Team:Queens Canada/tour2
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<h3green> Our Summer Project</h3green><p> | <h3green> Our Summer Project</h3green><p> | ||
<regulartext> This summer we engineered the nematode worm <i> C. elegans </i> to build a bioremediation toolkit. </regulartext> <p> | <regulartext> This summer we engineered the nematode worm <i> C. elegans </i> to build a bioremediation toolkit. </regulartext> <p> | ||
- | <regulartext> To get a quick overview of our project, take a look of the video to the | + | <regulartext> To get a quick overview of our project, take a look of the video to the left where Adrian, Stephanie, Tony and Allister give a rundown of the summer objectives. <p></regulartext> |
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<h3green> Transgenic Chemotaxis </h3green> <p> | <h3green> Transgenic Chemotaxis </h3green> <p> | ||
- | <regulartext> | + | <regulartext> The principal goal of our project, modifying the worm's normal chemotaxis mechanism to increase it's affinity for toxic chemicals, was accomplished by creating genetic constructs that were then injected into <i> C. elegans </i> worms. </regulartext> <p> |
- | <regulartext> A breakdown of the findings can be found on the results page, while the video gallery offers a glimpse of our worms in action! </regulartext> | + | <regulartext> A breakdown of the findings can be found on the <span class="classgreent"><a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:Queens_Canada/Project/Results">results</a><span> page, while the video gallery offers a glimpse of our worms in action! </regulartext> |
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<h3green> Reporter System <p></h3green><p> | <h3green> Reporter System <p></h3green><p> | ||
- | <regulartext> | + | <regulartext> When targeting a pollutant, we researched an effective method to assess the concentration of chemical present. Our findings are outline <span class="classgreent"><a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:Queens_Canada/Side/Reporter">here</a><span>. </regulartext> <p> |
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+ | <regulartext> As a first step, we successfully engineered a worm to express a <span class="classgreent"><a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:Queens_Canada/Parts/Featured">cyan fluorescent protein</a><span> in a chemotaxis neuron! </regulartext> | ||
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<h3green> Biodegradation Mechanism <p></h3green><p> | <h3green> Biodegradation Mechanism <p></h3green><p> | ||
- | <regulartext> </regulartext> | + | <regulartext> A key component of the bioremediation toolkit is a <span class="classgreent"><a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:Queens_Canada/Side/Biodegradation">biodegradation mechanism</a><span>. We examined the pathway for breakdown of naphthalene and incorporated this into our design. </regulartext> <p> |
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+ | <regulartext> Find out more about a featured <span class="classgreent"><a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:Queens_Canada/Parts/Featured">biobrick coding for the nahD enzyme</a><span>. | ||
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<h3green> Use Our Parts <p></h3green><p> | <h3green> Use Our Parts <p></h3green><p> | ||
- | <regulartext> All of <span class="classgreent"><a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:Queens_Canada/Parts/Registry">our parts</a><span> are available to be used in your future synthetic biology project. We | + | <regulartext> All of <span class="classgreent"><a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:Queens_Canada/Parts/Registry">our parts</a><span> are available to be used in your future synthetic biology project. We submitted 10 modular and 16 composite constructs to the <span class="classgreent"><a href="http://partsregistry.org/">iGEM parts registry</a><span>. For future iGEM teams, we also included a few intermediate constructs to build from. </regulartext> <p> |
<regulartext> Take a look at our <span class="classgreent"><a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:Queens_Canada/Parts/Featured">featured parts </a><span>of 2011 and <span class="classgreent"><a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:Queens_Canada/Parts/Contributions">novel assembly method</a><span> for synthetic biologists. </regulartext> | <regulartext> Take a look at our <span class="classgreent"><a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:Queens_Canada/Parts/Featured">featured parts </a><span>of 2011 and <span class="classgreent"><a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:Queens_Canada/Parts/Contributions">novel assembly method</a><span> for synthetic biologists. </regulartext> |
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