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Building a Synchronized Oscillatory System

Biosafety and biosecurity considerations

Does your country have national biosafety regulations or guidelines?

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 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 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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+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]].
-Understanding should come with knowledge. It might be beneficial for the development of Synthetic Biology and the society if the public will be allowed to follow projects on close watch. Probably even more if this is as close as joining a day in the lab, well maybe by viewing it via a video monitoring. In this way the biosafety regarding human health and the spread of disease won’t be at stake and might still be as fun to do. Our team has set this up and it can be found on the Social Media page. In combination with the, freely available, Wiki information pages of iGEM it could be possible for the public to test if any concerns about ‘Synthetic Biology’ were right or exaggerated. In order to provide the possibility of noting any – in this case: nuanced – concerns people should be able to add these on a Wiki page especially arranged for it. This page should give a clear overview of comments about projects. Synthetic biologists could give answers to questions on this site. This direct possibility of interaction should reduce the feeling of missing hold on Synthetic Biology and, with it, fear about it.
+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.
-With outreach our team furthermore tried to contribute to make the public more aware of the actual content of iGEM and partly Synthetic Biology.
-With understanding comes involvement, this might give rise to a growing improvement on iGEM and Synthetic Biology in general.
+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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