Team:Brown/Notebook Meetings/6-19-09

BioSafety Meeting with Chris Harwood

June 19, 2009


 * Can we use a BSL2?
 * Need Institutional Biosafety Committee approval
 * Chris can get a provisional approval, doesn’t know how fast turnaround is
 * Might need biosafety cabinet


 * What does he need to see?
 * Needs MSDS from actual source for him to review
 * For the strain from Ireland, no MSDS available, might need as much information as possible


 * S. aureus and S. epi strain in Microbiology Course?


 * Need to use S. epidermidis


 * Give him a very detailed explanation of the both S. aureus and S. epidermidis strain BEFORE TUESDAY MORNING


 * Instead of MSDS
 * Site peer review journal about strain (Bungiro might help)


 * BMBL5 – questions about certain organisms
 * Health Canada (name has changed) – MSDS for infectious agents
 * Will tell you all information about dealing with it in lab


 * Biosafety@brown.edu


 * Talk to iGEM headquarters.