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Team:NYC Software
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NYC-iGEM software
Meet the awesomeness
Our iGEM squadron consists of students from the Dalton School, Hunter College, Columbia University, Yeshiva University, NYU-Poly, and Cornell University. Our advisers (and donated workspace) reside at Weill Cornell Medical College on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
What we're doing
Deinococcus Genome/ Transcriptome Sequencing
How can previously unresearched species inform us about radiation resistance? We are using whole genome and RNA-seq to analyze a genus' response to ionizing radiation.Registry/ Biobrick Tools
We also realize that there are unsolved problems on the software side of synthetic biology, so we are working with others to code tools to integrate into the Registry and are working on libraries to manipulate biobricks in general.Team Members and Affiliations
Daniel Packer - Hunter College
Jakub Cichon - NYU-Poly
Hannah Landes - The Dalton School
Bavir Kunar - Columbia University
Sung won Lim - Genspace NYC
Weill Cornell Medical College Advisors and Grad Students
Russell Durrett, Christopher Mason - Institute for Computational Biology
Alex Hansler, Steve Gross - Department of Pharmacology
We studied genes responsible for radiation resistance in Deinococcus and E. coli using whole genome analysis to compare frequencies of certain D.rad-related genes in experimental genomes.
The only way for the new field like synthetic biology to grow is to make it easier for new entrants. We contribute to the field by developing tools that ease biobrick project design and allow iGEMers to take to the wetlab more quickly.
Primer Design
