Team:Carnegie Mellon/Achievements
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<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> | ||
<li>Validated a new photosensitizer and improved another</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> | + | <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 estrogen's influence on a <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/Fish">fish</a> population | + | <li>Modeled our <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/SensorModel">sensor</a> and estrogen's influence on a <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Carnegie_Mellon/Fish">fish</a> population</ul></br> |
<p><b>We collaborated extensively:</b></br> | <p><b>We collaborated extensively:</b></br> | ||
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Revision as of 01:34, 18 October 2014
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 estrogen's influence 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
- 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