You must have approval from the UQ Institutional Biosafety Subcommittee (IBSC) or Biosafety Advisors before you start any work involving hazardous biological material or potentially infectious microorganisms.
The Working with Hazardous Biological Material Procedure lists material that is considered hazardous or potentially infectious at UQ and requires approval.
Apply to the Institutional Biosafety Subcommittee
Hazardous biological material applications need to clearly address the risk inherent in the work and strategies by which this is mitigated.
For new projects, we recommend discussing your application with a Biosafety Advisor or your area's safety manager as soon as possible. You may need to leave time to update your application based on their advice.
To submit an application:
- Follow the Working with Hazardous Biological Material Procedure and complete any required forms.
- Submit your application via the UQSafe-Lab Activity application register (staff login required). If you need more information about the application register, read the UQSafe application guide (PDF, 386.8 KB) or talk to your local safety or compliance contact. All applications undergo an initial assessment by the Biosafety Advisors, who will provide advice on how to improve the application so that it meets IBC requirements. Biosafety advisors also assess and approve applications involving standard Risk Group 2 microorganisms, and unscreened or diagnostic specimens.
- Applications that do not meet the requirements by the submission deadline will not be submitted to the committee. Visit the IBC page to see meeting dates and submission deadlines.
