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    <p class="FullNames2" style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%">Safety is the number one priority when working on the project. This idea applies both to working with the organisms in the lab and considering how our final product will interact with the consumer and its environment. UCSC iGEM is dedicated to maintaining high safety standards. To achieve this, each team member had to undergo extensive safety training before beginning lab work.</p>
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        Safety is our number one priority when working on the project. This applies to working with the organisms in the lab as well as considering how our final product will interact with both the consumer and its own environment. UCSC iGEM is dedicated to maintaining high safety standards. To achieve this, each team member had to undergo extensive safety training before beginning lab work.
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<p class="FullNames2" style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;  text-align:left !important; margin-top: 0px !important"> EH&S regulates safety for research at UCSC. EH&S are responsible for advising staff of each individuals responsibility with respect to safety, health, and environmental issues, recommends corrective actions, and regularly imposes new health and safety programs. Programs range from laboratory and safety research to environmental management, hazardous materials, biosafety, and more. EH&S also helps provide all labs on campus with protective equipment such as coats, goggles, gloves, and more. </p>
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      <p> EH&S regulates safety for research at UCSC. EH&S advises staff about individuals' responsibilities with respect to safety, health, and environmental issues, recommends corrective actions, and regularly imposes new health and safety programs. Programs range from laboratory and safety research to environmental management, hazardous materials, biosafety, and more. EH&S also helps provide all labs on campus with personal protective equipment (PPE) such as coats, goggles, gloves, and more.</p>
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<p class="FullNames2" style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;  color:#0C5798; text-align:left !important; margin-top: 0px !important; font-size: 115% !important">  UCSC iGEM Standards </p>
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<p class="FullNames2" style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;  text-align:left !important; margin-top: 0px !important"> Each team member was first required to complete a lab safety training course, "Laboratory Safety Fundamentals", provided by the University of California Learning Center. Information in the course included hazardous materials, laboratory practices, handling emergency situations, and more.</p>
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<p class="FullNames2" style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;  text-align:left !important; margin-top: 0px !important"> Students entering the lab were not allowed to work alone. Maintaining this policy was important as having multiple persons in the lab at a time meant someone would be able to respond accordingly in case of an emergency.</p>
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<p class="FullNames2" style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;  text-align:left !important; margin-top: 0px !important"> Proper PPE was maintained at all times inside the lab, at all times, regardless of whether or not work was being done at the time. In the lab, students were expected to wear a lab coat, protective goggles/glasses, gloves, long pants, and close toed shoes.</p>
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<p class="FullNames2" style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;  text-align:left !important; margin-top: 0px !important"> In addition to each student upholding both UCSC iGEM standards and EH&S standards, student must also make sure that fellow teammates uphold these standards as well.</p>
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<p class="FullNames2" style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;  text-align:left !important; margin-top: 0px !important"> <SPAN style="font-size: 100%; color:#0C5798"> Yarrowia Lipolytica - </SPAN> Classified as a BSL-1 (Biosafety Level 1) organism, Yarrowia Lipolytica is our yeast of choice for the project. Using strain W29, Y. Lipolytica exists naturally in the mouth and gut. Possible side affects of consumption include infections in immunocompromised people (rare). One important factor for us choosing this yeast was that Y. Lipolytica is a GRAS organism meaning it is "Safe-To-Eat". </p>
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<p class="FullNames2" style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;  text-align:left !important; margin-top: 0px !important"> <SPAN style="font-size: 100%; color:#0C5798"> 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase - </SPAN> This enzyme reduces Ergosterol to Ergosta 5-eneol and/or Ergosta 5,22-dieneol. </p>
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      <p> Each team member was first required to complete a lab safety training course, "Laboratory Safety Fundamentals", provided by the University of California Learning Center. Information in the course included hazardous materials, laboratory practices, handling emergency situations, and more.</p>
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      <p> Students entering the lab are not allowed to work alone. Maintaining this policy is important as having multiple persons in the lab at a time means someone will be able to respond accordingly in case of an emergency.</p>
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      <p> Proper PPE is maintained at all times inside the lab, regardless of whether or not work is being done. In the lab, students are expected to wear a lab coat, protective goggles/glasses, gloves, long pants, and closed-toe shoes.</p>
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      <p> In addition to each student upholding both UCSC iGEM standards and EH&S standards, students must also make sure that fellow teammates uphold these standards as well.</p>
  
