Institutional Biosafety Committee

Membership | IBC policies and protocols

All organisations that conduct genetic manipulation work are required to abide by the Gene Technology Act 2000, Gene Technology Regulations 2001 and the OGTR Guidelines and be Accredited by the Gene Technology Regulator. One aspect of compliance with accreditation is that an organisation will have access to a properly constituted Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).

The University's Institutional Biosafety Committee assists the University of Adelaide to comply with the relevant legislation and does this by:

• providing advice to staff and students about the Act, Regulations and Guidelines;
• determining appropriate policies, strategies and procedures;
• assessment and review of proposed genetic manipulation dealings including determination of containment levels for the work proposed and review of qualifications and experience of persons involved;
• ensuring that appropriate registers are maintained of all genetic manipulation dealings, genetically modified organisms, personnel working in certified facilities, personnel authorised to access certified facilities, personnel who have undertaken training, incidents;
• maintaining a list of certified facilities and carrying out annual inspections;
• providing an annual report to the OGTR and preparing other reports, submissions or correspondence as required;
• liaising with the OGTR regarding every aspect of accreditation, compliance and licensing;
• providing training for staff and students involved with genetic manipulation research and teaching.

Other accredited organisations, including SARDI, SA Museum and the Australian Genome Research Facility Ltd (Adelaide Node) access the University of Adelaide Institutional Biosafety Committee.

Membership

The IBC consists of eleven members each with specialist knowledge in a particular relevant field. The committee is chaired by Dr Brian O'Neill. The IBC meets on a monthly basis and has been very active across the past few years executing the requirements of the Act.

Correspondence and queries should be directed to the IBC Secretary, Michelle White:

location: Research Branch, Level 7, 115 Grenfell Street
telephone: 8303 3239
facsimile: 8303 7325

Current membership

IBC policies and protocols