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New Year, New Horizons: SoBran's Vision for 2025

SoBran is delighted to announce that Michelle Pinero has been chosen as this past quarter’s recipient of...

Will Hobbs | New Year, New Horizons | Blog

Employee of the Quarter: Josiah Hamilton (July - September 2024)

SoBran BioScience answers “How to choose the right pre-clinical CRO” at SOT ToxExpo 2017

Trust Through Safety: SoBran's Commitment to Protecting People

SoBran is delighted to announce that Josiah Hamilton has been chosen as this past quarter’s recipient of...

Employee of the Quarter: Tim Daughtery (April – June 2024)

SoBran BioScience answers “How to choose the right pre-clinical CRO” at SOT ToxExpo 2017

The Power of We: The Secret Of SoBran’s Community Spirit

SoBran is delighted to announce that Tim Daughtery has been chosen as this past quarter’s recipient of...

Elevating Partnerships: Outsourcing Animal Care for Optimal Research Results

SoBran BioScience answers “How to choose the right pre-clinical CRO” at SOT ToxExpo 2017

Employee of the Quarter: David Steffan (January – March 2024)

SoBran BioScience answers “How to choose the right pre-clinical CRO” at SOT ToxExpo 2017

2023 Employee of the Year Award: Tracy Taylor

SoBran is delighted to announce that David Steffan has been chosen as this past quarter’s recipient of...

The Cindy Carmichael Award

The time has come to announce the recipient of the 2023 Cindy Carmichael Employee of the Year...

SoBran Inc. 2023 Year in Review

Year in Review

We hope 2024 finds you in great spirits and fired up to engage in what the year...

Employee of the Quarter: David Do (October - December 2023)

SoBran Honors our Veterans

SoBran is delighted to announce that David Do has been chosen as this past quarter’s recipient of...

Employee of the Quarter: Mehran Esteghamat-Rad (July- September 2023)

On this Veterans Day, SoBran salutes our Veterans, as well as Veterans everywhere for their contributions towards...

TSU Alum Amos-Leon’ Otis Receives National Kappa Alpha Psi Award

SoBran is delighted to announce that Mehran Esteghamat has been chosen ...

Employee of the Quarter: Tim Daughtery (April-June 2023)

Awarded to members who exemplify extra meritorious achievements...

The Cindy Carmichael Award

SoBran, Inc. is delighted to announce that Tim Daughtery has been chosen as this past quarter’s recipient...

We recently had the honor of recognizing the retirement of one of our most dedicated employees. On...

Employee of the Quarter: Tracy Taylor (January - March 2023)

Employee of the Quarter: Patrick Hunter (July - September 2022)

SoBran, Inc. is delighted to announce that Tracy Taylor has been chosen as this past quarter’s recipient...

Supporting our Troops

News Alerts

SoBran, Inc. donates to Support Our Troops, Inc. to help the Support our Troops Care Pack Program! Support...

SoBran, Inc. is delighted to announce that Patrick Hunter has been chosen as this past quarter’s recipient...

SoBran appreciates the efforts of its employees to achieve company goals and to fulfill its Quality Policy...

SafeMail DC

Detecting Targeted Mail Threats

Expert staff manage every step of the distribution process, including daily pickup at the post office, screening...

SafeMail has a 100% track record in detecting targeted mail threats - our expert staff manage every...

BioScience Programs

SafeMail Protects Your Organization

SoBran offers a wide range of bioscience research support positions that contribute to the strength, health and...

5 Critical Mail Screening Steps

Our clients include Federal agencies, leading universities, and enterprises in diverse industries.

BioScience Consulting Services

Mail is fully screened and delivered to your organization in a timely manner with minimum impact to...

SafeMail Survey Results 2020

Our consultants have spent years refining management techniques and operational procedures;

Why Does My Organization Need Mail Screening?

State of the Mail Security Industry "Mail threats are so common today they don't make the news unless...

BioScience Onsite Support Services

It’s not if, but when Far from declining, the number of suspicious pieces of mail, including those containing...

Mailroom Security Meets CyberSecurity

We work collaboratively with you to ensure that your research efforts are conducted in the most professional...

Implementing the Right Mail Screening Program

Mail security is often the ‘forgotten back door’ of any complete security program involving both physical and...

Threats to the Mail System in Times of Conflict

The need for mailroom screening programs is a vital part of any organization's security program, as evidenced...

The recent news of the assassination of General Soleimani of Iran has created much tension and speculation in...

No News is Good News?

Mailroom Threat Quick Reference Guide

2019 has seen fewer reported incidents of mail threats in the news, compared to 2018. With concerted efforts...

