Team:Imperial College London/Achievements

=Achievements=

Here is a summary of the achievements of the Imperial College 2009 team. For more information about each achievement, please click on the relevant links below:

[[Image:ii09_brick.png | 50px]]BioBricks

 * Submitted 20 documented parts to the Registry.
 * Improved the characterisation of the BBa_K098995 thermosensitive promoter by successfully testing with GFP.
 * Submitted new coding regions for 2 enzymes, PAH and cellulase, as well as a pentapeptide, opiorphin.
 * Designed new BioBricks using those genes coding for encapsulation of the cell.
 * Functional BioBrick BBa_K200022 characterised, and results uploaded onto registry page.

[[Image:ii09_eng.PNG | 50px]]Engineering

 * Explored the Manufacturing Considerations that we thought important to manufacture The E.ncapsulator as a viable product.
 * Conceptualised a novel engineering technique of integrating our 3 modules.

[[Image:ii09_eth.PNG | 50px]]Ethics

 * Explored the current Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology, as well as those specific to our project.
 * Took part in the Valencia ethics survey, and became the first team to win the Valencia Ethics gold medal.
 * Investigated the safety implications of the project as a whole.

[[Image:ii09_tick.PNG | 40px]]Others

 * Helped the iGEM newcomers UCL by sending them a plate of Registry DNA kit plate from 2007.

These links may be useful to browse further through our results and achievements:   