BIOSAFETY MONTH

3. This jewel of a CMA retired last year
4. Dutch scientist of humble origins credited with the discovery of bacteria
6. You can have (but not exceeding) 1mg of this without being a CDC registered PI
8. First President of NBACC
11. There’s good plasma in your blood, and there’s bad plasma, at least as far as cell culture is concerned
12. Trained virus
15. Carpets are permitted in labs up to this level (weird, I know!)
16. LSD, Select agent edition
19. You lost it, you file it
20. Restrained research
21. Toxic on the inside
23. A genial term for deadness
25. In a laboratory, any device that can puncture skin
26. When talking about viruses, it’s a hybrid containing the genetic material from two or more viruses. When talking about Greek Mythology, a fire breathing hybrid creature composed of different animal parts
28. The opposite of pro-germ (safe for human skin)
29. Among them, Bacillus anthracis, Nipah virus, and Rinderpest virus

1. This virus killed more people than WWI
2. This nematode has won at least 4 Nobel prizes for their contribution in the studies of fundamental biological processes such as cell development. Well, they at least helped!
5. This microbial process is key to delicious foods yogurt, sourdough and (not delicious) sauerkraut
7. A risky accomplice
9. A kind of shock therapy for cells to get them to “open up”
10. Kingdom, …, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
13. Not a Microbe Movie
14. A geometric object that has magnitude and length, or insects.
17. No air needed
18. Snail responsible for alphaconotoxin GI
22. Say it, but don’t spray it (yet)
23. Hospital acquired infection
24. The time period a Form 4 must be maintained, per 42CFR73
27. This smokin’ hot plant contributed to the discover of viruses