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Go Team Venture! Ryan Ogle, LMT	Patrick O'Neill	Baltimore US Team member 3.png (Robert's mugshot here) Robert Buck	Baltimore US Team member 4.png (Miles' mugshot here) Miles Pekala
Baltimore US Team member 5.png (Gary's mugshot here) Gary Cygiel	Baltimore US Team member 6.png (Steve's mugshot here) Steven Stowell	Baltimore US Team member 7.png (Duke's mugshot here) Duke Kessler	(Bernadette's mugshot here) Bernadette Gallagher
Baltimore US Team member 9.png (Tom's mugshot here) Tom Burkett - Lab Manager/Advisor & Contact Person	Baltimore US Team member 10.png (Lisa's mugshot here) Lisa Scheifele - Advisor	Baltimore US Team member 11.png (Liz's mugshot here ) Liz Goode - Advisor

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-Synthetic biology research requires more cost effective approaches toward reagents and hardware accessibility. We are developing low-cost alternatives to existing hardware and enzymes in an attempt to expand participation in biological research and development. Our project expands the accessibility of Taq Polymerase by engineering it in a form compatible with BioBrick assembly. This allows use of the over-expressed enzyme from a crude bacterial extract in a PCR reaction at a fraction of the cost of highly purified commercial enzyme. In addition, we have developed inexpensive and easily assembled lab equipment such as a gel electrophoresis apparatus and a PCR thermal cycler. Enabling researchers to synthesize their own enzymes and having access to inexpensive tools will allow for increased participation among the DIY-bio community, stretch increasingly scarce educational funds, and allow rapid scale up of large scale gene synthesis projects.<br>
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