Lab Cleaning and Organization
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Maintaining clean and organized wet-lab and optics-lab spaces protects samples,
reduces contamination risk, and helps the group find materials quickly. Shared
spaces should be left in a state that lets the next person start working without
cleanup or guesswork.

Weekly Lab Jobs
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Cleaning is performed on a weekly basis. The person or people responsible for
weekly lab jobs are typically announced in Slack or placed on the shared Outlook
calendar.

Weekly responsibilities
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- Restock public supplies such as pipettes, gloves, pipette tips, and paper towels.
- Clean the floor and empty sharps and biohazard waste according to institutional procedures.
- Replace the dust mat.
- Wipe the public bench in the optics lab.
- Keep the top of the toolbox clean and organized.

If an assigned job cannot be completed during the scheduled week, notify the lab
and arrange coverage.

Sample Organization
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Sample organization matters because it allows the lab to revisit tissues,
confirm results, and assess instrument performance without losing time to
reconstruction or relabeling.

- For long-running project samples, the person who imaged the sample is
  responsible for storing it correctly, labeling it clearly, and updating any
  shared tracking record.
- Collaboration samples should be dated and labeled with their source. Unless
  there is a clear reason to keep them longer, do not leave them in storage
  indefinitely after imaging is complete.
- Ongoing samples may be kept temporarily on the designated bench space, but
  that area is not a permanent storage location. Move samples to the correct
  storage location or dispose of them promptly when they are no longer active.