Register for iGEM, have a great summer, and attend the Giant Jamboree.
Registered!
Complete the Judging form.
We haven't got round to that yet, will submit it closer to the Jamboree.
Create and share a Description of the team's project using the iGEM wiki, and document the team's parts using the Registry of Standard Biological Parts.
You are reading this wiki now u muppet, of course we have a wiki
Present a poster and a talk at the iGEM Jamboree. See the 2015 poster guidelines for more information.
We haven't got round to that yet, will create it closer to the Jamboree.
Create a page on your team wiki with clear attribution of each aspect of your project. This page must clearly attribute work done by the students and distinguish it from work done by others, including host labs, advisors, instructors, sponsors, professional website designers, artists, and commercial services.
Done innit
Develop a working prototype of an open-source hardware tool that supports synthetic biologists working with BioBrick standard biological parts. Document your tool on the project page on your team wiki.
We already have a partially documented prototype of a brightfield microscope, planning to develop into a fluorescence microscope.
Silver medal requirements
Provide a demonstration of your hardware using a video tutorial that explains all the features of the hardware operation. Make the video available on your wiki. You must also send the video file to iGEM HQ (email hq [at] igem [dot] org).
We haven't got round to that yet, will create it closer to the Jamboree.
Document your device on your wiki with information and associated files sufficient for a future iGEM team to reproduce your work. You should include relevant design schematics, 3d print files (or other), software and a Bill of Materials (BOM).
We only have an initial prototype with limited documentation for now. The final design will be fuly open-source in hardware and software, and any team will be able to replicate it.
iGEM projects involve important questions beyond the bench, for example relating to (but not limited to) ethics, sustainability, social justice, safety, security, and intellectual property rights. We refer to these activities as Human Practices in iGEM. Demonstrate how your team has identified, investigated and addressed one or more of these issues in the context of your project. (See the Human Practices Hub for more information.)
Safety is an important aspect of our project which we have already documented in this wiki. Our project is aimed at making synthetic biology more accessible, by reducing the cost of fluorescence microscopy. This will make this tool available to labs in schools and developing countries, and increase the scope for this research.
Gold medal requirements
Either: (1) Expand on your silver medal Human Practices activity by demonstrating how you have integrated the investigated issues into the design and/or execution of your project. OR (2) Demonstrate an innovative Human Practices activity that relates to your project (this typically involves educational, public engagement, and/or public perception activities; see the Human Practices Hub for information and examples of innovative activities from previous teams).
We are very interested in doing outreach to secondary schools and explaining to them the purpose nad scope of our project, and synthetic biology more generally. As yet we haven't done this yet due to schools' summer vacation, but will reach out to schools at the start of the school year.
Help any other iGEM team utilize the hardware developed by your team. You must clearly show how your hardware was used and the results that were obtained. Results should take the form of a written report from the team testing the hardware and be posted on both team's wikis.
The iGFM team at the College of WIlliam and Mary are interested in using our hardware to characterise the fluorescence they obtain from the bacteria used in their project.
Select a previous iGEM Hardware project from any track and demonstrate how you have continued to work on the project by improving the functionality, ease of use, or documentation of another facet of the work/device.
We ain't doing that
Demonstrate your hardware at the iGEM Giant Jamboree. If your equipment is too large to transport, create an installation to demonstrate functionality. Note: you may not bring live biological materials to the Jamboree.
We're planning to carry a functional copy of our microscope to the Jamboree.
ABOUT US
We are a team of Cambridge undergraduates, competing in the Hardware track in iGEM 2015.