Top Indicators of Dangerous Mail

U.S. Postal Service is expecting to deliver 800 million packages this holiday season. UPS says they are...

SoBran Laboratory Management Expertise

If a dangerous package landed on your desk, how would you know? If you don’t know the indicators...

5 Questions to Ask for Offsite Mail Screening

Our deep experience managing and operating complex and demanding laboratory animal care programs can be

Is Offsite Mail Screening Needed for Your Organization?

Offsite Mail Screening is a mail screening and distribution service performed by a 3rd party in a...

Lone Wolf Terror: The Continuing Mailroom Threat

What is Offsite Mail Screening? Offsite Mail Screening is a mail screening and distribution service performed by a...

Hate Crimes - The Danger to Your Organization's Mail

The Continuing Threat from Lone-Wolf Terrorists in America - in Homeland Security In their article last month, In...

SafeMail Survey Results 2019

Organizations can easily be targeted for their beliefs or for the causes they champion. These can be...

SoBran’s Will Hobbs Promoted to Vice President

Mail: A Symbol of Trust. A Tool of Terror: Lessons from the 2019 SoBran SafeMail Survey. Your...

Third of Companies Got Mail Threats

May 22, 2019 – (Fairfax, VA) SoBran, Inc. the international leader in mail security and provider...

SafeMail Reveals 5th Annual Mail Security Survey Results

A third of security and mailroom professionals surveyed reported receiving a threat by mail over the...

MAIL: A Symbol of Trust. A Tool of Terror.

May 15, 2019 – (Fairfax, VA) SoBran, Inc. the international leader in mail security and provider of SafeMail...

The #1 Best Practice for Mail Security

Mail threats are so common today they don’t make the news unless they reach a high-profile target. If...

Top 5 Myths in Mail Screening

As stated by the Department of Homeland Security -- “The first and best practice to minimize risk and...

Dangerous Prison Mail – What This Means for Your Business

MYTH #1: It Won’t Happen Here. Complacency is the enemy of security. We’ve said it before, and we’ll...

A Year in Mail Threats - 2018

"The Postal Service, which touts itself as the most trusted government agency, has also become a trusted...

Offsite Mail Screening Facility to Combat Continued Mail Terrorism

2018 was a High-Water Mark for Nationally Publicized Dangerous Mail Security Incidents And these high profile incidents are...

What We Learned from the Recent Ricin and Mail Bomb Attacks

SafeMail West offers the region a state-of-the-art mail screening facility in response to this threat and the...

SoBran BioScience IBC Meetings

6 Things We Learned from the Recent Ricin and Mail Bomb Attacks 1. The Threat is Real “These are...

SoBran BioScience Experts Debut “AAALAC Checklist” Tool

SoBran IBC Meetings are open to the public. Please email IBCSoBran@sobran-inc.com to obtain for the date and time...

Mail Screening Diverts Suspected Ricin Letters

Drawing upon their wide-ranging experience, SoBran’s BioScience team will debut their new AAALAC Checklist tool

Ricin sent to the President shows importance of Mail Screening

Luckily, earlier this month, when envelopes were sent to President Trump and top military leaders, they did...

UPDATE: Fentanyl and Opioids in the Mail Room

Have you ever worried about receiving something dangerous in the mail? Although it seems like an increasing...

The Secret to a Comprehensive Security Plan

Senate votes to make it harder to ship fentanyl to U.S. by mail -- "By closing the loophole...

How to Determine Your Mail Threat Level

Comprehensive company security should involve more than just security guards at the entrance and protecting online servers....

Easy to Make - Hard to Spot

The mail is an easy and low-cost, accessible form of terrorism. Whether it is a terrorist group, a...

Maryland Tech Council’s 30th Anniversary Industry Awards

“Mail threats are so common today they don’t make the news unless they reach a high-profile target. If...

SafeMail Survey Results 2018

SoBran BioScience was proud to sponsor and present the Grand Prize Winner for the Innovation for Impact...

Grand Prize Winner of the Innovation for Impact Prize

Easy to Make and Hard to Spot: Lessons from the 2018 SoBran SafeMail Survey Mail terrorism has experienced...

Piedmont Triad: Advisory Committee for Biotechnology

Researchers at universities and emerging companies in this area were invited to answer, “How will your research...

Why Does My Organization Need Mail Screening?

SoBran BioScience's Simon Selwood Ph.D. named to Advisory Committee for Biotechnology in the Piedmont Triad

Mail Security Expertise at National Postal Forum

98 Years of Mail Fraud How the postal letter became a tool for ingenious criminality. -- "This...

Austin Bomber - Lessons Learned

SoBran’s comprehensive approach identifies targeted Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) threats.

