New member onboarding

Welcome!

We're glad you're here!

Getting started | Starting in the wet lab | Software | Where to find things | Recycling and waste

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Getting started

Here's a checklist of things you need to get going.

• Get your email on our listserv (managed by Google groups)
• Get your email added to the lab Google calendars
• Get added to the lab GitHub organization (github.com/glasgowlab) and clone github to your local device
• Sign up for the lab Slack (not compulsory, but fun!)
• Get a desk/bench - talk to others to see what space is free
• If you will be doing computational work, you could sign up for a C2B2 HPC cluster account
• If you will be doing Rosetta work, you need to sign the Developers' Agreement, register with the RosettaCommons, and be added to the RosettaCommons GitHub. Instructions for this are found on the RosettaCommons wiki.
• Get someone to add you to the lab server.
• We need a data management & storage system - Google Drive? Box? Dropbox? Server? Cluster? AWS? Giant external hard drives?

If you will be working in the wet lab...

Complete C-14 training, and lab safety trainings on RASCAL.

Software

• Getting started with Rosetta
• PyMOL, ChemDraw, Schrodinger software: Columbia has licenses, found here

Where is stuff around the lab

Supplies

• Tape, tube labels, lab markers, etc.: bottom drawer in the second bay, across from the door in room 503
• Office supplies: in the dry lab cabinet next to the couch
• Printer/Photocopier/Scanner: in the dry lab. Connect to GLAB wifi. HP DeskJet 2700 Series

Safety equipment and PPE

• Lab coats and goggles: in the drawer across from the door in room 503
• First aid kit and flashlights: in the drawer in front of the door in room 505
• Chemical spill kit: under the FPLC computer desk
• Fire blanket and fire extinguishers: on the wall in room 505, next to the door
• Eyewashes are in the sinks. Turn these on periodically so they don't get gross.
• Face shield for cutting gels under UV: hanging on the wall in the gel room

Recycling and waste

Many types of waste can be recycled.

• Office paper, cardboard, and small/medium plastics: we take this out ourselves to the blue bin at the end of the hall, or by the freight elevator between the IGM offices and the cold room
• Cardboard boxes: heavy cardboard used for shipping (e.g. equipment, electronics, books) should be flattened and placed next to the freight elevator
• Batteries: small box on the ground by the elevators
• Lightbulbs: no clue about this, TBD

Lab waste

• Biohazard waste including plates and bio-contaminated consumables go in the red bins, which should have red bags in them.
• Sharps including tips and serological pipettes go in the red sharps bin. We take this out by the freight elevators as well when it gets full, and we can pick up a new one there too.
• Glass goes in a cardboard glass waste box.
• Liquid hazardous waste, for example SDS-PAGE staining solutions, gets accumulated in plastic waste containers that EH&S provides. We label the waste by approximate percentage and call EH&S to pick it up when it's full.
• Nonhazardous waste beakers on the bench should be labeled "Nonhazardous waste".
• Buffers get collected in a carboy in the fume hood.