Biology laboratory

• Common to 5 beamlines : DISCO, PROXIMA-1, Proxima-2A, SMIS and SWING
• Security access by badge
• Open 24h/24h to external users/scientists who apply for
• The laboratory group will be present only at working hours. However, red classified experiments need the present of a biology laboratory or beamline scientist. In that case their disponibilities has to be verify before user’s arrival

• Cold room
• Hood
• Safety cabinet (acids/bases and solvents)
• Benches
• Sinks
• Autoclave
• Lab washer
• Ice machine
• Microwave
• Freezer -20° et -80°
• Balance (precision 10mg)
• Balance (precision 1/100mg)
• Vacuum pump
• Micropipettes
• Ultra pure water
• pH meter
• Shakers, mini spin
• Water bath
• Burner
• Hot plate stirrer
• Vortex
• Glassware (beaker,…)
• Small materials (tubes,…)
• Safety equipment (gloves,…)
• Reagents/Solvents
• Gas

• Thermal cycler
• Electrophoresis system
• Blotting system
• Speed vac
• Bacteriological oven
• High performance centrifuge
• Micro-centrifuges
• Sonicator
• Orbital shaking incubator
• FPLC
• Imaging system
• Spectrophotometer UV/Vis

The laboratory staff will provide scientific (advice/experience) and technical support (faisabilité/setting up of experiments). They will make available to the users the classical equipments and materials of a biology laboratory.

• At the proposal submission in SUN set, a specify requirement of the biology laboratory has to be declared by the main proposer.

  If the project is accepted, the main proposer must contact the laboratory manager.

• At least one month before the arrival the main proposer confirms the access request, on-line on SUN set and details the needs: 

  - planning activities to be carried out in the laboratory 
  - scientific equipment to be used among available ones 
  - biological and biochemical materials to be used
  - request for technical support

  Validation of the application will be done by the laboratory manager.

• All samples and biological and biochemical materials necessary for sample preparation have to be declared on-line (cf. "samples and substances declaration" section). 
   
• Only biological and biochemical materials approved by the safety group of SOLEIL synchrotron can be used.
   
• Each sample must be identified and must have been specifically declared according to its nature (cf. Samples and substances declaration).
   
• Each sample or handled biological and biochemical product has to be labelled. The following information has to be mentioned: 

- the name of the product
- the date
- the name of the project and phone number of the person to be contacted.  

• Warnings and indications in the laboratory must be respected.
   
• Individual protection against biohazardous substances must be used for any handling (lab-coats, gloves, glasses, closed shoes and working under fume hood if necessary).
   
• Handling biohazardous chemicals alone in the laboratory is forbidden.
   
• Biological and biochemical wastes must be disposed of in suitable containers (separation of flammable products, acids, basics, solvents, carcinogenic, harmful or toxics substances…)
   
• Any drinking or any eating in the room is forbidden