Please use the most up to date forms and applications when submitting for IACUC review and approval. Using older forms may delay the processing of your application (and causing minor headaches for the Office for Research Protections and Compliance staff!).
The direct link to this forms is: http://www.umbc.edu/research/ORPC/iacuc_forms.html
28 February 2011
24 February 2011
Public Comment requested on the NIH adopting the updated Guide
The National Institute's of Health has issued a Federal Register Notice requesting public comments on:
1) NIH’s adoption of the eighth edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and
2) NIH’s proposed implementation that would require that institutions perform at least one semiannual program and facility evaluation using the eighth edition by March 31, 2012.
NIH encourages comments to be entered at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/2011guidecomments/add.htm. Comments must be received on or before March 25, 2011. Comments will be made publicly available after March 25, 2011.
See the NIH Guide Notice: NOT-OD-11-042.
1) NIH’s adoption of the eighth edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and
2) NIH’s proposed implementation that would require that institutions perform at least one semiannual program and facility evaluation using the eighth edition by March 31, 2012.
NIH encourages comments to be entered at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/2011guidecomments/add.htm. Comments must be received on or before March 25, 2011. Comments will be made publicly available after March 25, 2011.
See the NIH Guide Notice: NOT-OD-11-042.
08 February 2011
Full version of the interactive movie, The Lab, now available online
From the Office of Research Intergrity
The long awaited release of "The Lab: Avoiding Research Misconduct" is now available for viewing on the ORI web site. The video simulation allows users to assume the role of a graduate student, post-doc, research administrator, or PI and make decisions that affect the integrity of research.
http://ori.hhs.gov/TheLab
The long awaited release of "The Lab: Avoiding Research Misconduct" is now available for viewing on the ORI web site. The video simulation allows users to assume the role of a graduate student, post-doc, research administrator, or PI and make decisions that affect the integrity of research.
http://ori.hhs.gov/TheLab
03 February 2011
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE CITI TRAINING PAGE
On Saturday, February 5, 2011 between 1:00 and 3:00 AM EST, the CITI Program web site will be taken offline for maintenance. Please complete the module you are working on and log off prior to this time. You will not lose credit for any module that you have completed already. You may resume where you left off when the site is brought back on line. For more information, go to https://www.citiprogram.org/
28 January 2011
HARPO is changing its name
Change is coming! The Human and Animal Research Protections Office will soon be known as the Office for Research Protections and Compliance (ORPC). All human and animal research compliance information will be moved to this site. Please bookmark http://www.umbc.edu/research/ORPC/.
21 January 2011
Revised NIH Guidelines for Breeding of Transgenic Rodents
From the NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities (OBA) : http://oba.od.nih.gov/oba/index.html
NIH Guidelines Revised to Exempt Most Experiments Involving the Breeding of Transgenic Rodents Housed Under BL1 Conditions - Under the revisions to the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules effective January 19, the breeding of transgenic rodents that may be housed under BL1 containment conditions is exempt from the NIH Guidelines with the exception of:
Breeding experiments involving transgenic rodents that contain more than 50 percent of the genome of an exogenous eukaryotic virus from a single family, in order to prevent inadvertent reconstitution of an exogenous virus in the resultant transgenic rodent; and
Breeding experiments in which the transgenic rodent's transgene is under the control of a gammaretroviral long terminal repeat (LTR), in order to address the small risk of recombination with endogenous retroviruses which could potentially result in mobilization of the transgene via a replication-competent mouse retrovirus.
The above two types of experiments must still be registered with, and eventually approved by, an IBC under Section III-E of the NIH Guidelines.
A full description of these changes can be found in the January 19, 2011 Federal Register ( 76 FR 3150 )
NIH Guidelines Revised to Exempt Most Experiments Involving the Breeding of Transgenic Rodents Housed Under BL1 Conditions - Under the revisions to the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules effective January 19, the breeding of transgenic rodents that may be housed under BL1 containment conditions is exempt from the NIH Guidelines with the exception of:
Breeding experiments involving transgenic rodents that contain more than 50 percent of the genome of an exogenous eukaryotic virus from a single family, in order to prevent inadvertent reconstitution of an exogenous virus in the resultant transgenic rodent; and
Breeding experiments in which the transgenic rodent's transgene is under the control of a gammaretroviral long terminal repeat (LTR), in order to address the small risk of recombination with endogenous retroviruses which could potentially result in mobilization of the transgene via a replication-competent mouse retrovirus.
The above two types of experiments must still be registered with, and eventually approved by, an IBC under Section III-E of the NIH Guidelines.
A full description of these changes can be found in the January 19, 2011 Federal Register ( 76 FR 3150 )
20 January 2011
Affiliate with UMBC in CITI
If you completed the CITI training at another institution, but want to affiliate with UMBC, no problem. The advantage of affiliation is that some institutions (like UMBC) may require the same modules that only need to be completed once. The software gives credit for completion.
Here's how to affiliate:
1) Log back into CITI (using your username and password). The site that appears will be your "Learner's" page or Main Menu - the one that shows the courses you're enrolled in.
2) Look for the link at the top of the page that says "Affiliate with another institution".
3) Choose the drop down box next to “Participating Institutions” and select University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Click “Submit”
4) Complete the “Member Information” section (similar to what was completed during the initial CITI registration phase) and click “Submit”
5) Choose the training module that you plan to take (or have already taken) on the “Select Curriculum” page and click “Continue”
6) You'll then be back at your "Learner's Menu" page. Look for the heading “University of Maryland, Baltimore County “. If the modules completed at your current institution say “Passed (with a date)”, under University of Maryland, Baltimore County heading, then no further action is required. If not, you’ll see a link(s) for modules under My Courses with a link that says "Not Started - Enter". Click on that link and you'll see a list of additional training modules to take. Continue with reviewing the training materials and take the quizzes. Once completed, you'll have a new certificate showing the completed modules.
Here's how to affiliate:
1) Log back into CITI (using your username and password). The site that appears will be your "Learner's" page or Main Menu - the one that shows the courses you're enrolled in.
2) Look for the link at the top of the page that says "Affiliate with another institution".
3) Choose the drop down box next to “Participating Institutions” and select University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Click “Submit”
4) Complete the “Member Information” section (similar to what was completed during the initial CITI registration phase) and click “Submit”
5) Choose the training module that you plan to take (or have already taken) on the “Select Curriculum” page and click “Continue”
6) You'll then be back at your "Learner's Menu" page. Look for the heading “University of Maryland, Baltimore County “. If the modules completed at your current institution say “Passed (with a date)”, under University of Maryland, Baltimore County heading, then no further action is required. If not, you’ll see a link(s) for modules under My Courses with a link that says "Not Started - Enter". Click on that link and you'll see a list of additional training modules to take. Continue with reviewing the training materials and take the quizzes. Once completed, you'll have a new certificate showing the completed modules.
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