- UAB Specialisation Course
- Code: 3045/14
- 14th edition
- Modality: Face to face
- Credits: 3 ECTS
- Start date: 02/02/2026
- Finish date: 02/03/2026
- Places: 15
- Orientation: Professional
- Price: 900 €
- Teaching language: Spanish
- Location: Facultat de Veterinaria, UAB, Bellaterra (Barcelona)
In a context where biotechnology, gene editing, emerging and re-emerging diseases, resistance to antibiotics, pandemics, gene therapies, new vaccines, biobanks, synthetic biology, gain of functions or bioterrorism, among others are becoming increasingly relevant, so is the need for an expert professional profile in biological risk management.
This course (theoretical-practical) is the starting point towards a more specific training in biosafety that allows obtaining the necessary skills to develop a professional career as a biosafety technician.
Organized by the Faculties of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), it has the collaboration of the Biosafety Committee (CBS) of the UAB, the Center for Research in Animal Health (CReSA), the Center for Research in Agrigenomics (CRAG), the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona and with reference biocontainment facilities that can be visited.
The course is preferably aimed at biosafety managers, occupational risk prevention technicians, laboratory managers, graduates and professionals from the biomedical, biotechnological, veterinary and agri-food sectors who wish to acquire basic knowledge on biosafety and biocontainment, in its biological aspects, technical and regulatory.
The course program is designed in accordance with the principles of the ISO/TS 5441:2024 "Competence requirements for biorisk management advisors" and is endorsed by the Spanish Biosafety Association (AEBioS). The course has a highly specialized and experienced teaching staff, belonging to different universities, research centers and companies in the sector.
The details of the contents and the course programme can be downloaded from this link:
https://www.uab.cat/es/bioseguridad/doc/programa-curso-ebb.pdf
Contents
- Introduction to biosafety- Biological risk assessment
- Risk control
- Biosafety in specialized fields
- Practical sessions
Career opportunities
Biosafety advisors, laboratory managers, occupational risk prevention technicians, graduates, and professionals in the biomedical, biotechnological, veterinary, and agri-food sectors who require knowledge in biosafety and biocontainment, in their biological, technical, and regulatory aspects.Scholarships and financial aid
Chek all the information on the possibilities for grants and scholarships in the page for UAB financial aids, grants and calls.
Coordinating centres
Facultad de Biociencias
Facultad de Veterinaria
Collaborating centres
Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (IRTA-CReSA)
Comitè de Bioseguretat de la UAB
Centre de Recerca en AgriGenòmica (CRAG)
Hospital Clinic Barcelona
Contact
Esther Julian Gomez
Phone: 935812540
Additional information
https://www.uab.cat/doc/programa_curs_postgrau