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Responsibilities of ULM IBC

The ULM IBC reviews and approves all research or teaching activities that involve biological materials that have the potential to cause harm to humans, other animals, or the environment. These include:

Acquisition, storage, use, disposal, and propagation of recombinant DNA, including transgenic animals or plants;
Acquisition, storage, use, disposal, and propagation of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi) that are potentionally infectious to humans, other animals, or plants (Risk Groups 2-4);
Acquisition, storage, use, and disposal of biological toxins;
Acquisition, storage, use, and disposal of human and other mammalian tissues, including cell lines and blood/other body fluids.

The activities of the IBC intersect with other campus research review committees, including the Institutional Animal Care and Utilization Committee (IACUC) and the ULM Internal Review Board (IRB) that approves research on human subjects. The ULM IBC will review animal and human research incorporating the activities described above and the biosafety procedures associated with these activities. However, applicants performing animal or human research are required to receive approval from IACUC and the IRB prior to submitting protocols for IBC approval. It is also assumed that applicants will follow all general safety policies of the ULM Environmental Health and Safety office.

The ULM IBC will verify that all personnel involved with these activities will adhere to the appropriate federal, state, and local regulations and are trained in the proper and safe use of any hazardous agents. The ULM IBC will also ensure that hazardous agents have been identified, and that these hazards will be controlled and monitored.

Under no circumstances should any of these agents be purchased, produced, stored, used, or disposed of for any university activity without approval of the ULM IBC.

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