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<p>This is a prize for the team that has developed a synbio product to solve a real world problem in the most elegant way. The students will have considered how well the product addresses the problem versus other potential solutions, how the product integrates or disrupts other products and processes, and how its lifecycle can more broadly impact our lives and environments in positive and negative ways. | <p>This is a prize for the team that has developed a synbio product to solve a real world problem in the most elegant way. The students will have considered how well the product addresses the problem versus other potential solutions, how the product integrates or disrupts other products and processes, and how its lifecycle can more broadly impact our lives and environments in positive and negative ways. | ||
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Revision as of 17:49, 12 October 2018
A P P L I E D _ D E S I G N
Applied Design
Transformations are routinely conducted by scientists across the world for numerous purposes, with an increased prevalence in synthetic biology. While chemical means are often used for transformations, electroporation has emerged as a significant technological advance yielding higher transformation efficiencies and faster protocols. Significant barriers to its incorporation in research persist due to the expense of electroporators, their need for access to electricity, and portability of the equipment. The ElectroPen (USPTO No. 62/743,276), a portable 20-cent electroporator, is able to produce similar transformation efficiencies to a standard commercial electroporator without requiring electricity at a fraction of the weight. Using the principles of piezoelectricity and parts from a butane lighter, Lambert iGEM developed a new revolutionary device that is easily accessible and globally affordable, experimentally demonstrated through a collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Georgia. The ElectroPen offers a new advance in frugal science.
Best Applied Design Special Prize
This is a prize for the team that has developed a synbio product to solve a real world problem in the most elegant way. The students will have considered how well the product addresses the problem versus other potential solutions, how the product integrates or disrupts other products and processes, and how its lifecycle can more broadly impact our lives and environments in positive and negative ways.
Inspiration
Take a look at what some teams accomplished for this prize.