Tasks

NBC protection and arms control are the primary focus of Spiez Laboratory research activities.

Spiez Laboratory is also a host company providing upper-secondary level vocational education and training. We offer young people living in the region apprenticeships as chemistry lab technicians. As a rule, two new apprentices are accepted each year.

When an NBC event occurs, the Spiez Laboratory's emergency response teams are on hand to advise and support the first responders.

Spiez CONVERGENCE intends to inform participants about latest advances on chemistry making biology and biology making chemistry, as well as the adoption of such advances by the biotechnology and chemical industries. Participants discuss how such developments may affect production technologies for toxic chemicals, toxins and microorganisms and assess potential implications for chemical and biological arms control.