Safety/White List

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You must Check-In for ANY organism or part that is NOT on the White List. The right-hand column of the table below is only examples of organisms/parts that require a Check-In.

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White List (no Check-In required) Check-In Required
Whole Organisms
  • Risk Group 1
  • Human and primate cell lines that have been tested and certified free of known pathogens (consult your vendor)
  • Cell lines of non-primate multicellular organisms
  • C. elegans, Physcomitrella patens, Drosophila spp.
  • Risk Groups 2, 3, 4
  • All primary isolated cells
  • Human and primate cell lines that may contain known pathogens
  • Other multicellular organisms
  • ...and anything not explicitly listed
Parts
  • Any part from a Risk Group 1 organism, regardless of its function
  • All Registry parts, except those flagged by Archetype or Safety Committee
  • Non-protein-coding parts in the following categories:
    • Promoters, RBSes, Terminators
    • Binding sites for transcriptional regulators, endonucleases, and other proteins that bind to DNA
    • CRISPR guide RNAs, microRNAs / interfering RNAs, aptamers
  • Protein-coding genes from animals, plants, or Risk Group 2 microorganisms, in the following categories:
    • Category 1
    • Category 2
  • Any part from a Risk Group 3 or 4 organism, regardless of its function
  • Registry parts with red flags on
  • Non-protein-coding genes that do not fall in any of the white-listed categories
  • Protein-coding genes from animals, plants, or Risk Group 2 microorganisms, that do not fall in any of the white-listed categories


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