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| − | <h1>Aalto-Helsinki<br> | + | <h1>Duke University<br> |
| − | <small>Bioworks</small></h1> | + | <small>BioEngineering</small></h1> |
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| − | Figuring out how to combine business with science. | + | Where learning and experimenting go hand in hand |
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| − | <h2>Aalto-Helsinki Bioworks<br> | + | <h2>Duke iGEM<br> |
| − | <small>A Synthetic Biology Startup with a Three-Channel Gene Switch</small></h2> | + | <small>A Small Synthetic Biology Team Aiming for Gene Regulation</small></h2> |
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| − | We have engineered a three-channel switch that is controlled with the intensity of blue light. By utilizing the mechanisms of the lambda repressor, we are able to switch between the expressions of three different genes with a short delay. This kind of mechanism provides a nearly real-time control over genes, which could provide advantages in variety of industrial bioprocesses. | + | We created adorable bunnies to terrify our foes. |
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| − | Inspired by the principles of open source software, we introduce an Open Source business model implemented around our switch. We want to encourage future companies to create Open Source based solutions and to empower customers to participate in the product development. Open Source model’s transparency as well as lower degree of protection raises trust and continuity and benefits larger community. | + | Because we thought puppies were too cliché. |
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| − | We want to share our experiences and insights in biotech entrepreneurship and address the difficulties that students and newcomers may face in the early stages of building a synthetic biology startup. | + | The lords of the kingdom were getting too big for their britches. |
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| − | Our pitch video on August 6th, Summer of Startups Demo Day. | + | A handy video from the Oxford iGEM team. |
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| − | We are Aalto-Helsinki Bioworks, the first-ever Finnish iGEM Team and one of the four teams in the new Entrepreneurship Track. Our <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Team">team</a> consists of nine students from Aalto University and the University of Helsinki and we are combining our interdisciplinary forces to develop something new and fascinating. We want to put Finland on the map of synthetic biology and improve undergraduate research opportunities in our universities. | + | We are... |
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| − | We have <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Research">designed</a> a three-channel gene switch that would make it possible to control three user-defined genes with blue light intensity. We are using <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Research#yf1-title">YF1</a> as our light receptor protein and the signal is mediated to lambda repressor protein (CI) production via phosphorylation pathway. The concentration of the CI protein defines the gene that should be active at a time. The secret behind this function is our modified version of the <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Research#lambda-title">lambda repressor</a> mechanism. | + | We have designed a ... We are using... |
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| − | We constructed a mathematical <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Modeling">model</a> that simulates the interactions of the molecules and function of the gene switch we designed. This revealed interesting phenomena in the dynamics of our system which helps us to better understand the capabilities and limitations of the gene switch. We also made an <a href="http://igem-qsf.github.io/SimCircus/WebUI/">interactive simulation</a> available to everybody to best illustrate how our idea actually works. | + | We constructed a mathematical model... |
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| − | To control the amount of blue light on our cell cultures, we created the <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Research#ledrig-title">LED rig</a> device. This enabled us to perform diverse experiments in order to characterize our light response element. These <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Research#Results">results</a> show that our light response element is able to regulate the downstream gene expression precisely. In addition, the response time is in a ten-minute-scale, which enables constant and nearly real-time control over bacterial cultures. In addition, we hypothesize that this system is also applicable to bioreactors, which would enable higher level of control in industrial bioprocesses. However, our fully functional prototype is still under ongoing development. | + | The point is we need to write content about how our project works and what we have done in detail. |
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| − | We have developed an open approach to <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Business">biotech business</a> inspired by the business models for open source software. Following the Open Source philosophy, we will distribute open Aalto-Helsinki Bioworks technologies for free to everybody - as long as they share the improvements made on the technology. Therefore, we empower our users to participate in product development. Our <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Business#canvas-title">business model</a> is based on hardware and wide range of services offered to our customers. | + | We have developed a cheaper PCR Machine. |
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| − | During the summer we participated in Aalto Entrepreneurship Society’s <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Business#Sos">Summer of Startups 2014</a> incubator programme to learn the essential entrepreneurial skills, such as pitching, investor relations, customer-driven development and <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Business#pitch-title">explaining</a> the science for general audience. See our Demo Day video for details. | + | During the summer we participated in the Maryland Meetup. |
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| − | iGEM is an international experience and as the first Finnish team, we went to find advice and experience around the globe. We contributed to the iGEM community by building a <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Cooperation#Seekers">BioBrick Seeker</a> tool which makes it easy to find parts of your interest in the 2014 BioBrick distribution. This tool has been used by iGEM teams all over the world! We also did a lot of <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Cooperation#Interteam">cooperation</a>, including filling out surveys and having skype conversations and live meetings with current and previous iGEM teams from France, Colombia, Switzerland, USA and the Netherlands. We even made a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/icPgP3OOVOQ?rel=0">video</a> together with ETH Zürich team to Colombia team’s challenge. | + | iGEM is an international experience... |
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| − | We wanted to <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Outreach">raise awareness</a> about synthetic biology in Finland and also showcase researchers’ work to young people and undergraduate students. Therefore, we have been reaching out to general public, especially young people via <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Outreach#SoMe">social media</a>, including <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AaltoHelsinki">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/AaltoHelsinki">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEZliqjLu86CRpQlk57FfSw">Youtube</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaltohelsinki/">Flickr</a> and our own blog. We’ve shared stories, pictures, videos and experiences to our followers. In addition, we have been featured in radio interviews and articles on magazines and webzines. We also made a silly game: <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Flappycoli">Flappy Coli</a>. We have a public team webpage, <a href="http://2014.aaltohelsinki.com/">aaltohelsinki.com</a>, where you can find the latest stories of Aalto Helsinki also in the future. We lifted some of the highlights of this project on a <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Aalto-Helsinki/Journal#Timeline">timeline</a>: the story of Aalto-Helsinki Bioworks is there for you to see! | + | Perhaps a quick note about Outreach here. |
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