Institutional Biosafety Committee

11/30/2021

11:00 am

Video Conference Call

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AGENDA

UW Oshkosh Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Meeting

November 30, 2021

11:00am-12:30pm

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Current IBC Membership List (8 voting, 1 non-voting, 5 voting members needed for quorum)

Lauren Waters, Biochemist, IBC Chair (Chemistry)

Eric Matson, Microbiologist, IBC Co-Chair (Biology)

Danielle Rintala, Biological Safety Officer, (Biosafety Consultant)

Michelle Michalski, Animal Containment Expert (Biology)

Lisa Dorn, Geneticist, Plant Expert (Biology)

Mallory Janquart, Medical Technology/Imaging (Medical Technology)

Julie Maurina-Brunker, Non-Affiliated Member (Fox Valley Technical College)

Anne Boyce, Non-Affiliated Member (Winnebago County Health Department)

Kelly Schill, Non-Voting, Institutional IBC Contact (Sponsored Programs)

Institutional Official for Research:

John Koker, Provost & Vice Chancellor

Agenda

Meeting called to order at _______ by Chair Waters

Approval of Minutes from last meeting March 15, 2021

Items from the Chair (Waters)

Introduction of new IBC member Mallory Janquart

Continuing Education (Rintala)

Risk Assessments

New Business

Protocols for Full Committee Review (1)

PT-2022-R1: UWO-Fox Cities Bio 233 Lab FA2021 (Hussein)

Activities reviewed by Chair/BSO for Initiation under III-E requiring FCR (0)

Protocols reviewed via Designated Member Review (DMR) since last meeting (5) (Note: This is for informational purposes. E-files are available to members upon request for protocols reviewed and approved by DMR.)

PR-2007-R1-05-07-21: Maintenance of Filarial Nematodes and their vectors at UW-Oshkosh (Michalski)

PT-2008-R1-03-30-2: Lab Instruction of BIO 108 and 354/554 (Michalski)

PR-2013-R1-03-23-21: Manganese Homeostasis in Bacteria (Waters)- designated member review used to review revisions subsequent to full committee review

PR-2019-R1-04-29-21: Using microbiota transfer to study the etiology of weight gain in ground squirrels (Kurtz)

PT-2021-R1-07-16-21: Cell/Immunology Laboratory Course- BIO 374/574 (Kurtz)

PR-2036-05-03-21: Investigating Heavy Metal and Metalloid Concentrations in Sediment, Plant, and Muskrat Liver Tissue (McPhee)

PR-2037-06-08-21: Survey of Trichinella Spp. in Wisconsin Furbearers (Michalski)

Modifications to Protocols (0)

Incident Reports (1): (Schill)

Personnel exposure

Items from IBC Administration: (2) (Schill)

Working in Isolation

New UW System Policy 620 was issued June 8, 2021: Working in Isolation | UW Policies (wisconsin.edu)

UW Oshkosh implementation: A Questionnaire for Working in Isolation will be distributed to departments. Laboratories that indicate in the questionnaire that they have individuals working alone in a laboratory setting with hazards will need to complete the following document: Policy 620 Compliance Plan. The compliance plan will indicate hazardous activities or agents used in laboratory, justification for working in isolation, training, and method of communication for working in isolation.

Items from IBC Members:

Items from the floor (guests):

Adjourned at _________ (Administrator Name).

Future Meetings:

List future IBC meetings, times and locations.

Spring IBC meetings TBD: A doodle poll will be sent to schedule meetings for the spring semester

Kelly Schill

11/28/2021