WELCOME TO iGEM 2014!

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Project Description

Detection of allergens and toxins in food and water is a very important issue, which is difficult to solve, mainly because the detection must be done at very low concentrations. Our team is paving the path to a cheap and accessible solution to this issue by planning a bio-sensor system that can accurately identify a substance of interest at extremely low concentrations.

We are programming E.Coli bacteria to sense the presence of a specific substance and process the signal to produce a green light as well as signal to neighboring bacteria to follow suit, causing a chain reaction. This makes the green light visible to the naked eye, alerting the consumer of the presence of the substance.

Along the way, we plan to build (and make available to future iGEM teams), many useful sub-systems which will include: a Histidine Kinase two component signaling system (which will detect new materials), 6 different double-repression toggle switches (along with the proper characterization), a chemically synthesized photo-switching molecule (activated by the green light produced by the bacteria themselves) which can connect cells, creating a synthetic biofilm, and a method of constructing genetic sequences with Gibson addresses which will make the high-throughput construction of complex biobricks possible.

Requirements

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• Home
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There are a few wiki requirements teams must follow:

• All pages, images and files must be hosted on the 2014.igem.org server.
• All pages must be created under the team’s name space.
• As part of your documentation, keep the links from the menu to the left.
• Do not use flash in wiki code.
• The iGEM logo should be placed on the upper part of every page and should link to 2014.igem.org.

Visit the Wiki How To page for a complete list of requirements, tips and other useful information.

Tips

We are currently working on providing teams with some easy to use design templates.
In the meantime you can also view other team wikis for inspiration! Here are some very good examples

• 2013 SDU Denmark
• 2013 SYSU China
• 2013 Shenxhen BGIG ATCG
• 2013 Colombia Unianades
• 2013 Lethbridge

For a full wiki list, you can visit iGEM 2013 web sites and iGEM 2012 web sites lists.

This wiki will be your team’s first interaction with the rest of the world, so here are a few tips to help you get started:

• State your accomplishments! Tell people what you have achieved from the start.
• Be clear about what you are doing and what you plan to do.
• You have a global audience! Consider the different backgrounds that your users come from.
• Make sure information is easy to find; nothing should be more than 3 clicks away.
• Avoid using very small fonts and low contrast colors; information should be easy to read.
• Start documenting your project as early as possible; don’t leave anything to the last minute before the Wiki Freeze. For a complete list of deadlines visit the iGEM 2013 calendar
• Have lots of fun!