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New labs built to fight bioterrorism
By Lisa Coble
lcoble@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas' neighbors are forging ahead in bioterrorism research.
The University of Missouri-Columbia, Kansas State University and Colorado State University recently received funds to build high-security biosafety research facilities. These facilities allow researchers to study dangerous pathogens — organisms that cause diseases — and biological weapons.
The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the anthrax outbreaks that occurred later that year have led to increased grant opportunities for universities nationwide, said Bill Picking, chairman of the Institutional Biosafety Committee and associate professor of molecular bioscience.
Biosafety levels are laboratory designations defined by the Center for Disease Control. The levels indicate how high of a risk materials contained inside a lab pose to humans.
In 2002, the Legislature approved a $40 million project to build Biosafety Level 3 agricultural facility at Kansas State University.
Construction on the 60,000 square-foot facility at K-State will begin in the spring. The University of Missouri-Columbia has been awarded a Center for Research Excellence grant to build a Level 3 facility.
Level 3 labs deal with diseases such as anthrax and salmonella.
Colorado State University is building a 33,850-square-foot Regional Biocontainment Laboratory funded with $22.1 million from the National institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
The University Kansas has two Level 3 labs where researchers study vaccines for dangerous diseases, one on West Campus and one in Haworth Hall. Though the University has not received any funds for facilities recently, the professors behind the vaccine studies do receive money to aid their work.
Some researchers at the University are already working on biohazardous materials in the labs. On West Campus, professors conduct research to understand and find vaccines for biological weapons.
Picking said the grant money was a big incentive to work on pathogens and other potentially hazardous materials.
Russell Middaugh, distinguished professor in pharmaceutical chemistry, oversees operations at the Lab for Macromolecule and Vaccine Stabilization at Simons Center for Biosciences Research Facility.
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Laura Peek, Williamsburg graduate student, dressed herself in required lab apparel behind a secured door Monday in Simons Biosciences Research Laboratories. Such clothing is needed because of the toxicity of the materials.
He and his team work on developing heat-and-cold-resistant vaccines for potential biological weapons, such as anthrax. Two-and-a-half years ago he received a $1,381,000 grant to develop thermally stable vaccines.
In the lab on the eighth floor of Haworth, Vladimir Yamshchikov, associate professor in molecular bioscience, works on a vaccine against West Nile virus.
He and his team of students follow a strict protocol in the labs to decrease the chance of any accidents. West Nile Virus does not pass from human to human, so the chance of exposure to a large population is slim.
Eric Jeppesen said that in the six-and-a-half years that he has been the University's lab safety
specialist, there have been no reports of accidents involving biohazardous materials.
Researchers wear protective clothing such as coveralls, gloves, shoe protectors and goggles.
"It's not like a space suit like in the Level 4 labs." Yamchikov
said.
Level 4 labs are facilities that contain highly-contagious diseases that have no vaccine. Level 5 labs hold very dangerous diseases, such as the Ebola virus.
Edited by Robert Perkins
PASSION: The pope and Christian groups agree with Gibson's version
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on Monday night, and many came back speaking of the experience.
"I never walked out of a theater completely silent before." Jon Rogers, Overland Park freshman, said. "I was speechless, it really drew on the emotions."
Shanna Meyer, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, also went with St. Lawrence's group and shared a similar experience. Meyer said it was a deep experience, but the more violent scenes made her
"I never walked out of a theater completely silent before. I was speechless. It really drew on emotions."
Shanna Meyer Kansas City, Mo., sophomore
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feel uncomfortable.
Some wanted to see a depiction on the big-screen, and relive the biblical tales they heard as
"I thought it was amazing, and it did pretty much stick to the story," Brynn Harrisson, Kansas City Mo., sophomore, said.
Harrison also noticed the violence, but the graphic nature was needed to get the point across, she said.
The most powerful moment for her, she said, came toward the end of the film when Jesus fell for a second time as he carried his cross on the way to the crucifixion site. As he hit the ground, his mother, Mary, ran toward him. As she was running to her son, she flashed
back to another time when she ran to him when he fell as a child.
During the 1:30 p.m. showing at Southwind 12, the theater was filled with sniffing as the picture reached its climax. When the film ended, people streamed out looking content but drained.
Rogers said she thought the effect of the film could be experienced by many.
"All Christians should see it," Rogers said. "With the intensity, and what you will be feeling, it will take your breath away."
—Edited by Paul Kramer
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