Safety
Safety
Please note that all information on this page is in a draft version.
Please check back often for details.
This page is the central hub for information about safety in iGEM 2015. From the sidebar on the left, you can access all pages related to safety for the 2015 competition. We are developing and improving iGEM's safety practices each year. The guidelines and forms are different from last year, so please read carefully!!
First of all, you are responsible for your own safety. Throughout your project, and after we approve any of your forms, you are responsible for living up to the trust we have placed in you to handle potentially dangerous materials safely. Good judgment and proper practices are always necessary. The Safety Committee is here to help you, and to teach you to help yourself.
Safety Committee
- Marissa Cardwell, MIT Environment, Health, and Safety Office
- Peter Carr, MIT Lincoln Laboratories
- Kirsten Jacobsen, Public Health Agency of Canada
- Tom Knight, Ginkgo BioWorks
- Todd Kuiken, Synthetic Biology Project, Woodrow Wilson Center
- Claudia Mickelson, MIT Environment, Health, and Safety Office
- Piers Millett, United Nations Biological Weapons Convention ISU
- Kenneth Oye, MIT Program on Emerging Technologies
- Megan Palmer, SynBERC
- Anastasia Rogaeva, Public Health Agency of Canada
- Samuel Yu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Safety Form
Every team should complete a Safety Form. This form lets you show us several things:
- That you are working responsibly in an appropriate lab.
- That you are in contact with the biosafety authorities of your university/institution, or of your country.
- That you are working with your advisors to ensure good lab practices.
The Safety Form also helps you think further about safety for your project as it is now, and as it might be in the future. You should complete a Preliminary Version of your safety form by July 21: answer as many questions as you can, tell us about different project ideas, and don't worry about making it perfect. Then, you should complete a Final Version of your safety form by September 1. On the Final Version, you should answer all the questions completely.
Any team members can write the Safety Form and save it as a draft. You will need an Instructor to submit the form.
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