Institutional Biosafety Committee

An Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) serves an important role for an institution to ensure biological material used in research is conducted safely, adheres to regulatory guidelines and required for institutions conducting research using recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules. Since the United States government made it a requirement for institutions to form an IBC to provide oversight and review over rsDNA research, IBCs have expanded to review and oversee research, training and education using biological materials.

Rowan University Faculty, Staff and Students - To access the internal Rowan University IBC website please click this link: Rowan IBC - Internal

General Inquiries to the IBC

If you have any questions, concerns, or assistance related to the IBC, its function or other situations related to the IBC, please send an email to Rowan IBC Administration with your inquiry. If you are from the general public, please use the above email to send in your inquiry to the IBC Administration.

For information about laboratory biosafety requirements, please visit the Rowan University Environmental Health and Safety office webpage. Biosafety Level practices and procedures can be found on the webpage, and Rowan EHS works closely with IBC to ensure biological research at Rowan University is conducted in a safe and sound manner.

Rowan IBC Administration is located at the South Jersey Technology Park at Rowan University in the Office of Research Compliance, Division of University Research.

The IBC meetings will take place monthly. Submissions for review must be received via SicShield two and a half weeks before the meeting date. Submission and meeting dates are listed below:

Meeting Date	Deadline	Meeting Location
January 16, 2026	December 29, 2025	Microsoft Teams
February 6, 2026	January 19, 2026	Microsoft Teams
March 6, 2026	February 16, 2026	Microsoft Teams
April 3, 2026	March 16, 2026	Microsoft Teams
May 1, 2026	April 13, 2026	Microsoft Teams
June 5, 2026	May 18, 2026	Microsoft Teams
July 10, 2026	June 22, 2026	Microsoft Teams
August 7, 2026	July 20, 2026	Microsoft Teams
September 11, 2026	August 24, 2026	Microsoft Teams
October 2, 2026	September 14, 2026	Microsoft Teams
November 6, 2026	October 19, 2026	Microsoft Teams
December 4, 2026	November 16, 2026	Microsoft Teams

Rowan University IBC NIH Meeting Minutes

Starting with June of 2025, Rowan University is following the National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidance in offering transparency of biosafety oversite for research involving recombinant and synthetic nucleic acids and is providing access to IBC meeting meetings for research with NIH funding. Private, proprietary or security sensitive information has been redacted.