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<li>Formed and registered the <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/Bios">team</a>. <ul>
<li>Formed and registered the <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/Bios">team</a>. <ul>
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<li>Obtained a Summer Undergraduate Research Grant<a href="http://www.cmu.edu/uro/SURG/">  SURG</a></li></ul>
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<li>Obtained a Summer Undergraduate Research Grant<a href="http://www.cmu.edu/uro/SURG/">  (SURG)</a></li></ul>
<li>Submitted 35 parts to the Registry<ul>   
<li>Submitted 35 parts to the Registry<ul>   
<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>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>
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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><a href="http://www.pps.k12.pa.us/site/default.aspx?PageID=1">Pittsburgh Public School</a> Professional Development (August 20)</li>
<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>We met with water experts <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/cee/people/faculty/vanbriesen.html">Dr. Vanbriesen</a> (July 2)
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<li>Interviews with <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/Bios">experts</a></li>
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and <a href="http://www.cmu.edu/cee/people/faculty/gregory.html">Dr. Gregory</a> (July 17)</li>
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<li>We also worked on microfluidics chamber design, production and implementation</li></br>
<li>We also worked on microfluidics chamber design, production and implementation</li></br>
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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

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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • We also worked on microfluidics chamber design, production and implementation


  • Awareness