{"id":36573,"date":"2025-06-02T08:53:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ogrd\/?page_id=36573"},"modified":"2025-10-16T13:53:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T20:53:27","slug":"ibc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ogrd\/ibc\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutional Biosafety Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) is responsible for overseeing research involving potentially biohazardous materials. They have been charged with protecting faculty, staff, students, research participants, visitors, the general public and the environment from exposures (or potential exposures) to biological hazards. Furthermore, the committee will ensure that all research activity involving biohazardous materials and the facilities used to undertake such activity are in compliance with federal, state and local laws, regulations and guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-button-wrapper gb-button-wrapper-874bf95c\">\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-7526f5bc gb-button-text smooth-scroll\" href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/policies\/policies-and-procedures\/ewu-302-07-institutional-biosafety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EWU 302-07: Institutional Biosafety<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-a5e1b25b\" id=\"maincontent\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-09e77e43\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-0fb551da\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-0fb551da\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Federal IBC Registration &amp; Public Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Purpose<\/strong>: The EWU Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) oversees research involving recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules and other biohazards. This page provides public information required by NIH Guidelines and supports transparency in biosafety oversight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Committee Information<\/strong><br>Registration Status: Registered with NIH Office of Science Policy\u2028. <a href=\"https:\/\/ibc-rms.od.nih.gov\/Contents\/IBC_HOME.aspx\">View NIH IBC Registry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Date of last registration update: x\/x\/xxx<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var gform;gform||(document.addEventListener(\"gform_main_scripts_loaded\",function(){gform.scriptsLoaded=!0}),document.addEventListener(\"gform\/theme\/scripts_loaded\",function(){gform.themeScriptsLoaded=!0}),window.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){gform.domLoaded=!0}),gform={domLoaded:!1,scriptsLoaded:!1,themeScriptsLoaded:!1,isFormEditor:()=>\"function\"==typeof 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Maintain lab safety equipment and documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maintain Records<\/strong>: Keep records of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Incident reports<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IBC correspondence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protocol amendments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meeting Minutes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please contact <a href=\"mailto:ibc@ewu.edu\">ibc@ewu.edu<\/a> for any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-52423c2a gb-accordion\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-2794d81f gb-accordion__item gb-accordion__item-open\" data-transition=\"slide\">\n\n<button class=\"gb-button gb-button-af43a377 gb-accordion__toggle gb-block-is-current\" id=\"gb-accordion-toggle-af43a377\"><span class=\"gb-button-text\">2025<\/span><span class=\"gb-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" role=\"img\" class=\"gb-accordion__icon\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\" role=\"img\" class=\"gb-accordion__icon-open\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/button>\n\n\n<div id=\"gb-accordion-content-7bbb3dd8\" class=\"gb-accordion__content\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7bbb3dd8\">\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>October<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>November<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>December<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-51d111b5\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-51d111b5\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Useful Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"menu-ibc_nav_2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.citiprogram.org\/en\/homepage\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ogrd\/compliance\/citi\/\">Accessing CITI Training<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/osp.od.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/NIH_Guidelines.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NIH Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osp.od.nih.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NIH Office of Science Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IBC Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Nicholas Burgis<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 IBC Chair, Professor of Chemistry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Jackie Coomes<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 IBC member, Vice Provost of Academic Affairs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Jeni Walke<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 IBC Member, Associate Professor of Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Jason Ashley<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 IBC Member, Associate Professor of Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John Shields<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 IBC Member, Biological Safety Officer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Buck Somes<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 External IBC Member, CEO GenPrime<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lindsay Matern<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 External IBC Member, Head Microbiologist Selkirk Labs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alex Steiner<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 External IBC Member, Medical Laboratory Scientist, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) is responsible for overseeing research involving potentially biohazardous materials. 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