Ominously referred to as "The Needle", the 192,000 square-foot National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory (NEIDL) on the Boston University Medical Center (BUMC) campus stands inactive and empty, as it has since its completion in 2008. Research there cannot commence until a protracted ri... [More]

In 2003, Boston University became one of two universities to receive a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) to construct a National Biocontainment Laboratory next to the BU Medical Center (BUMC) in the South End/Roxbury area. The $200 million biodefense l... [More]

September 23, 2011 Secretary Richard K. Sullivan, Jr. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 900 Boston, MA 02114   Re:      National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University MEPA Waiver R... [More]