Dear All,
First, let’s thank Corey Mathis for taking and
sharing her
detailed notes during yesterday’s seminar (9/8/2015). It will help us review the
important topics
from the meeting.
Professor Ladisch and Professor Mosier lead the
seminar. The two main
topics were “Lab
Safety” and “Publishing Research Papers”.
Topic
1: Lab Safety
Iman’s
presentation
gave all of us a profound lesson in lab safety. Dr. Nacla Mine
Eren
and Raymond (Studie), Barron, Neal, ect... present opinions and
helpful
insights.
Lab
Incident
Report: Heat and Stir Plate left on Overnight.
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There was a lab accident
where a student left an
experiment running overnight and as a result it ruined the
equipment and the
experiment
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Preventions
o
Look up the MSDS for your
chemicals
o
Find out if setting up
experiment in the hood is
needed
o
Ask about equipment and set
up of equipment
(communication)
o
Don’t leave your
experiments unattended
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Doors have been left open
when no one is in the
lab. Doors should be locked when you leave.
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Even if outside of your
area, keep an eye out
for areas that may need attention.
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It was suggested that you
let others know what
experiments being done
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Complete a hazardous
assessments:
o
How do you know if
something is hot?
o
What might happen if pieces
of glass wear
breaks? If it breaks, is it placed in such away that it is safest?
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It was suggested that
someone review the set up
prior to running the experiment.
o
Inspections done by Dr.
Ladisch, Dr. Mosier, Dr.
Engelberth, Dr.
Ximenes, Dr. Kilaz, and LORRE safety members are a few examples.
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Label areas with
information about who is using
equipment with a description of experiment being done. May include contact
information and date/time
the area will be in use.
o
Write boards, writing on
glass,…. somehow share
this information
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Need to work on consistent
procedures so
everyone knows the expectations
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Benches need to be cleaned
à we
can’t afford to
replace them.
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The names on the doors have
changed. These need to be
updated with the correctly
identified person responsible so that others know whom to contact.
o
There should be two names
on each door. The first
person is responsible (call them if
needed), the second name is the backup contact person.
o
Old, black signs need to be
removed as they are
not accurate
o
Update and use the white
signs
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Final words: Stay
safe
The
best way to stay safe - don’t
leave the heat and stir plate left on overnight. If a person
is not attending the
equipment, please turn it off so that we can avoid an
accidental fire. If an experiment
needs to be running overnight (constant agitation and constant
temperature) we
have other shaker equipment that is available, which is much
safer.
Topic
2: Publishing our work and questions
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The first review process,
make sure your paper
is error free (grammar…)
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How do you organize your
data?
o
This can vary and may not
appear in the order
that your experiment is done in. It needs to be organized so that
it clearly
conveys how the experiment was done.
o
Be very clear and detailed
within the
methods. It helps to write
a summary
every week or so. This will help you compile information quickly
and
accurately.
o
Write the methods first.
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When do you start the draft
of your paper?
o
Get help from your
advisor/major professor.
o
Do you have something to
report? What is your hook?
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Once you have this, things
start to come
together
o
What have we learned new
that we did not learn
before? You don’t have a
paper without
this.
o
Literature review helps
identify the holes in
the research so you can show how your paper is helping to
contribute something
new.
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How do you determine author
ship?
o
A person who is prepared to
take credit and
blame.
o
Has contributed to the work
o
Some journals will ask for
a list of the
contributions made by each author
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What about patent
disclosures?
o
To keep sponsors happy
o
It is a requirement
o
Keep public
discussion/presentation from being
delayed (not private
meetings)
o
Papers will be delayed if
patent disclosures
aren’t filed.
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What should the cover
letters include?
o
Dear so and so….
o
Title of paper
o
Coauthors
o
The hook (in two sentences)
o
Polite closer; thank you
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What do editors look for
first?
o
Who is submitting it?
(coauthors helps)
o
Be a reviewer, this helps
o
The university you are
affiliated with can
influences submission
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Do journals ask you to
provide reviewer?
o
This depend on the journal
o
They may ask you to provide
a list of names
which may or may not review your paper
Thank you,
LORRE Safety Committee