Team:Tokyo Tech/Safety

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Main Team Terraforming Experiments [http://partsregistry.org/cgi/partsdb/pgroup.cgi?pgroup=iGEM2009&group=Tokyo_Tech Parts] Safety

For iGEM 2009 teams are asked to detail how they approached any issues of biological safety associated with their projects.

Specifically, teams should consider the following four questions:

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


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

A Biosafety committee of our organization accepted our aplications.


Q What does your local biosafety group think about your project?

A They think our project is leagal.


Q Do any of the new BioBrick parts that you made this year raise any safety issues?

A No. Our parts are safty level one. We used genes which are analysed in peer-reviewed papers.


Q If yes, did you document these issues in the Registry?

A Just in case, we refereed papers for our new biobrick parts.