Judging

Bronze:

✔ 1. Team registration

Registered Teams

✔ 2. Complete Project Summary form

Our project is summarized on our wiki's front page and a preliminary description was sent to iGEM earlier in the summer.

✔ 3. Team Wiki

Berkeley's Wiki Home

✔ 4. Present a poster and a talk at the iGEM Jamboree

✔ 5. At least one new submitted and well-characterized standard BioBrick Part or Device or new application and outstanding documentation of a previously existing BioBrick part in the “Experience” section of that BioBrick’s Registry entry.

BBa_K641009: P_rffGH.rbs.ToxR-Nhe1.{gsgsgs}{LambdaRep}
BBa_K641008: {Pctx}{rbs.ffGFP}

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Silver (in addition to the Bronze requirements):

✔ 1. Demonstrate that at least one new BioBrick Part or Device of your own design and construction works as expected

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✔ 2. Characterize the operation of at least one new BioBrick Part or Device and enter this information in the “Main Page” section of that Part’s/Device’s Registry entry.

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Gold (in addition to the Bronze and Silver Medal requirements, any one or more of the following):

✔ 1. Improve an existing BioBrick Part or Device and enter this information in the Registry (in the “Experience” section of that BioBrick’s Registry entry).

With BBa_K641009, we are providing a functioning alternative to BBa_J07009 with characterization. The DNA in the Registry for the BBa_J07009 was inconsistent with the expected sequence, and no functional characterization was provided.

✔ 2. Help another iGEM team by, for example, characterizing a part, debugging a construct, or modeling or simulating their system

We worked closely with the Boston University/Wellesley Software team to evaluate and improve their Clotho software. Our team worked extensively with their latest build and dashboard, identifying bugs and making suggestions to improve the user experience. A list of our team's contributions to the BU/Wellesley effort can be found here.

☐​ 3. Outline and detail a new approach to an issue of Human Practice in synthetic biology as it relates to your project, such as safety, security, ethics, or ownership, sharing, and innovation.