About Our Centers

The Galveston National Laboratory (GNL) is an academic research center at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. One of the largest and most sophisticated infectious disease research facilities in the United States, the GNL utilizes the unique resources of its biosafety level (BSL) 2, 3 and 4 laboratories to study the diseases making the world’s people and animals sick.

This research yields better tests, treatments and vaccines for these diseases. The GNL’s world-renowned scientists work collaboratively, both locally and internationally, to advance discoveries for the infectious diseases impacting global health, including dengue virus, chikungunya virus, M. tuberculosis, SARS virus, West Nile virus, Ebola virus, Marburg virus, plague (Y. pestis), encephalitis, influenza, A. hydrophila, and a host of others.

UTMB's other infectious disease-related centers include:

• Institute for Human Infections & Immunity
• Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Center for Tropical Diseases
• Sealy Institute for Vaccine Science
• Sealy Center for Structural Biology & Molecular Biophysics
• Western Gulf Center of Excellence for Vector-borne Diseases
• West Africa Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases
• World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses
• Centers of Excellence for Translational Research: Advancement of Vaccines and Treatments for Ebola and Marburg Virus Infections

For a list of all of UTMB's centers and institutes, click here.