Under the auspices of Dr. Mostafa Mohamed Kamal, Assiut University President, and Dr. Ahmed Abdu Gaeis, Vice- President for Graduate Studies and Research, the Molecular Biology Research Unit (MBRU), Assiut University held a workshop entitled: "Bio-Safety in Molecular Biology Labs at Various Levels" For two days, the workshop introduced detailed explanations of bio-safety standards in laboratories and methods of dealing with the diagnostic substances, their dangers, secure disposal methods, insuring laboratories' safety against risk as well as protecting humans against infection. Dr. Asmaa Abdel Nasser, (MBRU) Director said that the workshop was attended by a number of participants from the faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine, Science, Animal Health Research Institute and Palm Center, New Valley.