Team:Nankai/Safety
GENERAL SAFETY
DEALING with bacteria is never a work without risk, and all our members are fully aware of this. We have done a lot of work on safety. These work mainly contain: 1)adequate training for every member who is going to participate in laboratory work; 2)consulting with directors to make sure our job is safe; 3)communication with local safety affair office;
SAFE TEAM MEMBERS ^-^
WE are highly aware that we ourselves are the most important forces to avoid all the possible risks, as well as the most possible devils to cause all the disasters. So we pay much much attention on relative training to ensure that our members know clearly what should do and what should not in laboratory
- Choosing a non-pathogenic chassis
- Choosing parts that will not harm humans / animals / plants
- Substituting safer materials for dangerous materials in a proof-of-concept experiment
- Including an "induced lethality" or "kill-switch" device
Safe Lab Work
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!
Safe Shipment
Did you face any safety problems in sending your DNA parts to the Registry? How did you solve those problems?