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As a basic means to make our lab work safe we attended the safety instruction given by our institute’s responsibility head of biological lab safety. We made sure to know well where to sustainably dispose of general and S1 trash, how to handle centrifuges, fume hoods and hazardous chemicals like ethidium bromide. Apart from that we made sure to divide the lab into zones for E. coli, S. cerevisiae and chemical agents and kept all the potential risks away from the working desks. We also made sure to avoid cross contamination by providing proper equipment for the different working zones. To avoid spreading organisms from outside in the lab and vice versa, we made sure to always disinfect our hands before sitting down at the desk area. | As a basic means to make our lab work safe we attended the safety instruction given by our institute’s responsibility head of biological lab safety. We made sure to know well where to sustainably dispose of general and S1 trash, how to handle centrifuges, fume hoods and hazardous chemicals like ethidium bromide. Apart from that we made sure to divide the lab into zones for E. coli, S. cerevisiae and chemical agents and kept all the potential risks away from the working desks. We also made sure to avoid cross contamination by providing proper equipment for the different working zones. To avoid spreading organisms from outside in the lab and vice versa, we made sure to always disinfect our hands before sitting down at the desk area. | ||
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Having dealt with all the basic measures to make the lab safe, we noticed that one comes to use a lot of hand disinfection. It is known that groups that have to meet high standards of hand disinfection are more endangered when it comes to conditions of the skin. Thus we decided to talk to Dr. Ingo Janausch to implement a skin care plan. [ILLUSTRATION] Before, during and after work an appropriate use of skin care products such as specialized ointments and balms reduces the risk of skin disorders drastically. Dr. Janausch also recommended us to use as little disinfection and gloves as possible while still adhering to high standards of hygiene. This would also help saving the environment. | Having dealt with all the basic measures to make the lab safe, we noticed that one comes to use a lot of hand disinfection. It is known that groups that have to meet high standards of hand disinfection are more endangered when it comes to conditions of the skin. Thus we decided to talk to Dr. Ingo Janausch to implement a skin care plan. [ILLUSTRATION] Before, during and after work an appropriate use of skin care products such as specialized ointments and balms reduces the risk of skin disorders drastically. Dr. Janausch also recommended us to use as little disinfection and gloves as possible while still adhering to high standards of hygiene. This would also help saving the environment. | ||
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Climate change is a recent and very important topic. In fact, the Fridays for Future movement has raised great awareness for environmental issues. That is why we have decided to also contribute to the preservation of our environment. Considering the problems coming from environmental pollution with toxic substances or microplastics we decided to design a system that can be used to detect these molecules. | Climate change is a recent and very important topic. In fact, the Fridays for Future movement has raised great awareness for environmental issues. That is why we have decided to also contribute to the preservation of our environment. Considering the problems coming from environmental pollution with toxic substances or microplastics we decided to design a system that can be used to detect these molecules. | ||
We talked to experts from different fields, learning from them about possible benefits our application would have for economists helping them to look out for toxic substances or other contamination in the environment. Thereby our system will help to change the world for the better. | We talked to experts from different fields, learning from them about possible benefits our application would have for economists helping them to look out for toxic substances or other contamination in the environment. Thereby our system will help to change the world for the better. | ||
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When we developed DYCE our first priority was to set up a working system. However, once we had had the first peptide sequences, it became clear that we would have to make sure there were no harmful intermediate peptides. So when we discussed our project with Dr. Janausch he recommended us to also look out for possibly toxic peptides, to ensure that our project causes no harm to other researchers. | When we developed DYCE our first priority was to set up a working system. However, once we had had the first peptide sequences, it became clear that we would have to make sure there were no harmful intermediate peptides. So when we discussed our project with Dr. Janausch he recommended us to also look out for possibly toxic peptides, to ensure that our project causes no harm to other researchers. | ||
Revision as of 16:25, 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
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