Research facilities
Biosafety Level 3 laboratory
- Application
- Within the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) several research projects use pathogenic microorganisms of risk group 3. For working with these pathogens, the LUMC has a high containment research lab to safely perform the experiments for man and environment.
- Availability
- By appointment
- Location
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LUMC Research Building
Einthovenweg 20
2333 ZC Leiden
This state of the art BSL3 facility was opened in 2005 and was already completely renovated and upgraded to the latest standards in 2008. The facility consists of 2 separate labs and neighbouring room such as anterooms, a storage facility and a destruction autoclave. The labs are fully equipped for viral- and bacterial research using risk group 3 pathogens.