Team:HKUST-Hong Kong/biosafety.html

Would any of your project ideas raise safety issues in terms of: researcher safety, public safety, or environmental safety?

Parts, ideas, and strains of model organisms in the 2011 HKUST iGEM team will not pose any threat to safety of researchers, public or environment. All biological parts, when functioning correctly, should not produce toxins or harmful chemicals to other organisms. Model organisms used include Escherichia coli DH10b, BW25113 and BW25141. They are non-virulent strains and are common in microbiology laboratories for basic biology studies