FBI Report: Hate Crimes Rising

What Your Organization Can Learn from the Austin Bomber Incidents (1) Mail Bombs are Nothing New A Catalogue Of...

Dangers of Personal Package Volume in the Company Mailroom

US Hate Crimes Rise for Second Straight Year - Reuters "There were 6,121 hate crime incidents recorded last...

Mailroom Workers Face Deadly Fentanyl Dangers

“…UPS and FedEx both have programs that allow customers to re-route packages to their offices…” -- USA Today “Now...

SoBran BioScience Expertise at 68th AALAS National Meeting

Unchecked mail leads to fentanyl in the US -- The Herald-Dispatch "This isn't like boats of cocaine that can...

Explosive Threats in the Mail – What you need to know

October 10, 2017 (Fairfax, VA) – SoBran BioScience, a division of SoBran, Inc. and a leading provider of...

Addressing Mailroom Security Complacency

FBI Considers Terror Possibility After Pipe Bomb Explodes at Indiana Post Office – TIME This Chicago Post Office...

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SafeMail Survey Results 2017

To assess how organizations are protecting themselves from mail terrorism, SoBran, Inc. conducts an annual survey of...

Why Radiological Threats are Attractive to Terrorists

Addressing Complacency: Lessons from the 2017 SoBran SafeMail Survey Mail threats can occur at any time, for any...

Chemical Mail Threats – What You Need to Know

The radiological threat is real and growing according to the April Time Magazine article titled “Inside the...

Biological Attack by Terrorists Increasingly Likely

The Department of Homeland Security defines a chemical attack as “the spreading of toxic chemicals with the...

Annual Mail Security Benchmarking Survey

“A biological attack by terrorists that could kill up to 30 million people is increasingly likely due...

The Opioid Crisis Spotlights Mail Security Deficits

Findings reveal how organizations can move from complacency to funding mail screening as a critical component of...

Scientist at Triad university wins first Innovation for Impact Prize

The opioid crisis has highlighted a major security issue for mailrooms nationwide. Packages are pouring in from...

Grand Prize Winner of the Innovation for Impact Announced

Shengmin Sang, associated professor and lead scientist in the Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies at N.C....

How to choose the right pre-clinical CRO

The Innovation for Impact prize was established to celebrate the transformational science coming out of North Carolina.

Security Management Article: Protecting Municipal Warehouses

SoBran BioScience answers “How to choose the right pre-clinical CRO” at SOT ToxExpo 2017

Logistics

Global shrink costs retailers at least $119 billion a year, and that number continues to grow due...

5 Steps to Achieving Animal Biosafety Level (ABSL) 3

SoBran Wins Contract with Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Lab safety maintains the integrity of your research, keeps employees healthy, and lowers turnover and costs. Many...

Facilitating Pain Management Panel at 67th AALAS Meeting

A new service contract between SoBran and Brigham and Women’s Hospital to support Pre-clinical Research Programs

SoBran Named Black Enterprise Top 100 Company

The seminar will visit large and small animal pain recognition, pain scoring systems, neurophysiology of pain, and...

Are You at High Risk for Mail Terrorism?

With just 18 Washington area industrial/service organizations on this year’s top 100, the BE100 list represents the...

How will your research heal, fuel or feed the world one day?

A variety of factors, both internal and external, can help determine the vulnerability of your workplace. Answering "yes"...

Benchmark Your Mail Security

SoBran sponsors $11,000 contest for Life Science Researchers in partnership with the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.

Virginia-based CRO brings animal research facility to Triad

We recently surveyed the industry about their mail security. The results were surprising - see if you...

SoBran CEO Gives Keynote and Scholarship for LEAD Academy

SoBran BioScience will open a new animal research facility this summer in Greensboro providing a bio-boost for...

Innovation for Impact Prize

CEO Amos Otis has a long-standing commitment to support education. This year he delivered an inspirational speech for...

SoBran Expands Pre-clinical Research Support

SoBran is teaming with the North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC) Piedmont Triad office to honor the vibrant...

Why SoBran's SafeMail DC is Your Best Insurance

Today SoBran, Inc., is opening a pre-clinical contract research facility at Gateway University Research Park in Greensboro,...

Landmark Results of Mail Security Benchmarking Survey

Learn how to protect your employees and keep your business running by having experts screen mail at...

Virginia CRO Brings Animal Research Facility to Greensboro

The Mail Security Benchmarking Survey uncovered how organizations view the potential for mail terrorism and how they...

