Safety Form

1. Your Training

a) Have your team members received any safety training yet?

-Yes, we have already received safety training.

b) Please briefly describe the topics that you learned about (or will learn about) in your safety training.

-All the members were trained for safety regulations of the laboratory as well as toxicity of the chemicals we use in our lab. The basic lab safety training including instructions of safe wearing such as gloves, lab coats and goggles is given. Additionally, the general lab safety attitude such as use of benson burners, electrophoresis procedure, sterilization and disinfection for environment safety is also shared. Lastly, we raised the awareness about the public and environment safety that the materials of synthetic biology labs must be taken care of extensively in order not to contaminate outside of labs.

c) Please give a link to the laboratory safety training requirements of your institution (college, university, community lab, etc). Or, if you cannot give a link, briefly describe the requirements.

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2. Your Local Rules and Regulations

a) Who is responsible for biological safety at your institution? (You might have an Institutional Biosafety Committee, an Office of Environmental Health and Safety, a single Biosafety Officer, or some other arrangement.) Have you discussed your project with them? Describe any concerns they raised, and any changes you made in your project based on your discussion.

-In Turgut Ozal University Medical School, Laboratory and Research Biosafety Committee is responsible for control as well as the biosafety of laboratories and the biosafety regulations on the ongoing projects. This committee works under the Dean of Health Sciences and the director of Research Project Committee of Turgut Ozal University Hospital, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Gunduz. Form on the safety rules of Turgut Ozal University Medical School Laboratory was filled in as required. We discussed our project with Prof. Dr. Mehmet Gunduz. Safety and security issues are found sufficient enough that no change is considered as necessary. (Further questions can be directed to Prof. Gunduz, tel: +90-312-203 5103, mgunduz@tugutozal.edu.tr)

b) What are the biosafety guidelines of your institution? Please give a link to these guidelines, or briefly describe them if you cannot give a link.

-The Biosafety guidelines are here

c) In your country, what are the regulations that govern biosafety in research laboratories? Please give a link to these regulations, or briefly describe them if you cannot give a link.

Turkey has national biosafety regulations and the link is given as

4. Risks of Your Project Now

Please describe risks of working with the biological materials (cells, organisms, DNA, etc.) that you are using in your project. If you are taking any safety precautions (even basic ones, like rubber gloves), that is because your work has some risks, however small. Therefore, please discuss possible risks and what you have done (or might do) to minimize them, instead of simply saying that there are no risks at all.

a) Risks to the safety and health of team members, or other people working in the lab: