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| − | + | <li>Competition deliverables | |
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| − | + | We successfully took part in the competition and the Giant Jamboree by creating our wiki, designing | |
| − | + | our | |
| − | + | poster, holding our presentation and delivering our judging form. | |
| − | + | <li>Attributions | |
| − | + | </li> | |
| − | + | <li style="margin-left: 30px"> | |
| − | + | Created a clear overview for all our attributions. | |
| − | + | <li>Project inspiration and description | |
| − | + | </li> | |
| − | + | <li style="margin-left: 30px"> | |
| − | + | We gave a deep insight into our project inspiration and into the project itself by writing our | |
| − | + | descriptions for the different projects. | |
| − | + | <li>Contribution/Characterization | |
| − | + | </li> | |
| − | + | <li style="margin-left: 30px"> | |
| − | + | We expanded the Marburg Collection by 55 parts and were able to characterize and compare them with a | |
| − | + | second measurement method: FACS. | |
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| − | + | <li style="margin-left: 30px"> | |
| − | + | Added two new features for genetic engineering of cyanobacteria. | |
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| − | + | <li style="margin-left: 60px"> | |
| − | + | CRIPSR/Cas12a knock out system. | |
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| − | + | M.E.G.A. expansion for the knock in of genes. | |
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| − | + | <li style="margin-left: 60px"> | |
| − | + | Designing two novel integration sites based on RNA-seq data. | |
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| − | + | Created the first MoClo compatible shuttle vector for cyanobacteria. | |
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| − | + | <li style="margin-left: 90px"> | |
| − | + | Used it to build standardized devices for characterization of BioBricks in cyanobacterial chassis. | |
| − | + | (Containing Spaceholders) | |
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| − | + | <li style="margin-left: 30px"> | |
| − | + | Implemented luminescence reporters for measurement of cyanobacteria. | |
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| − | + | Higher accuracy because of the reduced background noise. | |
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<hr> | <hr> | ||
<h2 class="subtitle">Silver</h2> | <h2 class="subtitle">Silver</h2> | ||
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| − | + | <li>Validated parts | |
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| − | + | <li style="margin-left: 30px"> | |
| − | + | Successfully built and validated our new spaceholder parts. | |
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| − | + | <li style="margin-left: 60px"> | |
| − | + | Reducing costs and workload significantly. | |
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| − | + | <li style="margin-left: 60px"> | |
| − | + | Calculated the amount of work required to assemble a promotor library with 20 parts (link to results | |
| − | + | table) compared to the same workload without our spaceholders. | |
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| − | + | Validated it by using it in our large scale assemblies. | |
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| − | + | <li>Collaboration | |
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| − | + | Created the colony pictures collaboration. | |
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| − | + | Asking other teams for pictures of their colony plates to get data to feed our AI with (link collab | |
| − | + | and | |
| − | + | AI) | |
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| − | + | <li style="margin-left: 30px"> | |
| − | + | We expanded the Marburg Collection by 55 parts and were able to characterize and compare them with a | |
| − | + | second measurement method: FACS. | |
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| − | + | Golden Gate Collaboration | |
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| − | + | Held a webinar to explain the Golden Gate Cloning to other teams and helped them by using a | |
| − | + | Slack-Channel for further questions. | |
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| − | + | Interlab | |
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| − | + | Investigated the differences of the same test done in different labs. | |
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| − | + | Smaller collaborations | |
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| − | + | <li style="margin-left: 60px"> | |
| − | + | Further we took part in different smaller collaborations and meet ups (Bonn, Düsseldorf, Erlangen, | |
| − | + | Biohackaton LINKS). | |
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| − | + | <li>Human Practices</li> | |
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| − | + | Since a large part of the population is not aware of green genetic engineering and often has distorted | |
| − | + | opinions, we have tried to provide more information and insights into this topic by visiting the plant | |
| − | + | market and organizing a panel discussion. | |
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| − | + | <li style="margin-left: 30px"> | |
| − | + | Further we talked to politicians to see their views and concerns on this topic. | |
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Revision as of 19:54, 13 December 2019
A C H I E V E M E N T S
“If you do nothing there will be no resultsGreat things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” -Vincent van Gogh
Bronze
- Competition deliverables
- We successfully took part in the competition and the Giant Jamboree by creating our wiki, designing our poster, holding our presentation and delivering our judging form.
- Attributions
- Created a clear overview for all our attributions.
