Lab Etiquette Quiz

Which of the following should you NOT do in the RNA room?

• Wear a mask as soon as you walk in

• Use regular zap on your AwesomeTraps

• Change your gloves after setting a timer on your phone

• Zap the tube rack you brought in from the protein side

What should you do after running a small gel in the RNA room?

• Dump out buffer from the gel box

• Leave the stain mark on the light box

• Leave the glass plates out

• Forget about your gel on the rocker

All RNA room glassware should have what color caps?

What is the VERY first thing you should do before starting any new cell culture work?

• Talk to Kimmey

• Spritz gloves and hood with EtOH

• Cover the fume hood grates with pipette tip boxes

• Take a selfie in the cell culture room

What should you NOT do if we are running low or have run out of something?

• Order more on Quartzy

• Text Kimmey to order more on Quartzy

• Let everyone know in the Slack or WhatsApp

• Leave the empty box for the next person

Where do you place orders for more Tapan-made items?

• Slack

• WhatsApp

• Whiteboard by tea time area

• You don't place orders for Tapan-made items

Which of the following is NOT true?

• Tapan handles all glassware, including glassware in the RNA room

• We do not order directly from the Quartzy shop

• You need to sign up for the large gels and AwesomeTraps

• The only RNase allowed in the RNA room is RNase H

How do you dispose of TALON beads?

• Down the drain

• In the biohazard bin

• In non-hazardous trash

• In the designated chemical waste container

Waste is a regulated term. What word should we use instead if there's no chemical waste label?

There's no more LB media on the rack. You placed an order for more, but you really need to start overnight cultures! You see that your amazing lab mate Favour has a bottle over her bench, what should you do?

• Take the entire bottle of LB and claim it as yours

• Ask her if you can use some and return it when you're done

• Tell her you took it after you claimed it as yours