Ethics advice related to these questions should always be requested before the start of the research project as a whole and also require an examination by the federal commission for embryos Does your research involve Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCs)?* Yes No Will the hESCs be directly derived from embryos within this project? Yes No Are the hESCs previously established cell lines? Yes No Does your research involve the use of human embryos?* Yes No Does your research involve the use of human foetal tissues / cells?* Yes No 2. Humans Does your research involve human participants? * Yes No Are they volunteers for social or human sciences research? Yes No Are they persons unable to give informed consent? Yes No Are they vulnerable individuals or groups? Yes No Are they children/minors? Yes No Are they patients? Yes No Are they healthy volunteers for medical studies? Yes No Does your research involve physical interventions on human study Yes No participants?* Does it involve invasive techniques? Yes No Does it involve collection of biological samples? Yes No 3. Human Cells/Tissues Does your research involve human cells or tissues (other than from Human Yes No Embryos/Foetuses, i.e. section1)?* Are they obtained from commercial sources? Yes No Do they originate from another laboratory/institution/biobank? Yes No Were they produced or collected by you from previous research activities? Yes No Are they produced or collected by you as part of this project? Yes No 4. Personal Data Does your research involve personal data collection and/or processing?(1) * Yes No Does it involve the collection and/or processing of sensitive personal data Yes No (e.g.: health, sexual lifestyle, ethnicity, political opinion, religious or philosophical conviction)? Does it involve collecting/processing of genetic information/data? Yes No Does it involve tracking or observation of participants? Yes No Does your research involve further processing of previously collected personal Yes No data (secondary use)?* 5. Animals Does your research involve research procedures to live non-human vertebrate Yes No animals (incl. independently feeding larval forms, foetal forms of mammals in the last trimester of their normal development and cephalopods, and also forms in earlier stages if the experiments have consequences in later stages)?* Are they vertebrates or live cephalopods? Yes No Are they non-human primates? (²) Yes No Are they genetically modified animals? Yes No
Ethics advice related to these questions should always be requested before the start of the research project as a whole and also require an examination by the federal commission for embryos Does your research involve Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCs)?* Will the hESCs be directly derived from embryos within this project? Are the hESCs previously established cell lines? Yes No Yes No Yes No Does your research involve the use of human embryos?* Yes No Does your research involve the use of human foetal tissues / cells?* Yes No 2. Humans Does your research involve human participants? * Are they volunteers for social or human sciences research? Are they persons unable to give informed consent? Are they vulnerable individuals or groups? Are they children/minors? Are they patients? Are they healthy volunteers for medical studies? Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Does your research involve physical interventions on human study participants?* Does it involve invasive techniques? Does it involve collection of biological samples? Yes No Yes No Yes No 3. Human Cells/Tissues Does your research involve human cells or tissues (other than from Human Embryos/Foetuses, i.e. section1)?* Are they obtained from commercial sources? Do they originate from another laboratory/institution/biobank? Were they produced or collected by you from previous research activities? Are they produced or collected by you as part of this project? Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No 4. Personal Data Does your research involve personal data collection and/or processing?(1) * Does it involve the collection and/or processing of sensitive personal data (e.g.: health, sexual lifestyle, ethnicity, political opinion, religious or philosophical conviction)? Does it involve collecting/processing of genetic information/data? Does it involve tracking or observation of participants? Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Does your research involve further processing of previously collected personal data (secondary use)?* Yes No 5. Animals Does your research involve research procedures to live non-human vertebrate animals (incl. independently feeding larval forms, foetal forms of mammals in the last trimester of their normal development and cephalopods, and also forms in earlier stages if the experiments have consequences in later stages)?* Are they vertebrates or live cephalopods? Are they non-human primates? (²) Are they genetically modified animals? Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No