IBC Meeting Schedule

The Case Western Reserve University Institutional Biosafety Committee meets once a month on the second Thursday of each month. The meeting location varies. Meetings are open to the public, please contact case-ibc@case.edu for more information. Attendance at meetings will result in your name being recorded in the meeting minutes, which will be made publicly available per NIH requirements.

All new research, requests for continuing review and protocol amendments are reviewed by the full committee. Amendments are required for key changes to research plans prior to initiation of changes.

The deadline for submissions is four weeks prior to the meeting date. 

External IBC administered by Clinical Biosafety Services

Notice of Upcoming IBC Meeting for Human Gene Transfer Research
Date: May 22, 2025
Time: 3 p.m.

If a member of the general public wishes to attend, please contact the administrators of the Institutional Biosafety Committee at ibcteam@sabaiglobal.com or call Colleen Karlo (IBC Site Contact) at 216.368.0838 for information on attending the convened meeting. 

Section IV-B-2-a-(6) of the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules states:
When possible and consistent with protection of privacy and proprietary interests, the institution is encouraged to open its Institutional Biosafety Committee meetings to the public.