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What efforts is BER taking to address the ethical issues of its research programs?

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What efforts is BER taking to address the ethical issues of its research programs?

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• Which office oversees human subjects protection at the Department of Energy? Answer: The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) is responsible for the protection of human subjects involved in research throughout the Department of Energy. The Protecting Human Subjects Program at DOE ensures that research involving human research subjects comply with 10 CFR Part 745, Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects. • Does BER support user facilities? If so, how can users submit proposals to use these facilities? Answer: BER sponsors one national scientific user facility, the William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory and stations at several other user facilities: • Advanced Light Source Protein Crystallography Program • Advanced Photon Source Structural Biology Center (crystallography of biological macromolecules) • National Synchrotron Light Source (X-Ray crystallography of biological macromolecules and uv spectroscopy) • Stanford Synchrotron Radi