Overview
The CL2 CC facility is available for use on a membership basis. To become a member and access the facility, please follow our step-by-step guide below:
Principal Investigator
STEP ONE: (click to view instructions)
Request membership by emailing the Facility Permit Holder, Professor Haissi Cui (haissi.cui@utoronto.ca)
- Subject Line: Request: DB440 Membership
STEP TWO:
Obtain or update your Containment Level 2 (CL2) Biosafety permit.
- If you have a CL2 Biosafety permit, you need to submit an amendment to include the facility (DB440) as a site of work with Risk Group 2 biological agents (RG2), and any other significant changes (ie. additional biological materials, lab personnel who will work in DB440 etc.,)
- Please email the amendment(s) below to U of T's Office of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) (ehs.biosafety@utoronto.ca)
- For more information about amendments, please refer to the EHS website
STEP THREE:
Ensure lab personnel take all relevant training (DB440 Onboarding Mandatory Safety Training and the Lash Miller onboarding safety training).
STEP FOUR:
Email your lab personnel's names and their start & end dates BEFORE their expected start date to chem.keys@utoronto.ca.
- Subject line: DB440: Names and Dates of the Lab Personnel
STEP FIVE:
Ensure your lab personnel read the DB440 Governance document, and sign and submit the lab personnel memorandum of understanding (MOU).
STEP SIX:
Visit the Rates page for more information about membership & fees.
NOTE: Lab personnel can only access DB440 once they have completed training, signed and submitted the DB440-Governance MOU, and their PI has paid all of the required fees.
Laboratory Personnel
STEP ONE: (click to view instructions)
If your supervisor is an approved member, please email the following to the Facility Permit Holder, Professor Haissi Cui (haissi.cui@utoronto.ca):
- Subject Line: DB440 Laboratory Personnel Experimental Plans
- CC: Supervisor's email
- Body: Briefly discuss your planned experiments
- Note: You must update Professor Cui if you plan experiments with biological agents that are not previously approved (ex. bacteria or viruses that are not yet used in DB440).
STEP TWO:
If you are new to the Department of Chemistry, please complete the Lash Miller onboarding safety training.
STEP THREE:
Complete the DB440 Onboarding Mandatory Safety Training (EHS & DB440-Site Specific Training):
- Register for the following courses at My EHS Training:
- Mandatory:
- EHS601: Laboratory Biosafety Training or EHS602: Biosafety Refresher
- EHS630: Safe Use of Biological Safety Cabinets
- Optional (Based on Lab-Specific activities)
- EHS603: Blood Borne Pathogens
- EHS620: SARS-C0V-2 Biosafety Training Course
- Mandatory:
- Email the Facility Manager, Logan Zettle (chem.dbfacility@utoronto.ca), to schedule your DB440-Site Specific Training.
- Subject line: Scheduling DB440-Site Specific Training
STEP FOUR:
Read the DB440 Governance document and sign the lab personnel MOU.
STEP FIVE:
Email the following documents to chem.keys@utoronto.ca:
- Proof of training (the DB440 Onboarding Mandatory Safety Training form & the DB440-Site Specific Training form)
- Lab personnel MOU
- Subject line: DB440 Proof of Training + Signed Lab Personnel MOU
STEP SIX:
Follow the Key Pickup SOP.
STEP SEVEN:
Once you become a user, you will be added to a Slack to coordinate communication and announcements.
Note: Please ensure that your supervisor is an approved member. Lab personnel can only access this facility if their supervisor requests it. For more information, please see the Principal Investigator section.