Title: Western Fisheries Research Center Institutional Biosafety Committee Meeting

Date: December 16, 2025

Time: 9-10 AM PST

Persons wishing to attend may do so through Microsoft Teams link here.

Relevant documents will be sent to IBC members via email.

Agenda:

Call to Order

State Member Conflicts if Any

Review Previous Minutes

• Minutes from the April 22, 2024 meeting have been previously reviewed and approved.

Old Business

• None

New Business

• Introduction to the USGS Biosafety and Biorisk Management team by Jeff Potts. Jeff is the Biorisk Management Coordinator.
• Change application for Dr. Paul Hershberger
• Update on effluent treatment system by John Allen
• Addressing “Strengthened Institutional Biosafety Committee Transparency” guidelines provided by NIH in March 2025.

Public Comment Period

Adjourn

Note: 

Comments from the public and WFRC staff are to follow the guidelines outlined in the approved Charter:

6.4. Meeting attendance: Convened meetings of the IBC are open to the public, in accordance with the NIH Guidelines. Public participants may attend the meeting, but may not participate in the discussions, voting, or deliberation of any applications or documents/policies being presented during the IBC meeting. A ten-minute time window will be reserved at the end of each meeting for any public participants to address the IBC. Written comments are also welcome and submitted to the IBC chair after the meeting. All written comments submitted to the IBC by the public and any response by the IBC to them will be submitted to the NIH OSP.

6.4.1. Principal Investigators will be asked to attend when their research is novel, especially complex, and/or if the IBC chair determines that the IBC would benefit from a full description of the proposed activities.

IBC Roster. The composition of the Western Fisheries Research Center IBC can be found at the NIH Office of Science Policy Institutional Biosafety Committee Registration Management System. The link to WFRC IBC Roster is here.