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Building a Synchronized Oscillatory System

Biosafety and biosecurity considerations

Does your institution have its own biosafety rules and if so what are they?

Fig. 2: In the ML-II lab it is not allowed to wear your own lab coat. Lab coats are kept inside the lab to prevent release of organisms into the environment.

Wageningen UR has its own biosafety rules next to the national biosafety regulations. Its rules can be found on this [http://www.wageningenuniversity.nl/UK/informationfor/Current+students/Student+information/healthsafety/Laboratory+general/?wbc_purpose=basic#basic laboratory safety page].

Did you receive any biosafety and/or lab training before beginning your project?

Next to the biosafety rules from Wageningen UR, techniques for working aseptically to perform Good Microbial Practices are generally learned in a Microbiology introductory course. A lab manager, also called a practical tutor, has introduced every team member to the lab by giving them a “safety tour.” Therein, we came across a lot of, rather general, rules we should regard at working in the laboratory. The rules dealt with: the discardment biological and chemical waste, the disinfection of the lab bench, the clothing to wear inside the lab, the way of acting during an emergency and more.

Does your institution have an Institutional Biosafety Committee or equivalent group?

Instead of having a Biosafety Board at Wageningen UR, all chair groups of the institution have their own Biosafety officer(s) (Biologische veiligheidsfunctionaris[sen] in Dutch). We have discussed our project with Hauke Smidt, the Biosafety officer for our project. The [http://bggo.rivm.nl/Paginas/bch.htm Biosafety Clearing House] of the Netherlands handles licenses for genetic modifications, which have to be requested. The Biosafety officer has subscribed our project to the Bacterial Genetics license. We could approach him if there would be any questions.

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-=== Does your country have national biosafety regulations or guidelines? ===
+=== Does your institution have its own biosafety rules and if so what are they? ===
+[[File:Lab_coat_hallstand.jpg|250px|left|thumb|'''Fig. 2:''' ''In the ML-II lab it is not allowed to wear your own lab coat. Lab coats are kept inside the lab to prevent release of organisms into the environment.'']]
+Wageningen UR has its own biosafety rules next to the national biosafety regulations. Its rules can be found on this [http://www.wageningenuniversity.nl/UK/informationfor/Current+students/Student+information/healthsafety/Laboratory+general/?wbc_purpose=basic#basic laboratory safety page].
+=== Did you receive any biosafety and/or lab training before beginning your project? ===
+Next to the biosafety rules from Wageningen UR, techniques for working aseptically to perform Good Microbial Practices are generally learned in a Microbiology introductory course. A lab manager, also called a practical tutor, has introduced every team member to the lab by giving them a “safety tour.” Therein, we came across a lot of, rather general, rules we should regard at working in the laboratory. The rules dealt with: the discardment biological and chemical waste, the disinfection of the lab bench, the clothing to wear inside the lab, the way of acting during an emergency and more.
+=== Does your institution have an Institutional Biosafety Committee or equivalent group? ===
+Instead of having a Biosafety Board at Wageningen UR, all chair groups of the institution have their own Biosafety officer(s) (Biologische veiligheidsfunctionaris[sen] in Dutch). We have discussed our project with Hauke Smidt, the Biosafety officer for our project. The [http://bggo.rivm.nl/Paginas/bch.htm Biosafety Clearing House] of the Netherlands handles licenses for genetic modifications, which have to be requested. The Biosafety officer has subscribed our project to the Bacterial Genetics license. We could approach him if there would be any questions.
-In the Netherlands, any person or institution intending to perform genetic modifications needs to have licenses of the Royal Order on Genetic Modified Organisms (which is called ‘Besluit GGO’ in Dutch), Regulation Genetic Modified Organisms (‘Regeling GGO’) and environmental legislation as the Law on Environmental Management (‘Wet Milieubeheer’). These laws are directed too by the Dutch governmental page on [http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/biotechnologie/wetten-en-regels-biotechnologie Biotechnology laws]. Food related genetic modifications and border crossing transport of genetic modified (micro-)organisms are also regulated by European legislation. While neither one of these is valid for our project this will not be extracted further on this page, but more information could be found on the site of the European [http://bch.cbd.int/ Biosafety Clearing-House].
-The Royal Order on Genetic Modified Organisms is for the greater part about the classification of the organisms, in which consideration is taken about possible modifications of their genomes. Our team has applied this information by rejecting any project idea that requested a cell chassis of BSL 2 and higher from the list with brainstorm ideas we made.
-According to the Regulation Genetic Modified Organisms Wageningen UR holds a number of (biological) safety workers. Every lab has a laboratory manager, or practical tutor. This person has introduced every team member to the lab by giving them a “safety tour.” Therein, we came across all the rules and information we should regard about: discarding biological and chemical waste, disinfection of the lab bench, what to wear in the lab, how to act in case of an emergency and more. The laboratory manager sees to it that genetic modification related research is being executed according to the involved rules. If an accident happens, like aerosol formation, the manager also is the first person who would be notified about this. Next to our project also, possible more risk full, lab work can be performed by others, so the practical tutor’s instruction, supervision and presence are welcome.
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