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<h2> PROJECT OVERVIEW </h2>
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<p> Crop spoilage wastes millions of pounds of fruits and vegetables every year, costing farmers billions in lost income collectively Current methods of preventing spoilage due to pests are often damaging to the environment, but farmers are left with no option to preserve crop yields. </p>
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<p> Lambert iGEM tackled this issue last year by dreaming up Chitinite, an inexpensive and bio-friendly alternative to current caustic and chemically intensive methods of chitosan production. This year we are continuing our project by further characterizing our CDA biobrick and expressing it in e.coli. Chitosan is toxic to e.coli, but by using a PelB tag to express CDA in the periplasm, we greatly reduce toxicity. This method facilitates cheap mass production of CDA. By making an eco-friendly fungicide accessible and cheap, Lambert iGEM hopes to protect the environment and help save the world.</p>
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<p> Our project also highlights the Foldscope, a paper microscope developed by the Stanford Prakash Lab. As a high school team, we struggled firsthand with the lack of resources and lab equipment that plagues many other high school iGEM teams. The foldscope is a cheap and effective microscope with a wide range of uses. By investigating applications of the Foldscope in a bioengineering context, we hope to allow more high school teams without funds for expensive lab equipment to pursue their passions in synthetic biology.</p>
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<h2> Welcome to iGEM 2015! </h2>
 
<h2> Welcome to iGEM 2015! </h2>
 
<p>Your team has been approved and you are ready to start the iGEM season! </p>
 
<p>Your team has been approved and you are ready to start the iGEM season! </p>

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PROJECT OVERVIEW

Crop spoilage wastes millions of pounds of fruits and vegetables every year, costing farmers billions in lost income collectively Current methods of preventing spoilage due to pests are often damaging to the environment, but farmers are left with no option to preserve crop yields.

Lambert iGEM tackled this issue last year by dreaming up Chitinite, an inexpensive and bio-friendly alternative to current caustic and chemically intensive methods of chitosan production. This year we are continuing our project by further characterizing our CDA biobrick and expressing it in e.coli. Chitosan is toxic to e.coli, but by using a PelB tag to express CDA in the periplasm, we greatly reduce toxicity. This method facilitates cheap mass production of CDA. By making an eco-friendly fungicide accessible and cheap, Lambert iGEM hopes to protect the environment and help save the world.

Our project also highlights the Foldscope, a paper microscope developed by the Stanford Prakash Lab. As a high school team, we struggled firsthand with the lack of resources and lab equipment that plagues many other high school iGEM teams. The foldscope is a cheap and effective microscope with a wide range of uses. By investigating applications of the Foldscope in a bioengineering context, we hope to allow more high school teams without funds for expensive lab equipment to pursue their passions in synthetic biology.

Welcome to iGEM 2015!

Your team has been approved and you are ready to start the iGEM season!

Before you start:

Please read the following pages:

Styling your wiki

You may style this page as you like or you can simply leave the style as it is. You can easily keep the styling and edit the content of these default wiki pages with your project information and completely fulfill the requirement to document your project.

While you may not win Best Wiki with this styling, your team is still eligible for all other awards. This default wiki meets the requirements, it improves navigability and ease of use for visitors, and you should not feel it is necessary to style beyond what has been provided.

Editing your wiki

On this page you can document your project, introduce your team members, document your progress and share your iGEM experience with the rest of the world!

Click here to edit this page!

See tips on how to edit your wiki on the Template Documentation page.

Templates

This year we have created templates for teams to use freely. More information on how to use and edit the templates can be found on the Template Documentation page.

Tips

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 how you plan to do this.
  • 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 2015 calendar
  • Have lots of fun!

Inspiration

You can also view other team wikis for inspiration! Here are some examples:

Uploading pictures and files

You can upload your pictures and files to the iGEM 2015 server. Remember to keep all your pictures and files within your team's namespace or at least include your team's name in the file name.
When you upload, set the "Destination Filename" to Team:YourOfficialTeamName/NameOfFile.jpg. (If you don't do this, someone else might upload a different file with the same "Destination Filename", and your file would be erased!)

CLICK HERE TO UPLOAD FILES