Team:Sheffield/Improve

improve

Improve a Previous Project

Our project is an improvement of the 2017 Sheffield iGEM project called BrightBiotics. The specifics of these improvements are as follows:

1. Point1
   The 2017 Sheffield iGEM microplate reader employs 96 sensors and 96 detectors all wired up. The 2017 team, only managed to make a few rows functional and accurate. In addition, rebuilding this was not straightforward.


2. Improvement1
   Our microplate reader, uses a single LED sensor and a single photodiode detector which are moved around by a motor, thus making the wiring much simpler to replicate. It also eliminates the need to standardise 96 different readings.


3. Point2
   No further space for addition of extra features.


4. Improvement2
   Our device is modular, and its parts can be removed and replaced with alterations. For instance, the 96-well plate platform can be replaced with a revised version that has a shaking mechanism attached.
   For more details, please visit: https://2019.igem.org/Team:Sheffield/Hardware.


5. Point3
   BrightBiotics would send the readings to an online database called ThinkSpeak, where you could download the values from. There is no interaction with the user. It only operates in an on/off fashion.


6. Improvement3
   Openlux has its own software that provides the user with a platform to interact with the machine. The user can select wells, create programs, save the data from any device that has a browser.