The numerous labs at Penn provide a prime opportunity to reduce our campus environmental impact in areas like energy, water, and waste through our Green Labs program. The Green Labs Executive Committee (GLEC) guides Penn's Green Labs program and is comprised of representatives from Facilities and Real Estate Services, Procurement, Environmental Health & Radiation Safety, and at-large researchers.

Both Penn undergraduates and non-affiliates (which include undergraduate students, high school students, postgraduate students, and trainees who are not affiliated with Penn) must take laboratory safety training before working in a University of Pennsylvania Research Facility.  Please see the University policy for details: 

Penn IBC Electronic Registration System (PIERS) has launched! The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) is now accepting all new and renewed IBC registrations for the generation and/or use of recombinant or synthetic nucleic acids (rsNA) as well as novel gene editing technologies through PIERS.