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<p>Please visit the <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Safety">Safety Hub</a> to find this year's safety requirements & deadlines, and to learn about safe & responsible research in iGEM.</p>
 
  
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<p>On this page of your wiki, you should write about how you are addressing any safety issues in your project. The wiki is a place where you can <strong>go beyond the questions on the safety forms</strong>, and write about whatever safety topics are most interesting in your project. (You do not need to copy your safety forms onto this wiki page.)</p>
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<p> Safety has been our ultimate goal since we began our project. In an attempt to improve our personal protection the team was involved in multiple training seminars. We all completed University of Illinois safety training which included videos and quizzes. We also completed safety training for the Carl Woese Institute of Genomic Biology. Our lab space also had a specific lab safety presentation about their specific requirements and protocols. We learned so much from all of these training sessions which led us to have a very safe and effective work space. We also completed the iGEM safety sheets which allowed us to discussion in more detail with our mentors the safety of our specific project.
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<h3>Safe Project Design</h3>
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<p>Does your project include any safety features? Have you made certain decisions about the design to reduce risks? Write about them here! For example:</p>
 
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<li>Choosing a non-pathogenic chassis</li>
 
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<li>Choosing parts that will not harm humans / animals / plants</li>
 
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<li>Substituting safer materials for dangerous materials in a proof-of-concept experiment</li>
 
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<li>Including an "induced lethality" or "kill-switch" device</li>
 
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A few of the practical safety precautions we used everyday:
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1. Closed toed shoes
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2. Gloves
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3. Proper sterile technique
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4. Always having another member present while doing lab work
  
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<p>What safety procedures do you use every day in the lab? Did you perform any unusual experiments, or face any unusual safety issues? Write about them here!</p>
 
  
  
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<h3>Safe Shipment</h3>
 
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<p>Did you face any safety problems in sending your DNA parts to the Registry? How did you solve those problems?</p>
 
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Revision as of 00:02, 18 October 2018

Safety

Safety has been our ultimate goal since we began our project. In an attempt to improve our personal protection the team was involved in multiple training seminars. We all completed University of Illinois safety training which included videos and quizzes. We also completed safety training for the Carl Woese Institute of Genomic Biology. Our lab space also had a specific lab safety presentation about their specific requirements and protocols. We learned so much from all of these training sessions which led us to have a very safe and effective work space. We also completed the iGEM safety sheets which allowed us to discussion in more detail with our mentors the safety of our specific project.

A few of the practical safety precautions we used everyday:
1. Closed toed shoes
2. Gloves
3. Proper sterile technique