Team:Alberta/Tour/achievements

Here are some key achievements from the summer. For more see the achievements page.

• We completed the gold star requirements for IGEM.
• We continued to develop the Biobytes assembly method developed by last year’s team.
• We successfully assemble an 8 byte long construct using our Biobytes 2.0 system.
• We created a model to further understand the efficiency of Biobytes 2.0.
• We sourced the tools, reagents and materials that would be required to make our kit almost entirely self contained and created a prototype of the Genomikon educational kit .
• We created a set of experiments designed to teach the student how to use the kit as well as various topics from the high school biology curriculum.
• We developed a software tool to accompany the lab kit.
• We researched and developed a business plan investigating the potential of bringing the Genomikon kit into high school classrooms.
• We tested the ability to multiplex Biobyte constructs into larger constructs.