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Introduction

Safety is a crucial issue in iGEM projects. As students imagine their own project, they have to make sure that their idea is not hazardous. Likewise, realization of the project in the lab is a second challenge for young students in terms of security. Working on living organisms and biological parts requires good laboratory practices in order to prevent spreading, contamination, or physical injuries.

A good laboratory practice:

To prevent disorder and accidents, the lab was divided in two parts : a wet laboratory for experiments and a dry laboratory for personal working. Students who were performing experiments were always wearing lab coats and kept experiment materials in the wet laboratory.

Chemical product handling :

Students who were experimenting sometimes had to use dangerous chemical products. Extra precautions were taken to handle them : [[File:T--Paris_Saclay--120916_tableau_safety_1.png|300px|thumb|right|Migration of pPS16_005(3.1) and pPS16_006(3.2)]]

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