Institutional Biosafety Handbook

The IBC Handbook is divided into five sections. To view the contents of each section, click on the appropriate links below. You may also download the complete handbook as a PDF. Complete IBC Handbook

Section 1: General

FAQs and Acronyms

Section 2: NIH Guidelines for Research Involving rDNA

Section 3: IBC Best Practices – UT Systems September 2005

Section 4: Educational Materials from NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities

NIH OBA Site Visits
Ethics and rDNA Research
Committee Collaboration
Lentiviral Vectors

Section 5: A Practical Guide to Containment: Greenhouse Research with Transgenic Plants and Microbes