All dealings involving Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) conducted at St Vincent's Hospital must be reviewed and approved by the St Vincent's Hospital Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).
Activities involving GMOs fall into four main categories:
The IBC meets four times per year. All applications must be submitted to a meeting of the IBC. New applications will not be reviewed out of session. Therefore, applications must submitted by the following dates in order to be considered:
2013 IBC Meeting Dates / Agenda Closing Dates
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Agenda Closing Date
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Meeting Date
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21 February 2013
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7 March 2013
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23 May 2013
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6 June 2013
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22 August 2013
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5 September 2013
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21 November 2013
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5 December 2013
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2013 IBC Meeting Dates / Agenda Closing Dates
For further information please contact a Senior Administrative Officer on 9288 2394 or email research.ethics@svhm.org.au