Team:British Columbia/Achievements

UBC iGEM 2015

 

Achievements

 
Bronze Silver Gold
UBC iGEM is excited to showcase their summer's work at the Giant Jamboree 2015 in Boston! Experimentally validated at least one new BioBrick Part/Device of our own design, and showed that it works as expected. Integrated the issues we investigated through policies and practices into the design of our project and further policy and practices events. We investigated questions beyond the bench through a continuous learning process, where we used feedback from stakeholders to conduct effective and relevant outreach events, and ultimately we were able to shift the focus of our project based on what we had learned and the questions ("beyond the bench") that we had answered.
Created a Team Wiki! Welcome, you're already on it! Submitted multiple new parts to the iGEM Parts Registry (different from submission for Bronze medal criteria). Improved the function / characterization of a previously existing BioBrick Part created by another team, and entered the information into the Registry.
Completed the Judging Form! Identified, investigated, and addressed issues related to sustainability and safety in the context of our Probeeotic and Colony Collapse Disorder. We consulted our stakeholders, carried out educational public engagement activities, and reached out to the media to have a wider reach on public perception. Created a functional prototype in the form of bees carrying our transformed bacteria. Experiments were conducted to determine their susceptibility to imidacloprid to replicate real-world conditions.
Created an attribution page for our team members, advisors, host labs, and sponsors on the wiki. Check it out here!
Check out all of the Biobrick parts we submitted into the iGEM Registry this year here!
We hope to see all of you at our poster presentation on Saturday, September 26th, at the Giant Jamboree 2015