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<h4>Brixells: Achieving Spatial Organisation of Cells</h4>
 
<h4>Brixells: Achieving Spatial Organisation of Cells</h4>
 
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<br><br><br><h5>Our aim is to develop a technique which allows precision control over the positioning of cells in space. </h5>
  
<br><br><p>Our aim is to develop a technique which allows precision control over the positioning of cells in space.
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<p><br>Our goal can be broken down into two main steps:
 
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<br>Our goal can be broken down into two main steps:
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<li>  1. Developing a method that enables cells to bind to a specific area. </li>  
 
<li>  1. Developing a method that enables cells to bind to a specific area. </li>  
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<br>By using immunofluorescence microscopy we were able to test the 2 main steps to achieving our goal. We looked at whether our anchor proteins were being expressed, as well as the binding between our zinc fingers and their unique binding domains.   
 
<br>By using immunofluorescence microscopy we were able to test the 2 main steps to achieving our goal. We looked at whether our anchor proteins were being expressed, as well as the binding between our zinc fingers and their unique binding domains.   
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<h5>Accomplishments:</h5>
  
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<li> Presenting at the iGEM Giant Jamboree (Boston) 2015.</li>
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<li> Presenting at the Westminster iGEM meetup. </li>
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<li> Submitting 6 new parts to the <a href= "https://2015.igem.org/Team:Warwick/Parts">registry</a>.</li>
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<li> Running sessions in schools to teach the students about synthetic biology.</li>
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<li> Educating the general public about synthetic biology.</li>
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<li> <a href= "https://2015.igem.org/Team:Warwick/Collaborations">Collaborating</a> with various iGEM teams. </li>
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<li> Hosting 6 interns. </li>
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<li> Discussing our idea with professionals in<a href= "https://2015.igem.org/Team:Warwick/Modelling3"> 3D printing</a>.</li>
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<li> Conducting a survey to gauge public opinion of synthetic biology.</li>
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<li> Speaking to various researchers about how our idea could be used in their field in the <a href= "<a href= "https://2015.igem.org/Team:Warwick/PracticesFuture">future</a>.</li>
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<li> Improving the <a href= "https://2015.igem.org/Team:Warwick/Description">characterisation</a> of part JO4450 in the registry.</li>
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<li> Successfully campaigning for and receiving £34,550 in funding.  </li>
  
 
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