The Office of Research Policy & Compliance (RPC) will be closed from December 24, 2025 through January 2, 2026 for the Winter Holiday Curtailment, reopening on Monday, January 5, 2026. While our offices are closed, the Chancellor’s Animal Research Committee (ARC), Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), and Academic Radiation Safety Committee (ARSC) and Medical Radiation Safety Committee (MRSC) / Radioactive Drug … Read More
2025-26 Winter Holiday Closure
The Office of Research Policy & Compliance (RPC) will be closed from December 24, 2025 through January 2, 2026 for the Winter Holiday Curtailment, reopening on Monday, January 5, 2026. While our offices are closed, the Chancellor’s Animal Research Committee (ARC), Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), and Academic Radiation Safety Committee (ARSC) and Medical Radiation Safety Committee (MRSC) / Radioactive Drug … Read More
2025-26 Winter Holiday Closure
The Office of Research Policy & Compliance (RPC) will be closed from December 24, 2025 through January 2, 2026 for the Winter Holiday Curtailment, reopening on Monday, January 5, 2026. While our offices are closed, the Chancellor’s Animal Research Committee (ARC), Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), and Academic Radiation Safety Committee (ARSC) and Medical Radiation Safety Committee (MRSC) / Radioactive Drug … Read More
Updated Biosafety Manual Template Guide
Colleagues: Please see the below message from the Biosafety team in EH&S. Subject : Updated Resource: Biosafety Manual Template Guide The biosafety team has released an updated Biosafety Manual Template Guide as a resource to support researchers in developing and maintaining laboratory-specific biosafety documentation. With this update, your lab Biosafety Manual may be created and stored electronically via an online … Read More
Laboratory Animal Allergens- What are the Risks?
What are lab animal allergies and occupational asthma? Laboratory Animal Allergies (LAA) and Occupational Asthma (OA) develop from exposure to animal allergens, and are among the most common, serious occupational diseases of workers exposed to animals in laboratories. Please review the Lab Animal Allergies & Occupational Asthma fact sheet (attached and available at https://ucla.box.com/ehs-lab-animal-allergies) to learn how to prevent LAA … Read More
SafetyNet Portal Upgrade
We are pleased to announce that SafetyNet, the online system used by the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) and Radiation Safety Committees (RSC), will undergo a major update this coming weekend. As a result, SafetyNet will be unavailable from 5:00 PM on Friday, August 1, until 5:00 PM on Sunday, August 3. The update is intended to refresh the appearance of … Read More
SafetyNet Portal Upgrade
We are pleased to announce that SafetyNet, the online system used by the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) and Radiation Safety Committees (RSC), will undergo a major update this coming weekend. As a result, SafetyNet will be unavailable from 5:00 PM on Friday, August 1, until 5:00 PM on Sunday, August 3. The update is intended to refresh the appearance of … Read More
Changes to Mouse and Rat User Training
We are pleased to announce the launch of new training program materials and a new training option for individuals working with mice and/or rats. The training program changes are the result of extensive collaboration between the Animal Research Committee (ARC), Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine (DLAM), and ARC administrative staff, and should provide much-needed improvements to training accessibility and ultimately … Read More
Safety Tip: Sensitizers
Hazard classes such as acute toxins, carcinogens, irritants, mutagens, and reproductive toxins are well known, but don’t overlook the insidious nature of respiratory and skin sensitizers. A sensitizer is a substance that can lead to an allergic response following contact. When you become sensitized to a substance, your immune system develops a memory to the specific agent. With every subsequent … Read More
Executive Order: Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research
On May 5, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order (EO) on Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research and an accompanying Factsheet regarding dangerous gain-of-function (GOF) research[1]. The EO struck down the recently implemented 2024 US Government Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Pathogens with Pandemic Potential (USG Policy). Two days later, NIH released Notice … Read More