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<h1 id="collaborations">Collaborations</h1> | <h1 id="collaborations">Collaborations</h1> | ||
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| + | <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2018/7/73/T--Virginia--2018_Postcard_Front.png" alt="PostcardExchange"> | ||
| + | <figcaption> We designed a postcard with a word cloud generated from the most frequently used words in all 2018 project descriptions in the shape of the Rotunda. </figcaption> | ||
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| + | <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2018/d/d0/T--Virginia--2018_Postcards.jpg" alt="PostcardExchange"> | ||
| + | <figcaption> All the postcards we received from other teams! </figcaption> | ||
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<h2 id="postcard-exchange">Postcard Exchange</h2> | <h2 id="postcard-exchange">Postcard Exchange</h2> | ||
<p>This year, <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:Duesseldorf">Team Düesseldorf</a> held a postcard exchange event for iGEM teams in order to promote synthetic biology within various communities. Each iGEM team that participated designed a different postcard and exchanged their postcard with other participating teams so that every team could receive postcards from all over the world. </p> | <p>This year, <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:Duesseldorf">Team Düesseldorf</a> held a postcard exchange event for iGEM teams in order to promote synthetic biology within various communities. Each iGEM team that participated designed a different postcard and exchanged their postcard with other participating teams so that every team could receive postcards from all over the world. </p> | ||
| − | <p>This year, we participated in the event and exchanged postcards with 50 other participating schools! The word cloud on our postcard was generated from the most frequency used words in all 2018 iGEM project | + | <p>This year, we participated in the event and exchanged postcards with 50 other participating schools! The word cloud on our postcard was generated from the most frequency used words using our <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:Virginia/Wiki">web scraper</a> in all 2018 iGEM project descriptions in the shape of the University of Virginia Rotunda, the icon of our university.</p> |
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| + | <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2018/1/1b/T--Virginia--2018_MAM.jpg" alt="PostcardExchange"> | ||
| + | <figcaption> The team posing with our PI, Professor Kozminski. </figcaption> | ||
| + | </figure> | ||
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<h2 id="mid-atlantic-meetup">Mid-Atlantic Meetup</h2> | <h2 id="mid-atlantic-meetup">Mid-Atlantic Meetup</h2> | ||
| − | <p>We participated in the <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:UMaryland/meetup">Mid-Atlantic Meetup</a> hosted by the University of Maryland iGEM team! We had the opportunity to listen to other teams talk about their project, get feedback about our own project, and start collaborations.</p> | + | <p>We participated in the <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:UMaryland/meetup">Mid-Atlantic Meetup</a> hosted by the University of Maryland iGEM team! We had the opportunity to listen to other teams talk about their project, get feedback about our own project, and start collaborations. </p> |
| − | < | + | <p>We also created a video introducing quorum sensing to the general public. Watch it here! </p> |
| + | <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pey6xpLU2y4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe> | ||
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<h2 id="richard-montgomery-high-school-rmhs-">Richard Montgomery High School (RMHS)</h2> | <h2 id="richard-montgomery-high-school-rmhs-">Richard Montgomery High School (RMHS)</h2> | ||
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| + | <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2018/4/4e/T--Virginia--2018_MAM1.jpg" alt="PostcardExchange"> | ||
| + | <figcaption>We are extremely excited to be closely collaborating with the iGEM team from Richard Montgomery High School whose project also focuses on quorum sensing! </figcaption> | ||
| + | </figure> | ||
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<p>We were fortunate enough to collaborate and mentor <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:RMHS_Maryland">RMHS</a>, a high school team who is also working with quorum sensing. Since they are in close collaboration with the University of Maryland, they were able to give us PCT6, which is an integral part of our project. As mentors, we helped RMHS with various aspects of their project, including helping edit their wiki, develop wetlab techniques, design events for human practices, and build a model. </p> | <p>We were fortunate enough to collaborate and mentor <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:RMHS_Maryland">RMHS</a>, a high school team who is also working with quorum sensing. Since they are in close collaboration with the University of Maryland, they were able to give us PCT6, which is an integral part of our project. As mentors, we helped RMHS with various aspects of their project, including helping edit their wiki, develop wetlab techniques, design events for human practices, and build a model. </p> | ||
| − | <h2 id="wiki">Wiki</h2> | + | <h2 id="university-of-exeter-igem">University of Exeter iGEM</h2> |
| + | <p><a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:Exeter">Team Exeter</a> from University of Exeter, United Kingdom, is working on creating a bioreactor that can break down perchlorate this year. They were looking for water quality reports from US local councils or water purification plants for a water assay of the drinking water, specifically testing for perchlorate. </p> | ||
| + | <p>Levels of perchlorate that cause health risks are typically associated with areas containing sites involved in the manufacture, maintenance, use and disposal of ammunition and rocket fuel. Virginia is currently not required to test for perchlorate because we are not at the risk for this kind of contamination. We went through Virginia’s Department of Health, got in contact with many people, and got a report from Fairfax County when they measured the perchlorate level in drinking water back in 2013. </p> | ||
