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<p>Please visit <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Safety">the main Safety page</a> to find this year's safety requirements & deadlines, and to learn about safe & responsible research in iGEM.</p>
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For our project, we design a lot of new electrical and mechanical systems. Electrical ones sometimes use high voltage and high current. Mechanical ones are sometimes moving, at low or even high speed. So, when testing new design for the first time, or trying new things with them, safety was a concern we needed to deal with. Here are some examples of the biggest safety concerns we had during our project.
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<p>On this page of your wiki, you should write about how you are addressing any safety issues in your project. The wiki is a place where you can <strong>go beyond the questions on the safety forms</strong>, and write about whatever safety topics are most interesting in your project. (You do not need to copy your safety forms onto this wiki page.)</p>
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A standard procedure we followed when testing new mechanical assembly, for examples the platform motion system or the centrifuge plate spinning, we would always wear safety glasses. Also, to help detect problems and prevent it, we would start with a low speed test and doing faster tests as the previous was concluding. That way, risk to damage the equipment were lower than to run a full speed test right away.
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<h4>Safe Project Design</h4>
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<p>Does your project include any safety features? Have you made certain decisions about the design to reduce risks? Write about them here! For example:</p>
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<li>Choosing a non-pathogenic chassis</li>
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<li>Choosing parts that will not harm humans / animals / plants</li>
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<li>Substituting safer materials for dangerous materials in a proof-of-concept experiment</li>
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<li>Including an "induced lethality" or "kill-switch" device</li>
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<p>What safety procedures do you use every day in the lab? Did you perform any unusual experiments, or face any unusual safety issues? Write about them here!</p>
 
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<p>Did you face any safety problems in sending your DNA parts to the Registry? How did you solve those problems?</p>
 
  
 
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Revision as of 19:46, 14 September 2015

Safety in iGEM

For our project, we design a lot of new electrical and mechanical systems. Electrical ones sometimes use high voltage and high current. Mechanical ones are sometimes moving, at low or even high speed. So, when testing new design for the first time, or trying new things with them, safety was a concern we needed to deal with. Here are some examples of the biggest safety concerns we had during our project.

Mechanical test of the plateform

A standard procedure we followed when testing new mechanical assembly, for examples the platform motion system or the centrifuge plate spinning, we would always wear safety glasses. Also, to help detect problems and prevent it, we would start with a low speed test and doing faster tests as the previous was concluding. That way, risk to damage the equipment were lower than to run a full speed test right away.

Electronic test of the BananaBoard

Ergonomics