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Cambridge Biosafety Committee Meeting

Location

Windsor Community Health Center, 119 Windsor Street, Large 2nd floor conference room (top of the stairs), Cambridge.

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Contact

Sam Lipson
slipson@challiance.org
(617) 665-3838

Description

Regular Meeting

The Cambridge Biosafety Committee meeting meets on a monthly basis so that members may conduct its oversight activities as granted under the Cambridge Recombinant DNA Technology Ordinance (Chapter 8.20) and the Cambridge Biosafety Regulation of 2009.

Link to Agenda (PDF)

AGENDA

Introductions

Statement of purpose for this Special Session of the Cambridge Biosafety Committee

Presentations

1) Committee Oversight of Biosafety Programs at Harvard and MIT (90 mins)
• Review current enforcement challenges within academic biosafety programs
• Discuss strategies to utilize Cambridge Biosafety Committee authority for compliance
• Plan site visits to both institutions to observe best practices and challenges

2) Introductory discussion with Kevin Esvelt and his Rarity research team (30 mins)
• Introduce Rarity research proposal: purpose, stages, challenges
• Review local engagement strategy underway in Martha’s Vineyard/Nantucket
• Consider strategies to engage Cambridge residents to gain public acceptance

Old Business/Site visits

Oct 18 – CRISPR Therapeutics (200 Sidney Street, 3rd Fl) BSL-1/BSL-2 amendment walkthrough

Oct 22 – Sai Life Sciences (400 Technology Square, 2nd Fl) BSL-1/BSL-2 new permit walkthrough

Nov 4 – Directed Genomics (99A Erie Street) BSL-2 ONLY new permit walkthrough

New Business

Nov 15 – LabCentral (700 Main Street) discussion about administrative screening of resident protocols, IBC reviews, IBC reporting expectations to CBC.

Adjourn


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