Team:CSU Fort Collins/Safety
CSU iGEM
Safe Project Design
The saftey features of our project:
- Thermococcus kodakarensis is nonpathogenic.
- Thermococcus kodakarensis is an obligate anaerobe, so it is easily contained under normal conditions
- Limonene is a nontoxic chemical, and is used in food products
- Thermococcus kodakarensis can only grow above 80°C, so it cannot spread under normal conditions.
Safe Lab Work
The lab that we grow Thermococcus kodakarensis in has several anaerobic chambers, which we clean with ethanol every time we work in it. we also decontaminate all equipment that is brought into the chambers, and most commonly used equipment used inside the chamber stay inside of it at all times.
Safe Shipment
Did you face any safety problems in sending your DNA parts to the Registry? How did you solve those problems?
