Team:Carnegie Mellon/Achievements

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<li><a href="http://www.pittscienceoutreach.com/content/sciencepalooza-2014">Sciencepalooza</a> (July 31)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.pittscienceoutreach.com/content/sciencepalooza-2014">Sciencepalooza</a> (July 31)</li>
<li>Science Scavenger Hunt (July 18)</li>
<li>Science Scavenger Hunt (July 18)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.pps.k12.pa.us/site/default.aspx?PageID=1">Pittsburgh Public School</a> Professional Development (August 20)</li></br>
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<li><a href="http://www.pps.k12.pa.us/site/default.aspx?PageID=1">Pittsburgh Public School</a> Professional Development (August 20)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.tecbioreu.pitt.edu/">TechBio</a> and SysBio presentation with Pitt iGEM (July 11)</li></br>
<li><a href="http://www.tecbioreu.pitt.edu/">TechBio</a> and SysBio presentation with Pitt iGEM (July 11)</li></br>
<li><a href="http://www.cmu.edu/bio/hhmi/sri/">SRI</a> presentation at CMU (July 11)</li></br>
<li><a href="http://www.cmu.edu/bio/hhmi/sri/">SRI</a> presentation at CMU (July 11)</li></br>
<li>Science Scavenger Hunt (July 18)</li></br>
<li>Science Scavenger Hunt (July 18)</li></br>
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<li><a href="http://www.tecbioreu.pitt.edu/">TechBio</a> and SysBio presentation with Pitt iGEM (July 11)</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.cmu.edu/bio/hhmi/sri/">SRI</a> presentation at CMU (July 11)</li>
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<li>Science Scavenger Hunt (July 18)</li>
We also worked on microfluidics chamber design, production and implementation</br>
We also worked on microfluidics chamber design, production and implementation</br>
We met with <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/cee/people/faculty/vanbriesen.html">Dr. Vanbriesen</a> (July 2)
We met with <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/cee/people/faculty/vanbriesen.html">Dr. Vanbriesen</a> (July 2)
and <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/cee/people/faculty/gregory.html">Dr. Gregory</a> (July 17)</br></br>
and <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/cee/people/faculty/gregory.html">Dr. Gregory</a> (July 17)</br></br>
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CMU <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)</br>
 
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<a href="http://www.environmentalcharterschool.org/">Environmental Charter School</a> Outreach (June 11)</br>
 
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<a href="http://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/diversity-sams">SAMS</a> (July 3)</br>
 
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<a href="http://www.pittscienceoutreach.com/content/sciencepalooza-2014">Sciencepalooza</a> (July 31)</br>
 
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Science Scavenger Hunt (July 18)</br>
 
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<a href="http://www.pps.k12.pa.us/site/default.aspx?PageID=1">Pittsburgh Public School</a> Professional Development (August 20)</br></br>
 
<b>Awareness</b></br>
<b>Awareness</b></br>
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<a href="http://www.tecbioreu.pitt.edu/">TechBio</a> and SysBio presentation with Pitt iGEM (July 11)</br>
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<a href="http://www.cmu.edu/bio/hhmi/sri/">SRI</a> presentation at CMU (July 11)</br>
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Science Scavenger Hunt (July 18)</br>
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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.

  • Reached 531 students, ages 10-18, total of 243 hours and 32 teachers
  • Designed synthetic biology kits for lending to middle school teachers through DNAzone
  • Tested 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)
  • Sciencepalooza (July 31)
  • Science Scavenger Hunt (July 18)
  • Pittsburgh Public School Professional Development (August 20)
  • TechBio and SysBio presentation with Pitt iGEM (July 11)

  • SRI presentation at CMU (July 11)

  • Science Scavenger Hunt (July 18)

  • TechBio and SysBio presentation with Pitt iGEM (July 11)
  • SRI presentation at CMU (July 11)
  • Science Scavenger Hunt (July 18)
  • We also worked on microfluidics chamber design, production and implementation
    We met with Dr. Vanbriesen (July 2) and Dr. Gregory (July 17)

    Awareness