Infectious agents

Non-human primate unfixed tissues and primary cell culture

Human unfixed tissues, blood, and cell culture

Online registration is available.

NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules (NIH Guidelines)
University of Maryland's Summary of the NIH Guidelines and PI's Responsibilities

Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories

National Select Agent Registry

Biosafety Considerations for Research with Lentiviral Vectors

Safety Considerations in rDNA Research with Pathogenic Viruses

NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities

FAQs on Transfer of Drug Resistance Trait

FAQs on IBC Committee Membership

FAQs on IBC Roles & Responsibilities

Key Definitions and Acronyms of Interest to the IBC

University of Maryland's Online Training

UM Biosafety Manual

University of Maryland Institutional Biosafety Committee
Meeting Schedule

The University of Maryland Institutional Biosafety Committee will meet in 5112 Plant Sciences at 12:00 pm. The UM IBC meets monthly on the first Thursday of the month. Registrations must be submitted by the 20th of the month to be considered at the following month's meeting. Registration is available online.

PIs are reminded that many experiments involving rDNA require registration and IBC approval prior to initiation. To check whether your experiments fall in this category, please see Summary of the NIH Guidelines and PI's Responsibilities.

• Thursday, April 3, 2008
• Thursday, May 1, 2008
• Thursday, June 12, 2008
• Thursday, July 3, 2008
• Thursday, August 7, 2008
• Thursday, September 4, 2008
• Tuesday, October 7, 2008
• Thursday, November 6, 2008
• Thursday, December 4, 2008