Edinburgh: Theoretical fusion of our projects

We collaborated with the Edinburgh iGEM team. As they focus on metabolic wiring and we search for orthogonal ways for cells to communicate, it seemed natural to combine our two projects, at least on the modeling level. You can find the fusion of our models here.

Aalto Helsinki: Low Budget PCR of Colombia iGEM team

The Colombia iGEM team organized a challenge to find out low budget protocols. They see the importance of this challenge to make molecular biology processes more cost-efficient and make them available worldwide. They suggest the following three processes which can be modified totally or partially

1. DNA Extraction
2. Transformation
3. PCR

We participated in this challenge, with the Aalto-Helsinki iGEM team to find a PCR method not needing a thermocycler. Watch the video for a more detailed description of the process and check the pdf document for results cost-wise and in terms of experiments.

We received a sticker for participating in this challenge.

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Virginia: Survey filling

We helped Virginia team with gathering answers for their survey and earned this funny badge.