Working with Biological Materials
Biological Materials Overviews
Are you working with regulated biological materials? The overviews below outline the various types of regulated biological materials and what your group needs to do if it is working with or storing these materials at the University of Alberta. Please review all the overviews below that match the organisms and materials you are using (or plan to use) in your U of A laboratory facilities and incorporate their elements into your program:
- Microbes
- Including bacteria, prions, fungi, viruses and parasites
- Biological Toxins and Venoms
- Eukaryotic Cell Lines
- Viral-Based Vector Systems and Transduction Particles
- Human Biological Samples
- Including tissues, blood, body fluids and feces
- Animal and Invertebrate Tissue Samples
- Including tissues, blood, body fluids and feces
- Environmental Samples
- Including water, soil and plant material
- Living Species Non-Indigenous to Alberta
- Genetically Modified Animals, Plants and Invertebrates
Biosafety Services
The following are services provided by HSE to assist laboratory groups with their programs involving regulated biological materials:
Employees, Students
Safety & Security