Team:Carnegie Mellon/Achievements

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<li>Reached 531 students, ages 10-18, total of 243 hours and 32 teachers</li>
<li>Reached 531 students, ages 10-18, total of 243 hours and 32 teachers</li>
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<li>Designed synthetic biology kits for lending to middle school teachers through DNAzone <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/cnast/outreach-dnazone/</a></li>
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<li>Designed synthetic biology kits for lending to middle school teachers through <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/cnast/outreach-dnazone/">DNAzone</a></li>
<li>Tested kits for DNA Extraction and Creature Feature with students</li>
<li>Tested kits for DNA Extraction and Creature Feature with students</li>
<li>Children of CMU Faculty and Staff at <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/staff-council/news-archive/2013-2014-news/news-todsw-2014.html">Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day</a> (April 24)</li>
<li>Children of CMU Faculty and Staff at <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/staff-council/news-archive/2013-2014-news/news-todsw-2014.html">Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day</a> (April 24)</li>

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We accomplished many things this summer...

  • Formed and registered the team.
    • 3 engineers, 2 biologists, 1 business and 1 industrial design
    • 2 sophomores, 1 junior, and 4 seniors
    • 6 females and 1 male
  • Obtained a Summer Undergraduate Research Grant SURG
  • Submitted 35 parts to the Registry
    • Documented a new photosensitizers, estrogen sensor and a robust T7 RNA Polymerase reporter system
    • Validated a new photosensitizer and improved another
    • Improved the characterization of fluorescent proteins and a T7 RNA Polymerase reporter system


We collaborated extensively:



We spent lots of time with our community.