BioSafety Website Launched at UCC
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BioSafety Website Launched at UCC
23.02.2011

The UCC Biosafety Website was officially launched on Tuesday, February 22nd 2011 by Dr Tom McLoughlin, Office of Climate, Licensing & Resource Use from the Environmental Protection Agency. The event took place in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex and was attended by UCC researchers. The Biosafety website is a user-friendly, one-stop-shop for those engaging in research with genetically modified organisms. It is accessible to all UCC and UCC affiliated researchers and is a vital tool providing key regulatory information and links on matters relating to the use of Genetically Modified Organisms. It is both a critical knowledge repository and an information dissemination tool for the diverse and disparate group of researchers within the entire University and associated institutes and hospitals.

In an opening address, Professor Anita Maguire, Vice President Research and Innovation, welcomed Dr McLoughlin, reiterated UCCs commitment to environmental compliance and described the mechanism of operation of the Biosafety Committee, covering the handling and safe usage of Genetically Modified Organisms. She also acknowledged the key contributions of Dr Colman Casey, Chair of the Biosafety Committee, Pat Casey, Biosafety Officer and Aisling Doyle over the past year in developing our processes to ensure compliance  in UCC. Dr McLoughlin then gave a lecture on the Implementation of the Genetically Modified Organisms Regulations in Ireland by the EPA, before officially launching the website which was demonstrated by its designer, Aisling Doyle.

The website address is www.ucc.ie/en/biosafety/

Picture L-R: Professor Anita Maguire (Vice President for Research, UCC), Pat Casey (Research Officer, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre and Biosafety Officer, UCC), Dr. Tom McLoughlin (Senior Inspector with the Environmental Licensing Programme, Office of Climate, Licensing & Resource Use at the EPA), Aisling Doyle (Biosafety Assistant, UCC) and Dr Colman Casey (Administrative Director of Research and Industrial Liaison, College of Medicine & Health, UCC and Chairperson, UCC Biosafety Committee).

 



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