Following is documentation of the 2014 iGEM Competition judging criteria and how our team fulfilled the various medal requirements. We feel our team performed strongly in a number of areas, and we would like to share our accomplishments! Check them out:
We have produced a team wiki that documents our various project results and the processes we went through to obtain them.
Present at the iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition) Jamboree in late October of 2014.
Insuring that the description of our iGEM project has been attributed to the appropriate parties. Please see each project page's link, citation, and reference list.
Document the characterization of the biobrick on the parts registry page and submit part to registry. Both completed for radiation resistance gene uvsE.
Improve the function or characterization of an existing biobrick part or device.
Help any registered iGEM team by: characterizing a part, debugging a construct, modeling their system.
Describe an approach to address policy and practices, evaluate your approach, mention how it affects us. We've been working with the EPA to write regulations for synthetic biology in the air. Our project addresses policy and outlines best use practices for biological UAVs and environmental safety concerns with respect to synthetic biology that affect the application of synthetic biology across the country. Read more about our collaboration with the EPA to address the release of synthetic organisms into the environment and our evaluation of our own approach on our Human Practices page.