Team:Harvard BioDesign
NAME OF PROJECT
Welcome to the Harvard BioDesign 2015 wiki!
The "official" place where flocculation happens and llamas are appreciated.
About our project
Our team is engineering E. coli to bind to colon cancer cells through the use of their type I pili, which are hair-like appendages
that have an adhesive domain. Naturally, the strains in E. coli that produce pili bind to alpha-D-mannose, which can cause urinary tract infections.
However, our team is altering a non-harmful strain to produce pili using a modified Fim gene in order to localize the bacteria as a tool. For treatment of cancer,
once the bacteria are localized on the cells, the next step is to make them
How to navigate our site
Here is an easy guide to finding information on our wiki site. On the top of every page you will see a flask. When you click on it, it will open up the main navigation menu. The top section includes links of the different sections on the current page. The lower links are to switch to a new page. You can see all the pages by looking at our site map listed below. You can also get a brief idea of what you'll find on each page by scrolling down.
Click Here to see our site map
See who participated on this year’s iGEM team.
Learn what we are all about. Here you can learn how we set up and conducted our research.
Find our major accomplishments here and where we plan to go with them.
View the parts we created.
The story of our hard work.
Outreach to our fellow iGEMers.
A guide to how to take research to the next level.
Safety is what really matters.
A shoutout to those who made us possible.
Contact
Feel free to email us if you have any questions! (Starting September 18th)