Team:UGA-Georgia/Safety

Laboratory Safety

For our research, we utilize two different organisms in two different labs. First we use Escherichia coli in a biochemical engineering lab and Methanococcus maripaludis in microbiology lab. Safety is taken very seriously in both of our labs and pants, closed toed shoes, and gloves were worn at all times.

In our microbiology lab, our own safety is not all that is considered, we must also consider our organism's safety. Since Methanococcus maripaludis is an anaerobic organism, we must use an oxygen free chamber when working with it to insure its survival.

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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!