Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
The Institutional Biosafety Committee's charge is to ensure that all persons, procedures and facilities involving the use of biological agents, rDNA and large scale activities meet the best interests of laboratory safety, effective research, as well as the environment and general public.
For an overview of their responsibility and whether your study must have IBC approval see theDepartment of Environmental Health and Safety - Biological Safety site. Not completing this requirement will stop the IRB and OIC will be unable to proceed with chartfield setup without IBC approval