Team:Guelph/Safety




Safety

The University of Guelph prides itself in taking the safety of all students and staff seriously. All team members went through rigorous safety training through a variety of Environmental Health and Safety modules, which included topics such as WHMIS, safe handling and disposal of chemicals, assessing workspaces for dangers, and more. In addition, Team iGEM Guelph set a strict work-alone policy and buddy system at all times for the team.

All organisms of choice for this year's research are non-pathogenic, Risk Group I, and the laboratory space in which we are working is Biosafety Level 2.


University of Guelph iGEM 2019





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Safety

Please visit the Safety Hub to find this year's safety requirements & deadlines, and to learn about safe & responsible research in iGEM.

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 go beyond the questions on the safety forms, 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.)

Safe Project Design

Does your project include any safety features? Have you made certain decisions about the design to reduce risks? Write about them here! For example:

  • Choosing a non-pathogenic chassis
  • Choosing parts that will not harm humans / animals / plants
  • Substituting safer materials for dangerous materials in a proof-of-concept experiment
  • Including an "induced lethality" or "kill-switch" device

Safe Lab Work

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!