IBC Meeting Schedule and Protocol Submission
Who needs to be registered with Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)?
All work involving biohazard agents, recombinant and/or synthetic nucleic acid molecules, viral vectors, use of human blood, body fluids or tissues, gene therapy, human cells, animal cells, tissue, toxins, non human primates, use of USDA agents or CDC select agents must be registered and in some cases, approved by the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) prior to initiation of work. It is the responsibility of the Principal Investigator to submit a completed IBC application/registration to the Institutional Biosafety Committee
IBC Protocol submission process (NEW)
PI Guide to IBC
IBC Protocol submission forms (NEW)
- If your research involves pathogens, complete the UNT Health IBC protocol submission 2025
- If your research involves any rDNA or synthetic DNA, shRNA, siRNA or viral vectors, please complete the UNTHSC IBC protocol submission 2025
- Please refer to NIH Guidelines while completing the research research involves any rDNA or synthetic DNA, shRNA, siRNA or viral vectors. NIH Guideline checklist – quick reference
- Research involving nanoparticles please refer to SOP for research involving nanoparticles while completing the IBC protocol submission form.
- Changes to your approved protocols can be submitted using the UNTHSC_IBC_amendment_form.
- Clinical research involving biohazard material ( Human fluids and tissue analysis -complete the UNTHSC IBC protocol submission 2025
- Clinical research involving ONLY sample collection by trained professionals – complete Clinical Research Registration form.
- Please register your research involving non-hazardous animal samples and storage only of biological samples using the IBC notification form – Notification to IBC Storage and Healthy animal tissue
IBC meeting schedule
The deadline allows sufficient time for revision of the draft submission to ensure an administratively complete application is available to the committee in an effort to expedite review and approval. Incomplete submissions may necessitate a delay in consideration to a subsequent meeting. For questions regarding the protocol submission process, please contact the Bio Safety Program Office (ibc@unthealth.edu).
IBC meets on the third Wednesday of every month from 12 Noon to 1 p.m.
| IBC Protocol Submission Due Date | IBC Meeting date |
| January 22, 2025 | February 19, 2025 |
| February 20, 2025 | March 12, 2025 |
| March 26, 2025 | April 16, 2025 |
| April 23, 2025 | May 21, 2025 |
| May 28, 2025 | June 18, 2025 |
| June 25, 2025 | July 16, 2025 |
| July 23, 2025 | August 20, 2025 |
| August 27, 2025 | meeting cancelled |
| September 24, 2025 | October 15, 2025 |
| October 22, 2025 | November 19, 2025 |
| November 26, 2025 | December 17, 2025 |
| December 24, 2025 | January 15, 2025 |
IBC meeting minutes
June 18, 2025__IBC_Meeting_minutes
June 27, 2025__IBC_Meeting_minutes
July 16, 2025__IBC_Meeting_minutes
August 20, 2025__IBC_Meeting_minute
Other forms and SOP for biosafety operations:
Biological Safety Cabinet Laboratory equipment relocation Installation form.
UNT Health incident report form.
UNT Health IBC SOP for biohazard transport.