Quick links to CampusOptics and IBC meeting schedules. The list of Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) specialists/inspectors by assigned department. The role of the laboratory principal investigator (PI) with links to helpful resources for lab registration, inspections and safety training.
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Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) is available as a resource to answer questions about potential risks presented by specific research. They also provide necessary compliance information and perform lab inspections.
Principal Investigators are responsible for all activities and personnel who work in their laboratories.
They must:
For investigators whose research will require Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) approval (BSL2, NIH Guidelines for Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules), approval must be secured prior to beginning research. See the IBC resource for a summary of experiments and the approval process.
For researchers who will conduct animal research, all protocols must be submitted to the University Committee on Animal Resources (UCAR).
For researchers using radiological materials, please contact the EH&S Radiation Safety Unit at (585) 275-3781 for more information
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