New+lab+member+info

Whether you are a visitor, graduate student, undergrad, or staff, the following information should provide a starting place for your "installation" into our lab. Please browse all of this wiki site because it contains a lot of information on how the lab functions and what to do in case of problems. Don't forget that the lab manager is a valuable source of information too!

Spaces
Places that you should be familiar with include the Annex basement where Harry works, our lab space on the second floor of the Annex, and the soil weighing room and freezers in the basement of King Hall. It may also be useful to be introduced to the Soils Department office staff, and know the location of the freeze drier.

Safety
We take lab and personal safety very seriously, and everyone shares an equal responsibility to ensure personal safety as well as the safety of others. No unsafe situation should be ignored. Some of the most common safety features are:
 * Lock the lab door whenever you leave for the day. If you are not the last person to leave, let someone know you are leaving so that the door is not left open for you.
 * Never use anyone's desk, bench space or items on it, or personal material without explicit permission.
 * Food and drinks are only allowed in the office spaces.
 * Safety goggles, masks, gloves, and lab coats are freely available in the lab.
 * A glass disposal box for broken glass is located behind the fume hood in the main lab.
 * Liquid spill cleanup materials are located on the shelf of the cart near the fume hood in the main lab
 * Entire pages of this wiki site have been dedicated to Safety & Emergencies, and Chemical Storage & Disposal

In addition to being asked to browse the lab wiki site, you can also be expected to sign a [|Safety Release Form].

Waste

 * Normal trash is emptied from the cans in the lab daily.
 * Trash and paper recycling cans are emptied weekly.
 * Broken glass boxes should be carefully closed, sealed with packing tape, and a green "OK TO TRASH" sticker should be put on top. Gallon reagent bottles should be rinsed with water, labelled as "RINSED," and placed in a trash can for disposal.
 * Chemical waste containing chloroform should go in the yellow liquid disposal carboy
 * All other waste generated during lipid extractions should go in the white liquid disposal carboy.

Internet access and E-mail
Campus-wide wireless internet access requires a UW NetID. Visitors and new personnel to our lab are eligible for a 30 day NetID - see the lab manager for details. All other personnel are eligible for a NetID with many more features, including email.

Connecting you computer to the internet via ethernet has its advantages (primarily speed and printing to shared printers), however, this requires special action by our departmental IT person. He will ensure that your machine is clean of viruses and spyware that can cause real problems to the department's network.

//Unless special circumstances exist, all visitors will be issued a temporary NetID.//

Printing
While wireless internet access is super-cool, printing to the shared printer is not possible unless you are connected via ethernet. This is departmental policy and prevents unauthorized use of our shared resources. Printing for wireless users can be accomplished by saving your materials on a USB thumbdrive and connecting it to an ethernet enabled computer. There are several such machines available, ask the lab manager for details/access.

Keys
The standard set of keys that most lab personnel should carry include the key for our Annex lab space (and office if applicable), the Annex outer door, Annex Instrument room, Soils building outer door, and King Hall soil weighing room. The PI or lab manager must specifically request that each new person be issued keys by the departmental office (grad students cannot obtain keys for helpers). At this time, each key requires a $5 deposit. Finally, when keys are checked out, it is recommended that an after hours activity pass be obtained.