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          <h1> The ideal medicine is not a perfect treatment - </h1>
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            <h1> The ideal medicine is not a perfect treatment - </h1>
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          <h1><b>It’s a cure.</b></h1>
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            <h1><b>It’s a cure.</b></h1>
       
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              Advancements in genetic modification have opened avenues towards numerous tracks of scientific  
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                        Advancements in genetic modification have opened avenues towards numerous tracks of scientific
                development. In particular,  
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                        development. In particular,
              the demand for permanent health solutions has sparked massive interest in gene therapy.
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                        the demand for permanent health solutions has sparked massive interest in gene therapy.
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                        Despite the potential for establishing an ideal medicine, there are still numerous challenges.
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                        The selection of an integration target site,
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                        methodology pertaining to gene
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                        delivery, and maintenance of gene expression currently limit the potential for gene therapy
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                        to become common practice.
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              Despite the potential for establishing an ideal medicine, there are still numerous challenges.
 
                  The selection of an integration target site,
 
                  methodology pertaining to gene
 
              delivery, and maintenance of gene expression currently limit the potential for gene therapy
 
              to become common practice.
 
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             <h1>But how do we overcome these problems?</h1>
 
             <h1>But how do we overcome these problems?</h1>
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             <h1 id="home-title">SNIP
 
             <h1 id="home-title">SNIP
                        <span style="color: #7ccfb8">EQUIP</span> FLIP</h1>
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                <span style="color: #7ccfb8">EQUIP</span> FLIP</h1>
         
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          <p style="text-align: middle font-size: 20px">The system that allows for the integration and maintenance of large-scale genetic  
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            <p style="text-align: middle font-size: 20px">The system that allows for the integration and maintenance of
            constructs in eukaryotic systems.</p>
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                large-scale genetic
             
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                constructs in eukaryotic systems.</p>
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                        University of Calgary’s Snip, Equip, Flip aims to overcome the aforementioned obstacles.
            University of Calgary’s Snip, Equip, Flip aims to overcome the aforementioned obstacles.  
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                        This system allows
                This system allows  
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                        for the creation of eukaryotic cell lines via stable integration and expression of exogenous
      for the creation of eukaryotic cell lines via stable integration and expression of exogenous genes.
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                        genes.
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            A simple and reliable method that can be used by experienced and entrant researchers  
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                        A simple and reliable method that can be used by experienced and entrant researchers
      alike that can lead to a vast array of scientific discoveries.    
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                        alike that can lead to a vast array of scientific discoveries.
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                        By complementing the specificity of targeting that CRISPR/Cas9 offers with the much larger
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                        integration
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                        capabilities of FLP recombinase and beta resolvase, gene integration into eukaryotic genomes
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                        becomes a
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                        simple process of Snip, Equip, Flip.
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                        The expression of integrated genes is then protected and maintained over time by adding
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                        chromatin modifying elements.
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              By complementing the specificity of targeting that CRISPR/Cas9 offers with the much larger integration
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              capabilities of FLP recombinase and beta resolvase, gene integration into eukaryotic genomes becomes a
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              simple process of Snip, Equip, Flip.
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              The expression of integrated genes is then protected and maintained over time by adding flanking
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            <h5> University of Calgary iGEM also introduced novel eukaryotic parts into the iGEM registry  
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                <h5> University of Calgary iGEM also introduced novel eukaryotic parts into the iGEM registry
              and successfully built a multi-cloning site. </h5>  
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                    and successfully built a multi-cloning site. </h5>
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<h5>The team has created the following to complement Snip, Equip, Flip and give back to the iGEM community:
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                <h5>The team has created the following to complement Snip, Equip, Flip and give back to the iGEM
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                Droplet microfluidic device designed for scalable gene transfer system.  
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                            Droplet microfluidic device designed for scalable gene transfer system.
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                SARA, a software tool built for iGEM participants. SARA helps iGEMers find past software projects  
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                            SARA, a software tool built for iGEM participants. SARA helps iGEMers find past software
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          <h3><a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:Calgary/Description">Learn
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Revision as of 21:38, 17 October 2018

Team:Calgary - 2018.igem.org

SNIP EQUIP FLIP

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The ideal medicine is not a perfect treatment -



It’s a cure.

Advancements in genetic modification have opened avenues towards numerous tracks of scientific development. In particular, the demand for permanent health solutions has sparked massive interest in gene therapy.

Despite the potential for establishing an ideal medicine, there are still numerous challenges. The selection of an integration target site, methodology pertaining to gene delivery, and maintenance of gene expression currently limit the potential for gene therapy to become common practice.

But how do we overcome these problems?



SNIP EQUIP FLIP

The system that allows for the integration and maintenance of large-scale genetic constructs in eukaryotic systems.


University of Calgary’s Snip, Equip, Flip aims to overcome the aforementioned obstacles. This system allows for the creation of eukaryotic cell lines via stable integration and expression of exogenous genes.

A simple and reliable method that can be used by experienced and entrant researchers alike that can lead to a vast array of scientific discoveries.

By complementing the specificity of targeting that CRISPR/Cas9 offers with the much larger integration capabilities of FLP recombinase and beta resolvase, gene integration into eukaryotic genomes becomes a simple process of Snip, Equip, Flip.

The expression of integrated genes is then protected and maintained over time by adding flanking chromatin modifying elements.

University of Calgary iGEM also introduced novel eukaryotic parts into the iGEM registry and successfully built a multi-cloning site.

The team has created the following to complement Snip, Equip, Flip and give back to the iGEM community:

Droplet microfluidic device designed for scalable gene transfer system.

SARA, a software tool built for iGEM participants. SARA helps iGEMers find past software projects for use in their own projects.

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