- Project inspiration and description
- We gave a deep insight into our project inspiration and into the project itself by writing our descriptions for the different projects.
- Contribution/Characterization
- We expanded the Marburg Collection by 55 parts and were able to characterize and compare them with a second measurement method: FACS.
- Added two new features for genetic engineering of cyanobacteria.
- CRIPSR/Cas12a knock out system.
- M.E.G.A. expansion for the knock in of genes.
- Designing two novel integration sites based on RNA-seq data.
- Created the first MoClo compatible shuttle vector for cyanobacteria.
- Used it to build standardized devices for characterization of BioBricks in cyanobacterial chassis. (Containing Spaceholders)
- Implemented luminescence reporters for measurement of cyanobacteria.
- Higher accuracy because of the reduced background noise.
Silver
- Validated parts
- Successfully built and validated our new spaceholder parts.
- Reducing costs and workload significantly.
- Calculated the amount of work required to assemble a promotor library with 20 parts (link to results table) compared to the same workload without our spaceholders.
- Validated it by using it in our large scale assemblies.
- Collaboration
- Created the colony pictures collaboration.
- Asking other teams for pictures of their colony plates to get data to feed our AI with (link collab and AI)
- We expanded the Marburg Collection by 55 parts and were able to characterize and compare them with a second measurement method: FACS.
- Golden Gate Collaboration
- Held a webinar to explain the Golden Gate Cloning to other teams and helped them by using a Slack-Channel for further questions.
- Interlab
- Investigated the differences of the same test done in different labs.
- Smaller collaborations
- Further we took part in different smaller collaborations and meet ups (Bonn, Düsseldorf, Erlangen, Biohackaton LINKS).
- Human Practices
- Since a large part of the population is not aware of green genetic engineering and often has distorted opinions, we have tried to provide more information and insights into this topic by visiting the plant market and organizing a panel discussion.
- Further we talked to politicians to see their views and concerns on this topic.
Gold
- Integrated Human Practices
- during our igem year we were able to establish many interesting contacts with companies and scientists. For many experts in the field of cyanobacteria, the standardization of cultivation conditions was a major factor, which is why we decided to take a closer look at it. during our igem year we were able to establish many interesting contacts with companies and scientists. For many experts in the field of cyanobacteria, the standardization of cultivation conditions was a major factor, which is why we decided to take a closer look at it.
- Cooperation with promega to automate the plasmid purification with their kit with the opentron.
- Opentrons (Kristin Ellis), Keoni Gandall and Doulix took part in our biggest cooperation while we worked on making the Opentrons OT-2 pick single colonies by adding a camera and a raspberry pi to its arm and training a A.I. with colony pictures.
- Improve a previous part or project
- ???
- Model your project
- Light model? growth curve model?
- Demonstration of your work
- ??? Testing growth curve model?
This year we expanded the Marburg Collection from 2018 with 55 new parts to the Marburg Collection 2.0. With
our
developed workflow we could characterize our parts and compare them with a second measurement method: FACs. We
added two new features for genome engineering of cyanobacteria: a CRISPR/cpf1 guided knockout system as well
as
a modularized assembly of repair templates for the knock in of genes (M.E.G.A. expansion). This includes
integration sites that target conventional neutral sites in cyanobacteria but we also rationally designed two
novel integration sites based on RNA-seq data. Additionally we offer the first MoClo compatible shuttle vector
for cyanobacteria and characterized gene
expression
based on that origin of replication. We used our new shuttle vector to build standardized devices for the
characterization of BioBricks in cyanobacterial chassis to improve the reproducibility of results and to
simplify large scale assemblies. For this we used placeholders, a novel part type that aids in the
construction
of a larger set of parts by reducing the involved cost and workload significantly. Additionally we tested our
toolbox with PCC 7942 to show that the Marburg Collection 2.0 is also working with similar cyanobacterias. We
offer free access to the data of our characterization, enabling the iGEM community and scientists to choose
the
parts based on this data. To improve the measurement method applicable for cyanobacteria we focused on
measurements via luminescence reporters over fluorescence reporters, because of the fact that cyanobacteria
emmit autofluorescence. This way our results are way more accurate, because of the reduced background noise.
The
higher accuracy is obviously visible during the measurement of our parts, where we could see a difference of
5x105 between the background noise and the signal, which implements that already a small amount of
sample has a more intensive signal.
Hereby, we want to encourage the community of young scientists to work with the fastest phototrophic organism
Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973 because of its high relevance for biotechnological applications.