IBC Determination Request

Only faculty members listed as the PI may fill out this form. All forms will be reviewed by a member of the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) and Research Integrity and Compliance (RIC). The determination can serve as documentation for the biological/potentially biohazardous materials, along with procedures being performed on these materials. Members of the IBC will review these materials and procedures, and if approved, a registration letter will be issued to you. Registration does not require a renewal. The IBC can also determine that your proposed project is higher risk and will request that an IBC Protocol Application be submitted. Refer to the resources in Guidelines and Biosafety Resources to determine containment recommendations for your proposed research activities. 

If you have any questions regarding the status of your ‘IBC Determination’, please contact Research Integrity and Compliance at 245-7975. For more information regarding the IBC determination process, please refer to the IBC Determination Flow Chart.

* = Required Field

ANY INCOMPLETE FORMS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED

Indicate if you are working with any of the following by marking yes or no for each category. Please be sure to select an answer for all sections. Incomplete forms will not be accepted.

Do you have a current IBC protocol? *

If you answered ‘Yes’, please answer the following. If this does not apply, please write in N/A and continue to the rest of the questionnaire.

Are you the teacher of record for an instructional lab associated with a course/lecture? *
Are any biological materials being used in the instructional lab or lecture? *
Are the biological materials only being used for demonstration purposes? *

Please answer the following questions. The biological material, and activities being performed on/with the biological material, will be assessed by the IBC to determine whether or not the biological material needs IBC oversight:

Will there be any use of recombinant or synthetic nucleic acids and/or transgenic organisms? *

Please answer the following questions. This information will be assessed by the IBC to determine whether or not IBC oversight is needed.

Please click here for a list of select agents/select agent toxins

Will you be working with select agents or select agent toxins? *
Cloning and protein expression in E. coli K-12 derived strains (includes DH5a, Hrf strains, SURE, TOP10, etc.) *
Cloning and protein expression in Non k-12 strains of E. coli (includes B, BL21, Rosette, etc.) *
Cloning and protein expression in Saccharomyces and Kluyveromyces host-vector systems *
Cloning and protein expression in Asporogenic Bacillus subtilis and B. licheniformais host-vectors systems *
Cloning and protein expression in Spore-forming Bacillus subtilis *
Cloning and protein expression in Bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoans, etc. *
Wild-type bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoans pathogenic or potentially pathogenic to humans, animals and plants *
Animal cells and cell lines/tissue/blood from uninfected animals* (includes rodent and insect cell lines) *These cells may not be recombinantly modified to retain exempt status *
Human and non-human primate cells and cell lines, tissue, blood* (*Provided these materials are not recombinantly modified.) *
Animal cells and cell lines/tissue/blood from uninfected animals* (includes rodent and insect cell lines that have come from a third party vendor. Please include vendor and corresponding MTA) *
Animal and human cells and cell lines, including non-human primate cells and cell lines (transduced with viral vectors) *
Viral vectors (e.g. Lentiviral, retroviral, baculoviral, adenoviral, adeno-associated viral vectors, etc.) *
Plant pathogens *
Toxins of biological origin (e.g. aflatoxin, pertussis) *
Research activities involving gene editing systems (e.g. CRISPR/Cas9, TALENS, etc.) *
Large-scale experiments (greater than 10 liters of culture in a single vessel) *
Materials requiring federal transport/import permits *
Experiments involving the introduction of synthetic nucleic acids (e.g. siRNA, microRNA, morpholinos, antisense oligonucleotides) into living animals and/or animal tissue (e.g. rodents, zebrafish, drosophila, pigs, etc.) *
Experiments involving the introduction of recombinant material into animals or plants, including creation or use of genetically modified (GM) animals or plants *

GM Animals (other than rodents, including arthropods)

Purchase, transfer, breeding and creation of GM animals *

GM Plants

Experiments involving nucleic acid molecule-modified whole plants *
Experiments involving recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecule-modified organisms associated with whole plants *
Creation of modified plants using biolistic bombardment *
GM plants created by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation *

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