Safe Organisms
E.coli (MG1655)
Risk Group: Group 1
Source: Acquired from the Silberg Lab at Rice University
Warning: Potentially harmful when inhaled or swallowed. Can cause eye and skin irritation in rare cases.
Use: As a chassis for experiments and cloning
E.coli (BL21 Rosetta)
Risk Group: Group 1
Source: Acquired from the Silberg Lab at Rice University
Warning: Potentially harmful when inhaled or swallowed. Can cause eye and skin irritation in rare cases.
Use: As a chassis for experiments and cloning
Safe Project Design
Biological safety is a priority, especially considering that a product derived from our project would be used within the human gastrointestinal tract.
Considerations Derived from Human Practices
After speaking with
physicians in the Texas Medical Center, as well as generally introducing our project to various peers and faculty, we began to consider biosafety measures (which were previously outside the scope of testing our sensory constructs), such as a kill switch.
Safety Training Courses
This year’s wetlab team members received safety training from Rice Environmental Health & Safety (EHS). The courses are as follows:
General Laboratory Safety
Blood Safety and Blood Borne Pathogens
The link to the laboratory safety training requirements of our institution can be found
here.
