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<h2> Welcome to iGEM 2015! </h2>
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<p>Your team has been approved and you are ready to start the iGEM season! </p>
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<h4>Before you start: </h4>
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<h2 align="center"><font size="5" color="green"><b>Tackle Antibiotic Resistance</b></font></h2>
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<p>Hello! We're the iGEM 2015 team from IIT Madras, India. Welcome to our wiki page. We are trying to develop a system that can tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance. Read on to learn more!</p>
<p>On this page you can document your project, introduce your team members, document your progress and share your iGEM experience with the rest of the world! </p>  
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<p> <a href="https://2015.igem.org/wiki/index.php?title=Team:IIT_Madras&action=edit"> Click here to edit this page! </a></p>
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<p> Antimicrobial agents like antibiotics and other drugs have served us well for over 70 years. However, they have been used so widely and for so long that the microbes that were supposed to be killed by the antibiotics have adapted to them! Antimicrobial resistance is a serious issue today, and could grow to become even worse in the future. A WHO report in April 2014 states that:</p>
<p>See tips on how to edit your wiki on the <a href="https://2015.igem.org/TemplatesforTeams_Code_Documentation">Template Documentation</a> page.</p>  
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<p class="highlightBox">"this serious threat is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country. Antibiotic resistance—when bacteria change so antibiotics no longer work in people who need them to treat infections—is now a major threat to public health."</p>
  
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<p>Our iGEM project aims to tackle the emerging problem of antibiotic resistance by leveraging the power of evolution and natural selection under selective pressure, and synthetic biology.
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<li>Be clear about what you are doing and how you plan to do this.</li>
 
<li>You have a global audience! Consider the different backgrounds that your users come from.</li>
 
<li>Make sure information is easy to find; nothing should be more than 3 clicks away.  </li>
 
<li>Avoid using very small fonts and low contrast colors; information should be easy to read.  </li>
 
<li>Start documenting your project as early as possible; don’t leave anything to the last minute before the Wiki Freeze. For a complete list of deadlines visit the <a href="https://2015.igem.org/Calendar_of_Events">iGEM 2015 calendar</a> </li>
 
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<h4>Inspiration</h4>
 
<p> You can also view other team wikis for inspiration! Here are some examples:</p>
 
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<li> <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:SDU-Denmark/"> 2014 SDU Denmark </a> </li>
 
<li> <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki">2014 Aalto-Helsinki</a> </li>
 
<li> <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:LMU-Munich">2014 LMU-Munich</a> </li>
 
<li> <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Michigan"> 2014 Michigan</a></li>
 
<li> <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:ITESM-Guadalajara">2014 ITESM-Guadalajara </a></li>
 
<li> <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:SCU-China"> 2014 SCU-China </a></li>
 
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<h4> Uploading pictures and files </h4>
 
<p> You can upload your pictures and files to the iGEM 2015 server. Remember to keep all your pictures and files within your team's namespace or at least include your team's name in the file name. <br />
 
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<a href="https://2015.igem.org/Special:Upload">CLICK HERE TO UPLOAD FILES</a>
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Latest revision as of 22:58, 18 September 2015

Hello! We're the iGEM 2015 team from IIT Madras, India. Welcome to our wiki page. We are trying to develop a system that can tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance. Read on to learn more!


Antimicrobial agents like antibiotics and other drugs have served us well for over 70 years. However, they have been used so widely and for so long that the microbes that were supposed to be killed by the antibiotics have adapted to them! Antimicrobial resistance is a serious issue today, and could grow to become even worse in the future. A WHO report in April 2014 states that:

"this serious threat is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country. Antibiotic resistance—when bacteria change so antibiotics no longer work in people who need them to treat infections—is now a major threat to public health."

Our iGEM project aims to tackle the emerging problem of antibiotic resistance by leveraging the power of evolution and natural selection under selective pressure, and synthetic biology.




This xkcd comic depicts the "evolution" of bacteria as observed by a Biologist
like in the game Pokémon. Link to comic webpage

About Us

We are a team of undergraduates from the Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras in iGEM 2015

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Location

Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras Sardar Patel Road, Chennai
Pincode : 600036

Contact Us

Email: igemiitm2015@gmail.com
Tel: +04422574128