<p class="FullNames2" style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;  text-align:left !important; margin-top: 0px !important"> <SPAN style="font-size: 100%; color:#0C5798"> adrenodoxin-NADP+ reductase (ADR) - </SPAN> ADR is one of the electron carriers needed to allow P450scc to function. </p>
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<p class="FullNames2" style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;  text-align:left !important; margin-top: 0px !important"> <SPAN style="font-size: 100%; color:#0C5798"> side-chain cleavage cytochrome (P450scc) - </SPAN> P450scc converts Ergostra 5-eneol and Ergostra 5,22-dieneol to pregnenolone. </p>
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<p class="FullNames2" style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;  text-align:left !important; margin-top: 0px !important"> <SPAN style="font-size: 100%; color:#0C5798"> 3beta-hydroxy-Delta5-steroid dehydrogenase/steroid - </SPAN> This enzyme catalyzes the conversion of pregnenolone to progesterone. </p>
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      <p><span class="p-title"><i>Yarrowia lipolytica</i></span> - Classified as a Biosafety Level 1 (BSL-1) organism, <i>Yarrowia lipolytica</i> is our yeast of choice for our project. The strain of <i>Y. lipolytica</i> we are using, W29, exists naturally in the mouth and gut. Possible side affects of consumption include infections in immunocompromised people, though this is rare. One important factor for us choosing this yeast is that <i>Y. lipolytica</i> is a GRAS organism by definition of the Food and Drug Administration, meaning it is "Safe-To-Eat".</p> <br>
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      <p><span class="p-title">7-dehydrocholesterol reductase</span> - This enzyme reduces ergosterol to ergosta 5-eneol and/or ergosta 5,22-dieneol.</p>
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      <p><span class="p-title">3beta-hydroxy-Delta5-steroid dehydrogenase/steroid</span> - This enzyme catalyzes the conversion of pregnenolone to progesterone.</p>
  
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<p class="FullNames2" style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;  text-align:left !important; margin-top: 0px !important"> Please check out the following links if you are interested in learning more about lab and synthetic biology safety. ~Inspired by past UCSC teams and iGEM website~ </p>
 
 
<p class="FullNames2" style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;  text-align:left !important; margin-top: 0px !important; color:#0C5798"> - <a href="https://absa.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ABSAlabAccreditation.pdf"> ABSA Standards for Laboratory Accreditation  </a></p>
 
 
<p class="FullNames2" style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;  text-align:left !important; margin-top: 0px !important; color:#0C5798"> - <a href="http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/biosafety/WHO_CDS_CSR_LYO_2004_11/en/"> World Health Organization Biosafety Manual </a></p>
 
  
<p class="FullNames2" style="margin-left:10%; margin-right:10%;  text-align:left !important; margin-top: 0px !important; color:#0C5798"> - <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/biosafety/publications/bmbl5/"> Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (CDC) </a></p>
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Latest revision as of 02:01, 18 October 2018

Safety


Safety is our number one priority when working on the project. This applies to working with the organisms in the lab as well as considering how our final product will interact with both the consumer and its own environment. UCSC iGEM is dedicated to maintaining high safety standards. To achieve this, each team member had to undergo extensive safety training before beginning lab work.

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In The Lab

Environmental Health and Safety Department (EH&S) Standards

EH&S regulates safety for research at UCSC. EH&S advises staff about individuals' responsibilities with respect to safety, health, and environmental issues, recommends corrective actions, and regularly imposes new health and safety programs. Programs range from laboratory and safety research to environmental management, hazardous materials, biosafety, and more. EH&S also helps provide all labs on campus with personal protective equipment (PPE) such as coats, goggles, gloves, and more.



UCSC iGEM Standards

Each team member was first required to complete a lab safety training course, "Laboratory Safety Fundamentals", provided by the University of California Learning Center. Information in the course included hazardous materials, laboratory practices, handling emergency situations, and more.

Students entering the lab are not allowed to work alone. Maintaining this policy is important as having multiple persons in the lab at a time means someone will be able to respond accordingly in case of an emergency.

Proper PPE is maintained at all times inside the lab, regardless of whether or not work is being done. In the lab, students are expected to wear a lab coat, protective goggles/glasses, gloves, long pants, and closed-toe shoes.

In addition to each student upholding both UCSC iGEM standards and EH&S standards, students must also make sure that fellow teammates uphold these standards as well.

Oranisms, Enzymes, and Genes

Yarrowia lipolytica - Classified as a Biosafety Level 1 (BSL-1) organism, Yarrowia lipolytica is our yeast of choice for our project. The strain of Y. lipolytica we are using, W29, exists naturally in the mouth and gut. Possible side affects of consumption include infections in immunocompromised people, though this is rare. One important factor for us choosing this yeast is that Y. lipolytica is a GRAS organism by definition of the Food and Drug Administration, meaning it is "Safe-To-Eat".



7-dehydrocholesterol reductase - This enzyme reduces ergosterol to ergosta 5-eneol and/or ergosta 5,22-dieneol.

Adrenodoxin-NADP+ reductase (ADR) - ADR is one of the electron carriers needed to allow P450scc to function.

Ferredoxin-1 (FDX1) - FDX1 is the second electron carrier needed to allow P450scc to function.

Side-chain cleavage cytochrome (P450scc) - P450scc converts ergostra 5-eneol and ergostra 5,22-dieneol to pregnenolone.

3beta-hydroxy-Delta5-steroid dehydrogenase/steroid - This enzyme catalyzes the conversion of pregnenolone to progesterone.


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Additional Resources

Please check out the following links if you are interested in learning more about lab and synthetic biology safety.