School of Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering

Safety Training

Biomedical Engineering Lab Training Requirements 

General Lab Safety Trainings

Covers: BSL1; BSL2; Bloodborne Pathogen; NIH Guidelines Awareness 

Specialty Trainings

  • Laser Safety Trainings - via Tufts Learning Center
  • Animal Care and Use (IACUC) Training - via Vice Provost Office
  • TERC Training for Kaplan Cell Culture Facilities - offered approximately once a month
    Watch for an announcement from the BME Department. 
  • Human Subjects (IRB) Training - via Vice Provost Office 

 Other

  • Lab Notebooks - Anyone working in a lab requires a lab notebook. We use an electronic lab notebook system, Lab Archives. Schedule a time to meet with Laura to learn system and set up all accounts - Laura.Place@tufts.edu 
    Complete the onboarding form and subsequent Lab Archives activation form: BME Onboarding Form

Laura provides trainings on the lab notebook system ~weekly on Zoom. Once you have activated your account and picked up your notebook contact her to schedule a session.

  • Responsible Conduct in Research - Online course is fine for most. If you are funded by NIH, you must attend an in-person course.  Review requirements on the Vice Provost website
  • Office of Equal Opportunity Training - Dates listed on OEO website 

Each of our labs has a senior postdoctoral scholar or graduate student that is the Lab Leader. You MUST meet with them BEFORE you may work in that lab. 

Undergraduate students are not permitted to work alone in the lab.  Undergrads are eligible for card access after 1 semester of supervised activity in a lab.  Default card access is Monday-Friday, 8:00am-6:00pm; access outside of these hours is permitted with supervision from lab mentor(s). 

As you work in the lab, there may be more trainings for specific instruments and labs that you need access to.  You can do these on an ad hoc basis.

Card Access 

Steps for obtaining card access: 1) Safety Training; 2) Instrument Training; 3) Lab Leader Training; 4) Submit request to Laura Place via Card Access Request.

As you determine what lab space and equipment is need you will need complete the Lab Leader training and instrument training. You can request those trainings when you are ready through the following links:

Lab Leader Training Request

Instrument Training Request

Please plan ahead - new projects may require registrations with Biosafety or Environmental Health & Safety. 

Contact Laura Place or Carmen Preda, Engineering Lab Coordinators at Laura.Place@tufts.edu or C.Preda@tufts.edu or stop by their office in SciTech 201 with questions.