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Revision as of 17:46, 3 June 2010


 

Project

The tasks of the team are roughly be divided into two groups. One group will deal mainly with the aspects related to the modeling and design of the synthetic system. A second group of students will mainly carry out the wet lab work.

Also the ethical and safety issues posed by synthetic biology will be considered. The synthesis of a DNA strand representing a set of genes arbitrarily chosen by the designer, and its insertion in a living cell will, in general, provide the host cell, with new emerging properties that were not present in the original organisms. This poses several challenges in terms of safety and ethics that need to be addressed within the project.

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Planning

The project can be divided into three phases:

  1. Brainstorming phase
    The team members get to know each other, get a working knowledge of each other’s topic and start generating ideas.
  2. Design phase
    The students define the biological design which they want to carry out, together with the project specifications.
  3. Production phase
    The (wet-lab) realization of the system and the evaluation of its performance.
During the brainstorming phase, the involvement of the students will be part-time. There are weekly meeting to exchange ideas and discuss proposals. For the remaining 6 months covered by the actual project (May-October), the involvement of the team is full time.