Recognising the extreme importance of adhering to proper safety protocols when conducting any lab ur project was comprised of components that had very little safety hazards or dangers involved. E. coli are categorised as a “Whitelist” organisms, meaning they do not require any permission to be given by iGEM, as they is officially classified as a Risk Level 1 organism Protein coding genes, such as the keratinase we used, are additionally a part of the “Whitelist”, and are considered to be very low risk