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Revision as of 21:26, 19 January 2018
SAFETY RULES
iGEM's Lab Safety Rules
- Teams must provide information 'About our Project', 'About our Lab' in the Safety Form, complete a Check-In Form when using parts and organisms not on the White List , and have your Instructor or Primary Contact sign off your Safety information. All deadlines for providing this information must be met.
- Teams must be in full compliance with iGEM's safety policies.
- Teams must work in the biosafety level appropriate for their project. If your project involves organisms and parts that can used safely in a BSL1 lab, you should not work at higher containment levels. If this is not possible an explanation must be provided in the information 'About our Lab' section of the Safety Form
- Teams must follow iGEM shipment requirements when submitting samples
- Teams must follow all biosafety rules of their institution and all biosafety laws of their country
- Teams cannot conduct work with Risk Group 3 or 4 organisms
- Teams cannot conduct research in a Safety Level 3 or 4 laboratory
- Teams cannot conduct work with parts from a Risk Group 4 organism
- Teams cannot release or deploy their project outside of the laboratory at any time during the competition or at the Giant Jamboree
- If you conduct any experiment with human subjects (including non-invasive experiments, such as surveys), you must comply with all rules of your institution/country that govern experiments with human subjects.
NOTE
Failure to meet any of these requirements can lead to immediate disqualification from the competition and referral to the Responsible Conduct Committee.