4 Steps to Implementing a Culture of Workplace Safety

SoBran will open a new animal research facility this summer in Greensboro, performing pre-clinical research studies.

Laboratory Safety Message to the AALAS National Meeting

SoBran's BioScience team has achieved a 10% reduction in safety incidences within six months of beginning a...

SoBran CEO Reappointed as Federal Reserve Bank Director

SoBran BioScience Safety experts will be introducing a white paper on workplace safety at this year’s National...

SoBran Named Black Enterprise Top 100 Companies Nationwide

Founder and CEO Mr. Amos Leon Otis was reappointed to a second 3-year term as a Director...

Otis Readily Attests to HBCUs’ Roles as Career Launching Pads

Companies on the BE100 2014 list represent the best of the best in enterprise and innovation, with...

Fundamental Changes are Coming for NSF grantees

When Amos Otis was working out of his basement in the late 1980s trying to establish his...

Technical Floaters: an Innovative Way to Increase Retention

Fundamental changes are coming for National Science Foundation grantees: NIH’s Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare

Effective Strategies for Animal Biosafety Level - ABSL3

Faced with shrinking budgets and increasingly diverse job requirements, employers must demonstrate creativity...

Proactive Quality Assurance in the ABSL3 Environment

Insider knowledge and best practices from bioscience subject matter experts: a blueprint for designing and operating research...

SoBran's CEO Amos Otis Receives Prestigious Chancellor’s Award

Implementing a proactive quality assurance (QA) program is central to achieving and sustaining ABSL3 requirements

Sharing Expertise at the MailCom Dallas Conference

TSU graduate and multi-million dollar entrepreneur received an Excellence in Philanthropy award.

Protection from Homegrown Terrorism

SoBran SafeMail Director Richard Swank will discuss effective mail screening on the keynote luncheon panel, “Security: Issues...

Increasing Threat - Homegrown Terrorism

Middle East factions are publicly encouraging lone-wolf attacks in the U.S. Organizations need a reliable...

What Does the ISIS Threat Mean for Your Business?

Mailroom safety can suffer from complacency. When complacency sets in and training doesn’t seem as critical -- we...

Is Your Contract Research Organization Working for You?

One of the easiest ways for a terrorist to attack is through the mail. The growing threat from...

How Does Your Contract Research Organization Stack Up?

Finding the right contract research partner is an essential step in advancing new treatments that are safe...

SoBran Research Support Specialist Featured on LabTV

Can the CRO guarantee a 5-day IACUC review? Do they have proper AAALAC accreditation? Make sure the...

Screening can Combat Rise in Homegrown Terrorism

Krista Gill is one of our Research Support Specialists, supporting a lab for the National Heart, Lung...

World Game Protection Conference Expo

SoBran’s comprehensive approach to mail screening identifies targeted Chemical, Biological, Nuclear, Radiological

Research Letter: Development of New Diabetes Treatments

With SoBran, high threat profile organizations such as gaming operations can protect their most valuable assets from...

FBI Alert Statement

News Alerts

NYPD, FBI issue alerts after ISIS puts out video calling for attacks on law enforcement - Fox...

Optimize Research Outcomes by Proactively Managing Change

Natural infection of human adenovirus 36 in rhesus monkeys is associated with a reduction in fasting glucose

Is Ebola a Mail Security Threat?

Lessons from an ISO-Certified Research Organization Change in your workplace can impact the integrity of your research. It...

SoBran CEO interviewed on Executive Leaders Radio

The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is an extremely low to no threat concern to our nation’s mail...

Showcasing Leading Contract Research Services

Listen to the October 2014 broadcast of CEO Amos Leon Otis on Executive Leaders Radio. Joined by...

SoBran tops minority-owned companies list

SoBran BioScience can assist researchers to save time and get experienced support so they can focus on...

SoBran Unveils SafeMail DC Offsite Screening Facility

The Dayton Business Journal ranks area minority-owned businesses and SoBran Inc tops the list. Read more

SafeMail Mail Security Checklist

SoBran, Inc., the international leader in mail security, is protecting DC-region personnel and businesses with its SafeMail...

Number One Best Practice for Mail Security

Mail threats are inexpensive and accessible for a terrorist, but they can shut down your operations at...

Kappa Alpha Psi Journal Profile of Amos Otis

The first and best practice to minimize risk and exposure to personnel and the public is centralizing...

SoBran Sponsors Tech Council of Maryland’s Golf Challenge

From humble roots in Alabama, Amos Otis went on to build a company in the Black Enterprise...

