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External Web Resources

  • CDC/NIH Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL)
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Contact Biological Safety

Jill McClary-Gutierrez
Biological Safety Officer
uwm-biosafety@uwm.edu
(414) 588-4261
Engelmann 270

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