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<h2>Laboratory Issues</h2>
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<h4> Safety</h4>
<p>In synthetic biology you work with bacteria, with life. So you have to take care in what you are doing. It is important to decide what is ethically correct when you work with this life. In synthetic biology you build bio machines which could be dangerous.  
<p>In synthetic biology you work with bacteria, with life. So you have to take care in what you are doing. It is important to decide what is ethically correct when you work with this life. In synthetic biology you build bio machines which could be dangerous.  
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<li>you have to wear laboratory gloves, lab coats and sometimes protective goggles</li>
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<li>You have to wear laboratory gloves, lab coats and sometimes protective goggles</li>
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<li>Our Sponsors Promega, Abbott and the Jugendstiftung Baden-Württemberg for the financial support and support with materials</li>  
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<li>You have to wash your hands after working in a laboratory</li>
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<li>the Heidelberger Life-Science Lab, especially Dr. Katrin Platzer and PD Dr. Rüdiger Arnold for their general support of our project</li>
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<li> Contaminated areas have to be cleaned with 80% ethanol</li>
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<li>the Alumni des Heidelberger Life-Science-Lab e.V. for the great help with the sponsoring and their generous donation</li>
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<li> Do not eat or drink in a laboratory</li>
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<li>Finally, our friends and family for their enduring support</li>
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<li> Autoclave contaminated materials before disposal</li>
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<li>Thank you - iGEM - for the great spring and summer time!</li>
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<li> Be sure to work according to the protocol</li>
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<li> Safety first - the highest priority is to save and protect the health and life of an individual working in a lab</li>
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Revision as of 17:00, 9 June 2012

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Laboratory Issues

Safety

In synthetic biology you work with bacteria, with life. So you have to take care in what you are doing. It is important to decide what is ethically correct when you work with this life. In synthetic biology you build bio machines which could be dangerous.
You also have to take safety precautions when you work in a laboratory. PD Dr. Rüdiger Arnold, a scientific coordinator and head of the Life-Science Laboratory, explained us how to work carefully and according to the biosafty level S1 requirements. In a safety introduction course he told us the most important precaution measures:

  • You have to wear laboratory gloves, lab coats and sometimes protective goggles
  • You have to wash your hands after working in a laboratory
  • Contaminated areas have to be cleaned with 80% ethanol
  • Do not eat or drink in a laboratory
  • Autoclave contaminated materials before disposal
  • Be sure to work according to the protocol
  • Safety first - the highest priority is to save and protect the health and life of an individual working in a lab