimizu,…
Construction of the foundations for the Orion building begins on the CNPEM campus
The stage is part of the structural part of Orion, a laboratory complex that will allow advanced research into pathogens The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM)…
CNPEM opens new registrations for Training & Qualification Program in high biological containment laboratories
Registration closes on July 16th, and training takes place between August 25th and 28th. Registration is now open for another edition of the Training & Qualification Program for NB3 (biosafety…
European network for high and maximum biological containment laboratories visits CNPEM and signs agreement to collaborate with Project Orion
Objectives of the collaboration include strengthening high and maximum biosecurity infrastructures and driving scientific progress in the study of highly infectious agents The European Research Infrastructure on Highly Pathogenic…
Campinas city government issues building permit for Project Orion
On May 16, 2025, the city of Campinas, via the Land Use and Occupation Division of its Municipal Urban Planning Department, issued the building permit for Project Orion (143/2025), a…
NIH delegation visits CNPEM to explore future collaborations related to project Orion
The agenda included a visit to the site of the new laboratory complex for advanced pathogen research, which will include Latin America’s first maximum biological containment (BSL-4) facilities and the…