Clean benches are acceptable for tissue culture work only with cell lines considered to represent low risk (BSL-1 agents) to laboratory workers (including immunocompromised individuals who may ...

Organisms in this category are not known to cause disease in healthy human adults. IBC approval is required for all BSL-1 work. Principal Investigators must submit a MOUA to the IBC in order to ...

At the present there is Biosafety Level 1 and 2 research on campus. At UMass Lowell, all researchers using biological agents are required to be registered with the Institutional Biosafety Committee.