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 level 3) laboratories, sponsored by the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM). Participation is free, and registration remains open until July 16th.
The training will take place between August 25th and 28th. The selection results will be announced by email starting on July 22nd, and successful candidates will have until July 25th to confirm their participation.
The qualification is aimed at researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professionals from Teaching and Research Institutions who work or intend to work in NB3 laboratories. The course aims to disseminate safe laboratory practices, with a focus on individual and collective protection.
Na foto, alunos de edição anterior exercem com segurança protocolos necessários para operar em laboratórios NB3 (Divulgação/CNPEM)
All necessary equipment will be provided by the Program, free of charge to participants. However, transportation, accommodation, and food expenses are the responsibility of selected candidates.
Visit the Program page to learn more: https://pages.cnpem.br/treinamentonb3/
About the Program
Even before the inauguration of the Orion project — a laboratory complex for advanced research into pathogens — CNPEM is conducting a Training & Qualification Program in high-level and, very soon, maximum biological containment infrastructures, unprecedented in Brazil. Aimed at training human resources in skills that are still underdeveloped in Brazil and other Latin American countries, this action front aims to support the training of potential future Orion users and improve the capabilities of teams already working in research and development with pathogens.
The Program includes theoretical activities and practical sessions, carried out in a training laboratory, a mock-up space — a faithful copy of actual NB3 and NB4 laboratory facilities. In this simulation space, researchers-in-training can practice safety protocols without handling infectious materials or risking contagion, under the supervision of professionals dedicated to conducting individual assessments of biosafety protocols.
About CNPEM
The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) is home to a state-of-the-art, multi-user and multidisciplinary scientific environment and works on different fronts within the Brazilian National System for Science, Technology and Innovation. A social organization overseen by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), CNPEM is driven by research that impacts the areas of health, energy, renewable materials, and sustainability. It is responsible for Sirius, the largest assembly of scientific equipment constructed in the country, and is currently constructing Project Orion, a laboratory complex for advanced pathogen research. Highly specialized science and engineering teams, sophisticated infrastructure open to the scientific community, strategic lines of investigation, innovative projects involving the productive sector, and training for researchers and students are the pillars of this institution that is unique in Brazil and able to serve as a bridge between knowledge and innovation. CNPEM’s research and development activities are carried out through its four National Laboratories: Synchrotron Light (LNLS), Biosciences (LNBio), Nanotechnology (LNNano), Biorenewables (LNBR), as well as its Technology Unit (DAT) and the Ilum School of Science — an undergraduate program in Science and Technology supported by the Ministry of Education (MEC).
