Cores
The faculty and senior scientific staff of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute have assembled state-of-the-art technologies into Shared Resources or Core Facilities to support research initiatives in the areas of Vaccine Immunology, Immune Reconstitution, Host Pathogen Interaction, and Emerging Infectious Disease and Biodefense. These comprehensive OPEN ACCESS Shared Resources are available to the Duke community and their collaborators.
Regional Biocontainment Laboratory
The Duke Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) was established with funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support basic research aimed at developing drugs, diagnostics, and vaccines for emerging and reemerging infections, as well as biodefense. The RBL features a comprehensive safety and operations program, providing state-of-the-art biocontainment facilities for BSL2 and BSL3 research. Since its commissioning in 2007, the RBL has received partial support for construction and renovations from the NIH (UC6-AI058607 and G20-AI167200), and facility support from the NIH (UC7-AI180254).
The Duke RBL supports basic research programs and houses three collaborative Core units: Immunology, Pathogens and Animal Models. These units are available to Duke faculty and their collaborators as fee-for-service service centers. Through any of these units users can receive safety/security training, and use of the containment environment. These units can be utilized individually or as a combined system to offer comprehensive study support covering regulatory compliance, study design, execution, and data analysis.
RBL Leadership
Director, Herman Staats, PhD
Assistant Director, Brook Heaton, PhD
Associate Director, Scott Alderman, MS
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