P1 Lab Activities

The P1 lab is official at Hackuarium! (as of 1nov17)
We can official select for bacterial clones carrying plasmids we construct.
(If someone would like to help for translations to French or other languages, please do feel free!)

Inspiration

Many Hackuarium members have been working towards this goal since the foundation of this association!
In particular Yann P, Sam S and others did great leg-work, and even tried a 'green house' enclosure in the old space...
(Prior to renovation.) All the work leading up to us finally getting the lab up and running is documented (sorry some bits are still redundant and in need of edits) in [Pushing_the_P1 this older page].

The How To Grow Almost Anything course, which Dan Hernandez and Thomas Jordon really wanted to do, was further inspiration for finally getting the lab running.

Now (nov 2017 - present), Rachel Aronoff is acting as the primary biosafety officer for the space, and Olivier Emery has agreed to take on the role of deputy biosafety officer.
Six people have already taken the 'intro to biosafety' training, and the next training session is planned for 10nov17.

Key Aims

To learn, have fun, and avoid problems!

Here is the [https:// link to the P1 safety info, list of users and list of strains] for future reference.

Watch this space for more soon!

Gallery

The first images are of plates carrying our first plasmid strains, streaked at UNIL and grown in our own incubator!

Come join us!

Timeline for Project Initiation

1) Talk with everyone about your ideas and what you would like to do.
2) Take the safety course and do risk assessment on your idea.
3) Start documenting your idea in the wiki. You can use this template developed by YannP as a guide. 4) Fill in the form, also developed by YannP! 5) Get going! (ask for a minigrant, if necessary for obtaining reagents or other materials.)

Further information

• The P1 standard operating procedure
• Do you have questions? Maybe you can't reach Rachel or Olivier, or want to find out more before even trying to ask them?? There is a service in the DIYBio community for this Ask a Biosafety Professional! Use it!