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Biosafety Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

SOP templates and library of SOPs for the most commonly used biological materials on campus.

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Use the following SOPs as templates, and personalize for your laboratories needs. The SOPs may also be referenced in BUA and AUP submissions.

Biosafety

  • PI-Specific SOP Template
  • Biological Materials Packing and Transport SOP
  • Biological Spill Cleanup SOP

Biological Use

  • Human/Non-Human Primate (NHP) Material SOP
  • Lentiviral Vectors
  • Tetrodotoxin

Animal Use Protocol (AUP) Appendix A - Hazardous Materials Information

  • Adeno-associated Virus (AAV) with Helper Virus or Containing Oncogenes/Toxins
  • Adeno-associated Virus (AAV) without Hazardous Cargo Genes (oncogenes, toxins)
  • BrdU and EdU
  • Clozapine N-oxide (CNO)
  • Fatal Plus (Sodium Pentobarbital solution)
  • Formaldehyde/Formalin/Paraformaldehyde
  • Isoflurane
  • Ketamine/Xylazine
  • Streptozotocin (STZ)
  • Tamoxifen
  • Tricaine Methane Sulfonate (TMS)/MS-222
  • Appendix A template
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