Team:UMaryland/Demonstrate
Demonstrate
Gold Medal Criterion #4
PcaU was tested and shown to be capable of distinguishing single micromolar differences in pure PCA concentration when inside BL21 DE3 E. coli. The sensor was also found to be functional in 5a cells, although not as sensitive. Further information and characterization of PCAU’s sensitivity to PCA is available on the part’s registry page.
Teams that can show their system working under real world conditions are usually good at impressing the judges in iGEM. To achieve gold medal criterion #4, convince the judges that your project works. There are many ways in which your project working could be demonstrated, so there is more than one way to meet this requirement. This gold medal criterion was introduced in 2016, so check our what 2016 teams did to achieve their gold medals!
Please see the 2018 Medals Page for more information.