IBC Guidance & Policies

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William & Mary IBC is not limited to the narrow regulations on recombinant DNA technology set forth by the NIH. Most universities have mandates to oversee broader biosafety issues, particularly projects pertaining to zoonotic and infectious disease agents, but also those dealing with other biohazardous agents such as algal toxins. In fact, the scope of many IBCs is to oversee any biological agents that can potentially harm humans, the environment, or agriculture.

The current College Institutional Biosafety Guidelines requires each investigator/instructor using recombinant DNA molecules or biological agents to submit an IBC protocol for the safe and appropriate handling of these biological materials from receipt of the materials at the start of the research activity through to disposal of biological waste at the end of the activity.

Research projects involving animals that are known vectors or reservoirs of zoonoses must be reviewed and authorized by the IACUC and approved by the IBC.