Team:UCLA/Saftey

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Safety

Do the biological materials used in your lab work pose risks to lab members, security, the general public, or the environment?

None of the biological materials used in our lab pose pose any sort of risk. The main biological part that we are using in this project, the mtd, does not affect any organism other than Bordetella bacteria. Furthermore, all of our work is done in-vitro, and our product is not packaged within a vector. As such, there is no chance of our materials impacting the public or the environment outside of the controlled laboratory environment.


If your project was scaled up from a lab study to a widely used industrial product, or if the knowledge and methods produced from your project became widely available, what new risks might arise?

No new risks would arise. Our project has no inherently malicious utilities.


What safety training have you received?

Members of our team took the Lab Safety Fundamentals Concepts course taught by UCLA's Environment, Health, & Safety department. The course covers fire safety, chemical safety, and mitigation of hazards in the lab.


What are your institution's biosafety guidelines?

All biological research at UCLA is overseen by the Environment, Health, & Safety department's Biological Safety Division.