An overview of microbiology with a biosafety context including microorganism characteristics, pathogen identification, and factors causing disease.
Audience: Laboratory personnel, biosafety professionals
Resource Type: E-Learning
Duration: 45 minutes
Course updated: July 2024
A brief overview of toxins, including the risks associated with handling them, and the precautions of handling toxins safely.
Audience: Laboratory personnel, biosafety professionals
Resource Type: E-Learning
Duration: 45 minutes
Updated: March 2026
This course is an introduction to Risk Group 3 Fungi. It has been created to outline the Biosafety Directive for Risk Group 3 Fungi. It defines the concept of Fungi, the risk group classification system, and containment requirements for Risk Group 3 Fungi. The course aims to clarify which activities with Risk Group 3 Fungi must be performed at Containment Level 3, and which activities can be performed at Containment Level 2 or Containment Level 2 with additional operational practice requirements.
Resource Type: E-Learning
Duration: 1 hour
Released: March 2026
Audience: People who wish to configure a new containment level in a laboratory.
Duration: 90 minutes
Course updated: March 2026
Audience: Any laboratory staff who want security clearance
Duration: 6 minutes
Course updated: September 2025
On November 28, 2022, the World Health Organization began using ‘mpox’ as the preferred term for monkeypox disease.
Target Audience: External stakeholders planning to, or currently working with, MPXV
Resource Type: Video
Duration: 1 hour
