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Team:Imperial College London/Summary
From 2009.igem.org
Summary
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Achievements
Here is a summary of the achievements of the Imperial College 2009 team:
- 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.
- Explored the current Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology, as well as those specific to our project.
- Helped the iGEM newcomers UCL by sending them a plate of Registry DNA kit plate from 2007.
- Took part in the Valencia ethics survey, and became the first team to win the Valencia Ethics gold medal.
- Explored the Manufacturing Considerations that we thought important to manufacture The E.ncapsulator as a viable product.
