Human practice

Safety

1. Would any of your project ideas raise safety issues in terms of:

   * researcher safety,
   * public safety, or
   * environmental safety?

No.

2. Do any of the new BioBrick parts (or devices) that you made this year raise any safety issues? If yes,

   * did you document these issues in the Registry?
   * how did you manage to handle the safety issue?
   * How could other teams learn from your experience?

The parts we used including MS2 phage don't raise any issues.

3. Is there a local biosafety group, committee, or review board at your institution?

"We have concluded that the method of containment the applicant implemented fulfills the safety requirements we have set forth. The applicant possesses the ability to practice laboratory safety, and the relevant equipment abides to Japanese law."

4.Do you have any other ideas how to deal with safety issues that could be useful for future iGEM competitions? How could parts, devices and systems be made even safer through biosafety engineering?