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The greatest source of dangers is man. If there is a slippery floor without sign it was probably cleaned by a person. If there is a contamination it is probably one of the colleagues who did not work carefully. That is why it is important to always pay attention. We have found that the concept of mindfulness was able to increase both efficient work and subjective well-being. Mindfulness has spread in the Western world in recent years and been accepted by both the scientific and broader community. Mindfulness is described as “a psychological state of awareness, a practice that promotes this awareness, amode of processing information, and a characterological trait” [https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022062]. It is the very concept of being present in the moment and aware of one’s environment. The concept of mindfulness is intended to increase self-awareness to not follow automatisms and become more independent in one’s mind. Also, higher awareness of one’s environment leads to less accidents and more accurate work. This is especially interesting in the lab where minor errors may lead to whole experiments failing. Everyone has at least once forgotten in what tube he already pipetted when preparing a PCR. By incorporating mindfulness in our lab routine we were able to work more effectively and also increase subjective well-being. | The greatest source of dangers is man. If there is a slippery floor without sign it was probably cleaned by a person. If there is a contamination it is probably one of the colleagues who did not work carefully. That is why it is important to always pay attention. We have found that the concept of mindfulness was able to increase both efficient work and subjective well-being. Mindfulness has spread in the Western world in recent years and been accepted by both the scientific and broader community. Mindfulness is described as “a psychological state of awareness, a practice that promotes this awareness, amode of processing information, and a characterological trait” [https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022062]. It is the very concept of being present in the moment and aware of one’s environment. The concept of mindfulness is intended to increase self-awareness to not follow automatisms and become more independent in one’s mind. Also, higher awareness of one’s environment leads to less accidents and more accurate work. This is especially interesting in the lab where minor errors may lead to whole experiments failing. Everyone has at least once forgotten in what tube he already pipetted when preparing a PCR. By incorporating mindfulness in our lab routine we were able to work more effectively and also increase subjective well-being. | ||
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Revision as of 16:29, 20 October 2019
Safety
When it comes to lab safety one cannot overemphasize the importance of the issue. Every project needs to have a comprehensive plan to make sure there are no imminent dangers. Especially when dealing with directed evolution one has to assure nothing dangerous arises from the experiments. That is why we decided to abstain from using infectious particles and consider a wider field of peptides that are definitely not dangerous. Additionally, in dealing with the broader public concerns of biosafety have to be addressed since these are the primal origin of people’s fearful attitude towards synthetic biology. We thoroughly considered all these aspects dividing our safety approach into multiple sections:
Mindfulness
The greatest source of dangers is man. If there is a slippery floor without sign it was probably cleaned by a person. If there is a contamination it is probably one of the colleagues who did not work carefully. That is why it is important to always pay attention. We have found that the concept of mindfulness was able to increase both efficient work and subjective well-being. Mindfulness has spread in the Western world in recent years and been accepted by both the scientific and broader community. Mindfulness is described as “a psychological state of awareness, a practice that promotes this awareness, amode of processing information, and a characterological trait” [https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022062]. It is the very concept of being present in the moment and aware of one’s environment. The concept of mindfulness is intended to increase self-awareness to not follow automatisms and become more independent in one’s mind. Also, higher awareness of one’s environment leads to less accidents and more accurate work. This is especially interesting in the lab where minor errors may lead to whole experiments failing. Everyone has at least once forgotten in what tube he already pipetted when preparing a PCR. By incorporating mindfulness in our lab routine we were able to work more effectively and also increase subjective well-being.
Protecting Ourselves
Skin Care Plan
Environmental Safety
1 - conserve water
2 - careful planning (experiment)
3 - save paper (online lab books)
4 - reuse (plastics see neb / thermo fischer)
5 - unplug (save energy)
6 - share resources