Difference between revisions of "Team:Vilnius-Lithuania"

Line 14: Line 14:
 
<li>
 
<li>
 
<div>
 
<div>
   <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:Vilnius-Lithuania" data-toggle="dropdown">Home</a>
+
   <a class="nav-link-o" href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:Vilnius-Lithuania">Home</a>
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
</li>
 
</li>
 
<li>
 
<li>
 
<div class="dropdown">
 
<div class="dropdown">
   <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Project
+
   <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle nav-link-o" data-toggle="dropdown">Project
 
   <span class="caret"></span></a>
 
   <span class="caret"></span></a>
 
   <ul class="dropdown-menu">
 
   <ul class="dropdown-menu">
Line 34: Line 34:
 
<li>
 
<li>
 
<div class="dropdown">
 
<div class="dropdown">
   <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Parts
+
   <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle nav-link-o" data-toggle="dropdown">Parts
 
   <span class="caret"></span></a>
 
   <span class="caret"></span></a>
 
   <ul class="dropdown-menu">
 
   <ul class="dropdown-menu">
Line 47: Line 47:
 
<li>
 
<li>
 
<div class="dropdown">
 
<div class="dropdown">
   <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Team
+
   <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle nav-link-o" data-toggle="dropdown">Team
 
   <span class="caret"></span></a>
 
   <span class="caret"></span></a>
 
   <ul class="dropdown-menu">
 
   <ul class="dropdown-menu">
Line 64: Line 64:
 
<li>
 
<li>
 
<div class="dropdown">
 
<div class="dropdown">
   <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Notebook
+
   <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle nav-link-o" data-toggle="dropdown">Notebook
 
   <span class="caret"></span></a>
 
   <span class="caret"></span></a>
 
   <ul class="dropdown-menu">
 
   <ul class="dropdown-menu">
Line 76: Line 76:
 
<li>
 
<li>
 
<div class="dropdown">
 
<div class="dropdown">
   <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">Human Practice
+
   <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle nav-link-o" data-toggle="dropdown">Human Practice
 
   <span class="caret"></span></a>
 
   <span class="caret"></span></a>
 
   <ul class="dropdown-menu">
 
   <ul class="dropdown-menu">
Line 90: Line 90:
 
<li>
 
<li>
 
<div>
 
<div>
   <a href="#">Interlab</a>
+
   <a class="nav-link-o" href="#">Interlab</a>
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
</li>
 
</li>

Revision as of 08:35, 18 September 2015

Controlling the lifetime of GMOs using ColiClock

We are Vilnius iGEM - the first team from Lithuania and the Baltic States. Our goal is to tackle one of the biggest problems of Synthetic Biology – the regulation of the spread of GMOs in the environment. The aim of the ColiClock project consists of creating a bacterium with an integrated “count-down timer” triggering a self-destruction mechanism. The idea would apply to cells that need to have a limited lifetime outside of a laboratory environment. The mechanism is achieved using the type I-F CRISPR-Cas system, controlled by LuxR and cI, that is navigated to important genes in the genomic DNA. In addition, we aim to present and discuss this globally relevant topic with Lithuanian industries, policy makers and the general public.

Sponsors