Committee on Microbiological Safety (COMS)

Committee on Microbiological Safety (COMS) serves as the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) for Harvard Medical School and Harvard-affiliated institutions. The committee oversees all work with COMS regulated materials (CRM). No CRM projects may commence without COMS approval.

 

COMS institutions are permitted by the Boston Public Health Commission, Cambridge Biosafety Committee and National Institutes of Health Office of Science Policy.

 

Please access eCOMS Here.