| + | <p>Besides providing the water quality report that contains the perchlorate level, we also did a perchlorate assay on our tap water. We compared tap water under the microscope with DI water as our negative control, and three different concentrations of sodium perchlorate solutions as the positive control. </p> | ||
| + | <h2 id="our-wiki-">Our Wiki!</h2> | ||
<p>See <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:Virginia/Wiki">Wiki</a> for more details.</p> | <p>See <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:Virginia/Wiki">Wiki</a> for more details.</p> | ||
| + | <h2 id="william-and-mary-igem">William and Mary iGEM</h2> | ||
| + | <p>We collaborated with iGEM at the <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:William_and_Mary">College of William and Mary</a> in two ways. First, we tested two protocols for W&M’s 3G assembly, which combines golden gate and gibson assembly. The William and Mary team sent us a kit containing most of the parts and reagents necessary for the completion of the protocols. We completed the protocols and gave feedback on the clarity and ease of completing each protocol. In addition, we provided fluorescence data for the cells that were transformed with the constructs, which helped to characterize and troubleshoot the system. </p> | ||
| + | <p>Next, we sent the William and Mary team each of our basic parts for them to adapt into their 3G system. Since our project was designed with modular testing in mind, having the parts on W&M’s system will allow future test to more easily reproduce our results, as well as have the building blocks to improve upon it further. </p> | ||
Revision as of 04:32, 10 October 2018
Contents
Collaborations
<figure>
<img src="" alt="PostcardExchange"> <figcaption> We designed a postcard with a word cloud generated from the most frequently used words in all 2018 project descriptions in the shape of the Rotunda. </figcaption>
</figure>
<figure>
<img src="" alt="PostcardExchange"> <figcaption> All the postcards we received from other teams! </figcaption>
</figure>
Postcard Exchange
This year, <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:Duesseldorf">Team Düesseldorf</a> held a postcard exchange event for iGEM teams in order to promote synthetic biology within various communities. Each iGEM team that participated designed a different postcard and exchanged their postcard with other participating teams so that every team could receive postcards from all over the world.
This year, we participated in the event and exchanged postcards with 50 other participating schools! The word cloud on our postcard was generated from the most frequency used words using our <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:Virginia/Wiki">web scraper</a> in all 2018 iGEM project descriptions in the shape of the University of Virginia Rotunda, the icon of our university.
<figure>
<img src="" alt="PostcardExchange"> <figcaption> The team posing with our PI, Professor Kozminski. </figcaption>
</figure>
Mid-Atlantic Meetup
We participated in the <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:UMaryland/meetup">Mid-Atlantic Meetup</a> hosted by the University of Maryland iGEM team! We had the opportunity to listen to other teams talk about their project, get feedback about our own project, and start collaborations.
We also created a video introducing quorum sensing to the general public. Watch it here!
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pey6xpLU2y4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Richard Montgomery High School (RMHS)
<figure>
<img src="" alt="PostcardExchange"> <figcaption>We are extremely excited to be closely collaborating with the iGEM team from Richard Montgomery High School whose project also focuses on quorum sensing! </figcaption>
</figure>
We were fortunate enough to collaborate and mentor <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:RMHS_Maryland">RMHS</a>, a high school team who is also working with quorum sensing. Since they are in close collaboration with the University of Maryland, they were able to give us PCT6, which is an integral part of our project. As mentors, we helped RMHS with various aspects of their project, including helping edit their wiki, develop wetlab techniques, design events for human practices, and build a model.
University of Exeter iGEM
<a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:Exeter">Team Exeter</a> from University of Exeter, United Kingdom, is working on creating a bioreactor that can break down perchlorate this year. They were looking for water quality reports from US local councils or water purification plants for a water assay of the drinking water, specifically testing for perchlorate.
Levels of perchlorate that cause health risks are typically associated with areas containing sites involved in the manufacture, maintenance, use and disposal of ammunition and rocket fuel. Virginia is currently not required to test for perchlorate because we are not at the risk for this kind of contamination. We went through Virginia’s Department of Health, got in contact with many people, and got a report from Fairfax County when they measured the perchlorate level in drinking water back in 2013.
Besides providing the water quality report that contains the perchlorate level, we also did a perchlorate assay on our tap water. We compared tap water under the microscope with DI water as our negative control, and three different concentrations of sodium perchlorate solutions as the positive control.
Our Wiki!
See <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:Virginia/Wiki">Wiki</a> for more details.
William and Mary iGEM
We collaborated with iGEM at the <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:William_and_Mary">College of William and Mary</a> in two ways. First, we tested two protocols for W&M’s 3G assembly, which combines golden gate and gibson assembly. The William and Mary team sent us a kit containing most of the parts and reagents necessary for the completion of the protocols. We completed the protocols and gave feedback on the clarity and ease of completing each protocol. In addition, we provided fluorescence data for the cells that were transformed with the constructs, which helped to characterize and troubleshoot the system.
Next, we sent the William and Mary team each of our basic parts for them to adapt into their 3G system. Since our project was designed with modular testing in mind, having the parts on W&M’s system will allow future test to more easily reproduce our results, as well as have the building blocks to improve upon it further.