Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
Updated September 16, 2024
The IBC is a faculty-led committee appointed by the UCI Vice Chancellor for Research (VCR) and consists of experts in various fields, including biosafety, infectious disease, and recombinant/synthetic nucleic acids, etc. The IBC is responsible for establishing, monitoring and enforcing requirements for the safe use of hazardous biological materials and recombinant/synthetic nucleic acids to meet applicable regulations and guidelines.
The IBC reviews and approves protocols for research and teaching laboratories involving the following materials:
- Recombinant/synthetic nucleic acid molecules, viral vectors, CRSPR/CAS9, ZFN, etc.
- (Basically, anything that is genetically modified or used to create genetic modifications)
- Infectious agents that can cause disease in humans and/or has significant environmental or agricultural impacts.
- Specific toxins listed on the Federal Select Agent website as Permissible Toxins.
- Human materials, blood, tissue, other specimens used in research and not clinical diagnosis.
- Non-human primate materials from old world monkeys of the genus macaque /Macaca.
- Genetically-modified animals, whole plants, and insects, etc.
- Animals or animal specimens known to be reservoirs/vectors of zoonotic diseases.
Deadlines and Meetings
All applications must be received by 2 p.m. on submission deadline date.
Submission Deadline | Meeting Dates |
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Dec. 21, 2023 | Jan. 17, 2024 |
Jan. 26, 2024 | Feb. 21, 2024 |
Mar. 1, 2024 | Mar. 20, 2024 |
Mar. 29, 2024 | Apr. 17, 2024 |
April 26, 2024 | May 15, 2024 |
May 24, 2024 | Jun. 20, 2024 |
Jun. 28, 2024 | Jul. 17, 2024 |
Jul. 26, 2024 | Aug. 21, 2024 |
Aug. 30, 2024 | Sep. 18, 2024 |
Sep. 27, 2024 | Oct. 16, 2024 |
Oct. 25, 2024 | Nov. 20, 2024 |
Nov. 26, 2024 | Dec. 18, 2024 |
Dec. 20, 2024 | Jan. 15, 2025 |
Jan. 24, 2025 | Feb. 19, 2025 |
Feb. 28, 2025 | Mar. 19, 2025 |
2024 HGT IBC Meetings occur the 4th Thursday of each month at 9 a.m. These are held as needed for submissions sent by the 1st of each month.
- January 25, 2024
- February 8, 2024
- February 22, 2024
- March 28, 2024
- April 11, 2024
- April 25, 2024
- May 23, 2024
- June 12, 2024
- June 27, 2024
- July 25, 2024
- August 29, 2024
- September 17, 2024
- September 26, 2024
- October 24, 2024
- November 14, 2024
- December 19, 2024
Please direct any questions about the HGT IBC meeting to Wendy Parrish (wparrish@clinicalbiosafety.com).
Resources
- IBC Charge
- IBC FAQs
- IBC’s position on Bunsen Burners use in Biosafety Cabinet
- IBC’s guidance on safe handling of human cell lines
- NIH Guidelines
- Transgenic Animals and the Use of rDNA in Animals
- NIH Lentiviral Vectors
- Human Gene Therapy (HGT)
Contact Us
IBC
Questions about the BUA process, approval verifications, etc.
949-824-8024
ibc@uci.edu
Biosafety Inquiries
Questions about Biosafety Levels and safety requirements
biosafety@uci.edu