Team:Alberta/Resources

Resources

• To other University of Alberta students: the Environmental Health and Safety Division provides safety support on common safety questions and situations, as well as documents on proper disposal.
  • See their homepage at: http://www.ehs.ualberta.ca/
  • Ethidium bromide disposal suggestions at: http://www.ehs.ualberta.ca/EHSDivisions/~/media/Environmental%20Health%20and%20Safety/ Documents/Chemical%20Safety/FactSheet_Ethidium_Bromide_-_2011.pdf.


• To general students on a study break:
  • See this basic and humourous not-to-do video (which was shown in University of Alberta’s EHS Biosafety Course): “Lab Unsafety and Septic Technique” by Jayson Masaki below or at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aDLV0UHyNE


• For students not yet familiar with iGEM nor their recommended guidelines:
  • The World Health Organization gives a comprehensive guidebook for safety in labs at: http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/biosafety/Biosafety7.pdf
    (Reference: Laboratory Biosafety Manual. 2001. World Health Organization. Retrieved August 9, 2013, from http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/biosafety/Biosafety7.pdf)