Authorization for Animal Housing and Special Services Costs
Biosafety Manual
Working with Human Subjects
The Charles River Campus (CRC) Institutional Review Board (IRB) is responsible for reviewing and approving […]
ASC: Pathogen screening of mice from non-approved vendors
What’s changing? The BU Animal Science Center (ASC) recently updated our biosecurity program to allow the importation of mice from institutions positive for previously excluded pathogens. As a result, the ASC is introducing testing for mouse norovirus (MNV) and Helicobacter upon receipt of new colonies from non-approved vendors, which includes all academic institutions. This testing […]
Laser Safety Manual
Changes to Human Subjects Research Regulations – Effective January 21, 2019
Changes to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (Common Rule–45 CFR 46) are scheduled to go into effect this coming Monday, January 21, 2019. These changes, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), are intended to reduce administrative burden, increase protections to human subjects, and offer additional flexibility. The changes affect research […]
Cristy McGoff
Paramyxoviruses (Hendra and Nipah Virus)
Boston University Research Occupational Health Program (ROHP) 617-358-7647 Agent Hendra and Nipah viruses belong to the Henipavirus genus within the family of Paramyxoviridae and are of zoonotic origin. The natural reservoir of these viruses are pteropid fruit bats. Hendra virus is endemic in Australia. Since 1994, there were 7 human cases of Hendra virus infection. […]
ASC: Mouse norovirus and helicobacter no longer excluded pathogens on W8
As part of an ongoing operational review of policies and procedures at the BU Animal Science Center, research leadership has decided to no longer pursue the eradication of two excluded pathogens—mouse norovirus (MNV) and Helicobacter—among the conventional colonies on W8. They will remain excluded from all other housing spaces managed by the BUASC. This decision […]
INSPIR system to be decommissioned on August 31
Effective 8/31/18, INSPIR will be completely decommissioned and no longer available in read-only mode. Click, found at http://iacuc.bu.edu, is now being used for protocol submissions and contains the currently approved protocols and those presently under review. Submissions in INSPIR with an approved, disapproved, or closed status date from June 2014 to June 2018 will be […]