Working with biological materials

All work involving biological materials must be carried out while following specific safety and containment requirements. Some biological materials may be subject to further regulations or controls.

Griffith requires registration for all activities involving all biological materials, radiation and some chemicals through the Activity Register in Services@Griffith.

Create an Activity Application in Services@Griffith

Biosafety

Biological agents include:

• Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
• imported biological material, which may be subject to Biosecurity
• other biologicals, for example, wild microorganisms, tissues, fluids or toxins.

Further regulatory controls may include:

• gene technology
• import / Export
• security sensitive biological agent legislation.

Additional resources to the list below are available from the University Biosafety Committee, which oversees biological risk.

Other Biologicals

• Other Biological Registration Guidelines
• Security Sensitive Biological Agents
• Defence and strategic goods list