Team:Carnegie Mellon/Achievements

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We accomplished many things this summer...

Formed and registered the team.
- Obtained a Summer Undergraduate Research Grant (SURG)
Submitted 35 parts to the Registry
- Documented new photosensitizers, an estrogen biosensor 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
Modeled our sensor and the influence of estrogen on a fish population

We collaborated extensively:

Participated in the iGEM Interlab Study
Worked with Pitt iGEM Team on modeling
Made a CMU iGEM Twitter
Had a really great iGEM Meetup (September 6)
Worked with Ivy Tech to improve the DNA Extraction Kit

We spent lots of time with our community.

Reached 531 students, ages 10-18, total of 243 hours and 32 teachers
Created Beyond the Bench[mark], an international iGEM initiative for improving scientific literacy
Designed synthetic biology kits for lending to middle school teachers through DNAzone
Tested SynBio kits for DNA Extraction and Creature Feature with students
Children of CMU Faculty and Staff at Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day (April 24)
Environmental Charter School Outreach (June 11)
SAMS (July 3)
TechBio and SysBio presentation with Pitt iGEM (July 11)
SRI presentation at CMU (July 11)
Science Scavenger Hunt (July 18)
Sciencepalooza (July 31)
Pittsburgh Public School Professional Development (August 20)
Interviews with experts
Considered ethics and policies
Investigated microfluidic chamber design, production and implementation

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                      <li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/Project_Description">Project Description</a></li>
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                      <li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/Superoxide">Superoxide Generator Improvement</a></li>
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-<p><b>Team </b></br>
+<p><b>We accomplished many things this summer... </b></br>
-Formed the team! 3 engineers, 2 biologists, 1 business and 1 industrial design, 2 sophomores, 1 junior, and 4 seniors, 6 females and 1 male</br>
+<ul "list-style-type:disc">
-Obtained a SURG grant [http://http://www.cmu.edu/uro/SURG/index.html#surg Carnegie Mellon SURG] </br>
+<li>Formed and registered the <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/Bios">team</a>. <ul>
-Modeling collaboration with Pitt team</br>
+<li>Obtained a Summer Undergraduate Research Grant<a href="http://www.cmu.edu/uro/SURG/">  (SURG)</a></li></ul>
-Made a CMU iGEM Twitter </br>
+<li>Submitted 35 parts to the Registry<ul>
-iGEM Meetup (September 6) </br></br>
+<li>Documented new <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/Superoxide">photosensitizers</a>, an estrogen <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/Sensor"> biosensor</a> and a robust T7 RNA Polymerase reporter system</li>
+<li>Validated a new photosensitizer and improved another</li>
+<li>Improved the characterization of <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/Protein">fluorescent proteins</a> and a T7 RNA Polymerase reporter system</li></ul>
+<li>Modeled our <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/SensorModel">sensor</a> and the influence of estrogen on a <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/Fish">fish</a> population</ul></br>
+<p><b>We collaborated extensively:</b></br>
+<ul "list-style-type:disc">
+<li>Participated in the iGEM <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/InterLab">Interlab</a> Study </li>
+<li>Worked with <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Pitt">Pitt iGEM</a> Team on modeling</li>
+<li>Made a <a href="https://twitter.com/cmuigem">CMU iGEM Twitter</a> </li>
+<li>Had a really great <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Meetups/September_Carnegie_Mellon">iGEM Meetup</a> (September 6) </li>
+<li>Worked with Ivy Tech to improve the DNA Extraction Kit</li></ul></br>
+<p><b>We spent lots of time with our community. </b></br>
+<ul "list-style-type:disc">
+<li>Reached 531 students, ages 10-18, total of 243 hours and 32 teachers</li>
+<li>Created Beyond the Bench[mark], an international iGEM initiative for improving scientific literacy
+<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 <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/SynBio">SynBio kits</a> 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><a href="http://www.environmentalcharterschool.org/">Environmental Charter School</a> Outreach (June 11)</li>
+<li><a href="http://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/diversity-sams">SAMS</a> (July 3)</li>
+<li><a href="http://www.tecbioreu.pitt.edu/">TechBio</a> and SysBio presentation with Pitt iGEM (July 11)</li>
+<li><a href="http://www.cmu.edu/bio/hhmi/sri/">SRI</a> presentation at CMU (July 11)</li>
+<li>Science Scavenger Hunt (July 18)</li>
+<li><a href="http://www.pittscienceoutreach.com/content/sciencepalooza-2014">Sciencepalooza</a> (July 31)</li>
+<li><a href="http://www.pps.k12.pa.us/site/default.aspx?PageID=1">Pittsburgh Public School</a> Professional Development (August 20)</li>
+<li>Interviews with <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/Experts">experts</a></li>
+<li>Considered <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/Ethics">ethics</a> and <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/Policies">policies</a></li>
+<li>Investigated microfluidic chamber design, production and implementation</li></br>
+</br>
-<b>Biology and Engineering </b> </br>
-Submitted X parts to the Registry</br>
-Participated in the iGEM Interlab Study</br>
-Evaluated signal/noise of blue, green, yellow, orange and red fluorescent proteins in two bacterial strains</br>
-Killer Red Improvements, codon optimized and monomeric</br>
-Constructed an improved LED photobleaching device</br>
-Designed, cloned and tested an intein based biosensor for detecting estrogenic activity</br>
-Microfluidics chamber design, production and implementation</br>
-Meeting with Dr. Vanbriesen (July 2)</br>
-Meeting with Dr. Gregory (July 17)</br></br>
-<b>Synthetic Biology Outreach</b></br>
-Reached X students, ages X-X, total of XX hours and XX teachers</br>
-Kits for DNA Extraction and Creature Feature</br>
-Designed synthetic biology kits for lending to middle school teachers</br>
-Tested the kits with students</br>
-CMU Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day (April 24)</br>
-Environmental Charter School Outreach (June 11)</br>
-SAMS (July 3)</br>
-Sciencepalooza (July 31)</br>
-Science Scavenger Hunt (July 18)</br>
-Pittsburgh Public School Professional Development (August 20)</br></br>
-<b>Awareness</b></br>
-TechBio and SysBio presentation with Pitt iGEM (July 11)</br>
-SRI presentation at CMU (July 11)</br>
-Science Scavenger Hunt (July 18)</br>
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