Team:Penn State/Safety

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  <td><a href="http://www.research.psu.edu/orp/biohazardous/policies-and-guidelines/policies-and-guidelines">Penn State Biosafety Guidelines</a></td>
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  <td><a href="http://www.research.psu.edu/orp/biohazardous/policies-and-guidelines/federal-policies">Federal Policies Governing Research Laboratories</a></td>
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  <td><h3>The Risks of Our Projects Now</h3></td>
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  <td>To minimize risk to team members working in the lab, BSL-1 facility standard operating procedures are followed. http://www.cdc.gov/training/quicklearns/biosafety/ The lab is kept clean and organized and inspected regularly. All members of the lab group have received current instruction on safety procedures.</td>
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  <td><h4>What are the risks to the safety and health of the general public (if any biological materials escaped from your lab)?</h4></td>
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  <td>All strains used are considered nonpathogenic and engineered to be unable to survive outside laboratory conditions. To minimize accidental exposure, access to the laboratory by unauthorized persons is not permitted. There is no planned release of engineered bacteria. In order to reduce risk, cultures are grown in small quantities and micro technique is followed for all laboratory procedures as to minimize ecological impact and potential for toxicity to humans.</td>
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Revision as of 15:39, 8 October 2014



WELCOME TO PENN STATE iGEM 2014!

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Safety

Our Lab Information
We are a BSL-2 laboratory, but all organisms the 2014 iGEM team works with are BSL-1
  • Escherichia coli, DH10B
  • Pseudomonas putida, KT2440
  • Pseudomonas fluorescens, B2
All laboratory members are trained through the Environmental Health and Safety program at Penn State
Penn State Biosafety Guidelines
Federal Policies Governing Research Laboratories

The Risks of Our Projects Now

What are the risks to the safety and health of lab members?
To minimize risk to team members working in the lab, BSL-1 facility standard operating procedures are followed. http://www.cdc.gov/training/quicklearns/biosafety/ The lab is kept clean and organized and inspected regularly. All members of the lab group have received current instruction on safety procedures.

What are the risks to the safety and health of the general public (if any biological materials escaped from your lab)?
All strains used are considered nonpathogenic and engineered to be unable to survive outside laboratory conditions. To minimize accidental exposure, access to the laboratory by unauthorized persons is not permitted. There is no planned release of engineered bacteria. In order to reduce risk, cultures are grown in small quantities and micro technique is followed for all laboratory procedures as to minimize ecological impact and potential for toxicity to humans.

Our Equipment
Here is a sample of our equipment that we use almost every day:
Thermocycler for Digestions and PCR's
picture of thermocycler

Visit the Safety Hub to see this year's safety requirements. The Safety Hub is the central page for everything related to safety in iGEM. You can also go there to learn about general biosafety topics, and how to think about the future implications of your project.


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Please use this page to write about anything related to safety in your project.

Your Lab

Use this section to tell us about your laboratory. Where is it located? What sort of equipment do you use every day? Have you decorated it for the summer? How do you look wearing a lab coat? Take pictures! Show off your space!

  • Now : Read the Safety Hub and learn about safety in iGEM. Ask questions by emailing safety at igem DOT org .
  • Now - Jamboree: Complete Check-Ins and receive approval before acquiring and using certain materials in your lab
  • Now - Wiki Freeze: Edit this Safety page to tell us about what you're doing
  • June 9: Submit the About Our Lab form.
  • Let us know by June 25 if you will need an extension on the Preliminary Version, or your Preliminary Version will be significantly incomplete.
  • June 30: Submit the Preliminary Version of the Safety Form.
  • Participate in Virtual Open Office Hours to ask questions and discuss safety topics (exact date to be determined).
  • September 1: Submit the Final Version of the Safety Form.
  • October: Wiki freeze (exact date to be determined)
  • October 30 - November 3: GIANT JAMBOREE!
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