Question: in 2008 a graduate student died in laboratory while working with tbuli
Answer: Research assistant Sheharbano `` Sheri '' Sangji suffered severe burns from a fire that occurred on December 29 , 2008 when a plastic syringe she was using to transfer the pyrophoric reagent tert - butyllithium from one sealed container to another came apart , spilling the chemical , and igniting a fire .