This web site is designed for investigators and Biosafety officers at Harvard University and its affiliated institutions.

Biosafety concerns itself with protecting staff, patients, the public and the environment from dangerous biologicals.

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Basic Information

Biosafety at Harvard and thirteen Affiliated Insitutions is regulated by a standing faculty committee called the Committee on Microbiological Safety (COMS). The committee meets once a month, usually on the last Friday of each month. Information about the role of this committee can be found in the What, Where, Who section of this site.

For Investigators

Investigators must register all studies involving:

Recombinant DNA	Synthetic Nucleic Acids
Viral Pathogens	Bacterial Pathogens
Prions	Biological Toxins
Human Blood and Tissues	Non-Human Primate Blood and Tissues
Clinical Gene Transfer	Clinical Xenotransplanation

Registration forms are available in the Forms section of this site. All submissions must be through your local Biosafety Officer. You can find out your Biosafety officer's name, address, fax number here.

For Biosafety Officers

Links to some relevant government documents, Internet sites, some material on disinfectants are all on the Resources section of this site.