New Bomb Technology Dangers

As SoBran grows its presence in the Maryland area, we continue to form connections with others dedicated...

Finally, an AALAS Branch for Those of Us in Virginia

U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder's statements are a good reminder that bomb detection is also essential.

SoBran Invests in the Future of Biomedicine

Reporting Back from the Summer Meeting. Last month, I joined members of the Greater Virginia Branch of...

ANTHRAX - Straight from the week's headlines.

When SoBran built its research facility at Rangos, Johns Hopkins’s Science and Technology Park in downtown Baltimore

Many of us were riveted to TV and Internet this past week as reports of a potential...

The Ricin Copycat Threat

How Serious is the Mail Terrorism Threat?

Unfortunately, not a week goes by without white powder threats in the mail to report. With the...

Keeping Pathogens from Affecting Animal Studies

Serious enough for the FBI to determine that the threat was “sufficient to require specialized attention.” In 2006,...

Have You Thought About Mail Cross-Contamination?

Before a drug even reaches the clinical trial stage, preclinical studies indicate early results that move the...

Beavercreek firm to support Air Force weapons system work

The news last week about a student mailing his high school vice principal cow and dog excrement...

Engineering

SoBran Inc. will be working on a $1 million high-tech military deal. The Beavercreek-based company announced it was...

Who Opens Your Mail?

SoBran Wins Added Contract

In the news this week, Ronald Haddad Jr. was convicted of 28 counts of mailing threats and...

Engineering

SoBran, Inc. is proud to announce continued momentum with the award of an additional contract by the...

Unabomber Anniversary and the Mail Bomb Threat

Latest BioTerrorism Developments

18th Anniversary of the "Unabomber" Arrest This April marks the 18th anniversary of the Unabomber arrest back in...

Greg Kelly Named to the TCM Board of Directors

A round-up of progress - and setbacks - reported in the war on bioterrorism for 2014. Latest BioTerrorism...

Can You Be Sure Your Mail is Safe?

SoBran BioScience’s Greg Kelly Named to The Tech Council of Maryland Board of Directors April 4, 2014 (Fairfax,...

New SafeMail DC Facility Offers Mail Screening

The goal of a mail terrorist is to disrupt and generate publicity. If you screen your mail onsite,...

BioScience showcases Time-Saving Contract Research

New SafeMail DC Facility Offers Mail Screening to Protect Organizations of All Sizes Is your business at risk...

SoBran Responds to continued Mail Terrorism

SoBran BioScience has evolved animal care best practices through the company’s nearly 20 years of animal research

We are Not as Safe as We Were a Year Ago

Far from declining, the number of suspicious pieces of mail, including those containing improvised explosive devices, is...

Advice for an AAALAC Inspection

The terrorism threat against the United States is increasing and Americans aren't as safe as they were...

Know the Signs of Deadly Mail Bombs

SoBran BioScience helps clients prepare for and manage the AAALAC accreditation and evaluation process, with a focus...

Top 3 Facts about Mail Safety for Small Budgets

Although white-powder incidents have dominated the mail security news, last week’s sad news demonstrates mail bombs

Screening on a Shoestring Budget

The industry has learned a lot over the last 12 years. We now have proven techniques for...

Online Shopping for Toxic Agents

Keith James, a SoBran SafeMail subject matter expert, will lead two instructional panels. James will be sharing...

If You are Only X-raying Your Mail – You are Not Safe

With online shopping sites, terrorists, disgruntled employees or anyone who wishes to attack your organization

Make sure you're prepared for whatever arrives in the mail.

As we discussed earlier this month, x-ray equipment is a good first step in screening mail --...

BioScience Introduces New Post-Approval Monitoring

Mail borne threats can impact an entire organization. If you don’t know the indicators or how to respond,...

UBR Spotlight: SoBran Inc. CEO Amos Otis

SoBran is proud to announce the release of a white paper on Post Approval Monitoring (PAM) The...

SoBran Wins Contract for Automotive Repair Services

This week on The Urban Business Roundtable, UBR Contributor Renita D. Young sits down with the top...

SoBran advances long-term relationship with U.S. Navy

This contract provides on-site vehicle maintenance and repair services for the Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

SoBran to support Naval Fleet Readiness Center

SoBran, Inc. has been awarded a contract by the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM). This contract provides...

Logistics

SoBran wins contract to provide production support services in support of the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast

Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Maintenance Contracts

Logistics

Sobran won a contract worth up to $15.9 million to “provide production support services in support of...

BioScience to showcase Animal Care Best Practices