Biology
Biocontainment Laboratory
The biocontainment lab in Spiez is the only laboratory in Switzerland that enables the safe handling of human pathogens of the highest hazard categories.
National Reference Centre for Highly Pathogenic Bacteria (NABA)
Monitoring of highly pathogenic bacteria relevant to bioterrorism.
Support for the WHO as a WHO BioHub
Since 2021, Switzerland has made the Spiez Laboratory available to the WHO for tasks within the WHO BioHub system.