Recombinant DNA and/or Biological Materials (IBC)

IBC Submissions

The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) includes oversight of experimentation that involves recombinant DNA, biological materials (e.g., infectious agents), and other potentially hazardous agents (e.g., carcinogens). Please submit an email to ibc@iit.edu if you have any questions or would like to submit an application for review.

IBC Application
IBC Annual Progress Report
Lab Worker Medical Evaluation Procedure

Biosafety and Security Training

IBC Training Procedure

IIT requires all individuals involved in conducting recombinant DNA and/or biological materials research to complete initial biosafety and security training. IBC approval will be withheld if these training requirements have not been met.

These requirements apply to all persons with a significant role in the research, such as:

Principal Investigators, Co-investigators, other IIT researchers, non-affiliates, and
Individuals who will obtain informed consent from prospective research participants or analyze data that have participant identifiers.

NOTE: Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) and Conflicts of Interest courses DO NOT satisfy the biosafety and security training requirement, but are required in addition to the biosafety and security courses.

The biosafety and security courses available through CITI that satisfy the requirements are:

Basic Biosafety Training
Animal Biosafety
Biosafety Complete Training

Other biosafety and security courses that may be required:

Biosafety Retraining
Shipping and Transport of regulated Biological Materials
OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens
Select Agents, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism
Emergency and Incident Response to Biohazard Spills and Releases
Human Gene Transfer trials
NIH Recombinant DNA (rDNA) Guidelines
OSHA Personal Protective Equipment Training
Hazard Communication

Primary Investigators must send this training record of their personnel including all students with the application form to ibc@iit.edu prior to the protocol approval by the IBC.

IBC Training Worksheet

CITI Registration Information

CITI Program is IIT’s exclusive provider of research compliance and ethics training. To obtain the required biosafety and security training certificates, complete the steps given in this document through CITI. (CITI Directions).

New CITI Registrants

If you do not have an account with CITI, follow these steps to establish one affiliated with the university:

Access the Illinois Tech Portal and enter your login credentials. After logging in, search for CITI Training. CITI may also be accessed by signing into OKTA and clicking on the CITI Program Tile on the My Apps page.
If you are using the Illinois Tech portal, locate the CITI Training Tool by using the search bar. Click on Access CITI Training Courses. If you are using the tile on the MyApps page, you may skip this step. You will be directed to a new window.
Enter your Illinois Tech Portal credentials again and click the Login button.
Agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Select an information release consent duration and click the Accept button to continue.
Select ”I don't have a CITI Program account and I need to create one.”
Click on “Create A New CITI Program Account” button. Your account will be created.
Click on the View Courses button under the Institutional Courses- Illinois Institute of Technology section. Select Add a Course to add CITI training courses to your account.
Question 2 allows you to select which RCR training course pertains to your research. Select one of the available courses to add RCR training to your profile.
Select appropriate responses for all additional questions that pertain to your research. When finished, select Complete Registration.

Once you have established an account, you may complete the RCR training course selected in Question 2. Retain a copy of your completion record upon successful completion of each course.

Returning CITI Registrants

If you already have an account, follow the steps below to complete RCR training:

Access the Illinois Tech portal and enter your login credentials. After logging in, search for CITI Training. CITI may also be accessed by signing into OKTA and clicking on the CITI Program Tile on the My Apps page.
If you are using the portal, locate the CITI Training tool by searching for it in the search box. Click on CITI Training. If you are using the tile on the MyApps page, you may skip this step. You will be directed to a new window.
Enter your portal credentials again and click the Login button.
If you have already added one of the available RCR training courses to your profile, select the course from the list and complete all of the modules. If you do not have any RCR training courses listed, click Add a Course under "My Learner Tools for Illinois Institute of Technology." Select one of the available RCR training course under Question 2, then click Submit. Then, select the course from Illinois Institute of Technology Courses and complete all of the modules.

Retain a copy of your completion certificate upon successful completion of each course.

Previous Training

If you completed RCR training at another institution, please send a PDF of the training certificate to Office of Research Integrity and Compliance to determine whether it meets Illinois Institute of Technology requirements.

RCR Resources

Students and faculty may reference the resources below to craft RCR instruction to their specific research goals.

IBC Meetings and Deadlines

IBC applications must be submitted before the deadlines listed below.

Upcoming IBC Meetings

Deadline for Submission	Meeting Date	Time
TBD	TBD	12:45 p.m.

More Information About Biosafety and Federal Requirements

NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities and Guidelines

NIH Biosafety and Biosecurity Policy

For additional information regarding IIT safety policies, please see the Safety Policy Committee webpage.

Additional IIT SOPs and Forms

Plant Hazard SOP Template

Biosafety Level 2 and Recombinant Agents

Contacts

IBC Chair

Todd Diel
Email: diel@iit.edu

Executive Officer – IBC Office

Email: ibc@iit.edu