Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

Overview

In order to ensure all biosafety spaces are inspected and that the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) has a record of all biosafety work being conducted on campus, IBC registration is required for all labs (research and/or educational) using biological materials of any kind.

IBC protocol approval is required prior to the use of biohazards in research or teaching. Under 91±¬ÁĎ policy, “biohazard” includes recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules (including plants), biological materials/biospecimens (human and animal blood, bodily fluids, and/or tissues), infectious agents^*, or select agents/toxins. (^*The 91±¬ÁĎ has defined “infectious agents” as all bacterial, parasitic, fungal, viral, and prion, included within Class 2 or higher classes; see Appendix B of .)

For guidance on whether your biohazards work requires IBC or other approvals, view the IBC Registration and Protocol Submission Flow Chart: Diagram IBC Flow Chart (Word);ĚýPlain Text IBC Flow Chart (Word).

Questions regarding the IBC may be directed to umric@maine.edu.

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Contact for IBC Questions

umric@maine.edu