Occaputional Health and
Safety

OpenFreezer is an online repository solution currently implemented at MBI to collect and present information about the components in use at MBI.

The OpenFreezer Laboratory Reagent Tracking and Workflow Management System is an open-source information management system for biological laboratories.The system tracks information on all reagents within the laboratory, including specific properties of each reagent (i.e. sequences, external identifiers), and on all the physical preparations of these reagents (storage locations, physical characteristics). Complementing this repository are workflow tools, such as primer design and automated feature mapping, making OpenFreezer a valuable tool for the bench scientist.
MBI’s install of OpenFreezer is an online repository collecting and presenting information about the plasmids/clones/drugs/antibodies/chemicals and other resources internally available at MBI. Administered by MBI’s Wet Lab Core, the goal of the resource is to facilitate better communication and more efficient sharing of components among the different groups within MBI.

Policy Statements

The MBI Safety and Health (S & H) policies are as follows:

  1. Prevention and minimization of risks
    MBI prevents and minimizes the occurrence of injury & ill-health through proactive hazards identification, risk assessment and implementation of risk control measures.
  2. Compliance with regulations and standards
    MBI takes all reasonable efforts and measures to achieve and maintain compliance with the applicable national S & H legislations, NUS S & H policy, directives, and good practices.
  3. Communication
    MBI ensures that all S & H matters are communicated to all persons working under the control of the Institute with the intent that they are aware of their individual S & H obligations.
  4. Resources and continual improvement
    MBI maintains sufficient resources for the implementation of its S & H management system. This S & H management system will be subjected to periodic review for continual improvement of its management and performance.
  5. Foster a positive and holistic safety and health culture
    MBI is committed to building a positive S & H culture. By adopting a Total Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) approach, MBI integrates safety and health considerations—physical, mental, and social— ensuring a supportive and healthy working environment for everyone at the Institute.

Safety Coordinator

LIANG Mui Yee, Rosa Cynthia

Facility Manager, Laboratories Manager

mbiwetlab@nus.edu.sg

Request acccount/Get help

MBI researchers can request access to the system by emailing your name, lab and position information to MBI’s Wet Lab Core at mbiwetlab@nus.edu.sg. New accounts are issued by request only.

MBI OpenFreezer Online Repository (available to MBI researchers on the MBI network only).