Team:British Columbia/Project Outlook

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<br></br>There's so much work to do in making biology easy to engineer. If we could easily share and build on each other's work, then we could all do so much more. Standards help to make sharing easier. For example, the BioBrick standard for physical assembly of BioBrick parts makes it easier to design and construct parts that can be readily assembled with the parts that everybody else is making. What other sorts of standards do we need? How about standards for measurements? How about standards for different types of parts (for example, what about a standard BioBrick promoter, with a fixed transcription start site? Or, how about a standard phosphorylation motif, for post-translational devices? Or, how about a standard signal carrier for biosynthetic devices? Or, how about a standard model for a class of BioBrick Devices? Or, how about a standard for sharing information about parts across computer networks?). You get the idea.
 
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<br></br>The project Descriptions on the iGEM website provide a great resource for future iGEM students and teams, as well as the rest of the world, so that everybody can see what iGEM is about. For example, check out this Description from the 2007 UC Berkeley iGEM team, Bactoblood. Wow! Can you do better?  
<br></br>The project Descriptions on the iGEM website provide a great resource for future iGEM students and teams, as well as the rest of the world, so that everybody can see what iGEM is about. For example, check out this Description from the 2007 UC Berkeley iGEM team, Bactoblood. Wow! Can you do better?  
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<p>Our <a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:British_Columbia/HumanPractices">human practices project</a> presents the first iGEM art gallery dedicated to synthetic biology and all its diverse aspects. Sometimes art answers our deepest questions. Sometimes art only deepens the mystery. And sometimes a picture is just worth a thousand words. This is our way of helping human civilization consider, guide and address the impacts of ongoing advances in synthetic biology. Not limited to conventional artwork, our gallery also features synthetic biology promoter maps and poems.</p>
<p>Our <a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:British_Columbia/HumanPractices">human practices project</a> presents the first iGEM art gallery dedicated to synthetic biology and all its diverse aspects. Sometimes art answers our deepest questions. Sometimes art only deepens the mystery. And sometimes a picture is just worth a thousand words. This is our way of helping human civilization consider, guide and address the impacts of ongoing advances in synthetic biology. Not limited to conventional artwork, our gallery also features synthetic biology promoter maps and poems.</p>
<a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:British_Columbia/modeling"><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2010/1/17/Bm.jpg"></a>
<a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:British_Columbia/modeling"><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2010/1/17/Bm.jpg"></a>
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<p><b>"One of the most insidious and nefarious properties of scientific models is their tendency to take over, and sometimes supplant, reality." — Erwin Chargaff</b></p>
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<p><b>"One of the most insidious and nefarious properties of scientific models is their tendency to take over, and sometimes supplant, reality." -Erwin Chargaff</b></p>
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<p>Right before your eyes, watch how the population dynamics of a biofilm is affected by the introduction of bacteriophage and a biofilm matrix-degrading enzyme. Using our model, we are able to run simulations that predict outcomes of the system and construct informed hypotheses to test in reality.</p>
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<p>Right before your eyes, watch how the population dynamics of a biofilm is affected by the introduction of bacteriophage and a biofilm matrix-degrading enzyme. Using our <a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:British_Columbia/modeling">model</a>, we are able to run simulations that predict outcomes of the system and construct informed hypotheses to test in reality.</p>
<p>Best Software Tool and Gold Mousepad</p>
<p>Best Software Tool and Gold Mousepad</p>
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<a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:British_Columbia/Project_Phage"><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2010/7/7f/Bs.jpg"></a>
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<p><b>"Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own." -Jean Toomer
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<p>There are standards for prokaryotes and standards for eukaryotes. But what about standards for the living dead? Our new <a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:British_Columbia/Project_Phage">Phage standard</a> lays down a foundation for future work involving viruses and integrating Biobrick parts into their genome.</p>
<p>Best Wiki</p>
<p>Best Wiki</p>
<p>Best Poster</p>
<p>Best Poster</p>

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Project Achievements

Future Directions



Best Wiki

The project Descriptions on the iGEM website provide a great resource for future iGEM students and teams, as well as the rest of the world, so that everybody can see what iGEM is about. For example, check out this Description from the 2007 UC Berkeley iGEM team, Bactoblood. Wow! Can you do better?



Best Poster

Posters are a great way to concisely present your team's work. You can bring your poster to the Jamboree, but also to other meetings and conferences as well. Print out a second copy and post it at your home school so that everybody in your department or school can learn about your team. Show us what you've got.



Best Presentation

At the end of the day, many people learn best by watching and listening. Online video also provides a wonderful legacy to help others, from students, to teachers, to the general publics. Giving a great presentation is a challenge, and benefits greatly from practice and study.



Area Prizes



Best Health or Medicine Project

Many health and medical problems might best be addressed by improved biological technologies. What can synthetic biology do?



Software Tools



Bronze Mousepad:

Register the team, have a great summer, and have fun attending the Jamboree.

Create and share a Description of the team's project via the iGEM wiki.

Present a Poster and Talk at the iGEM Jamboree.

Develop and make available via the Registry an open source software tool that supports synthetic biology based on BioBrick standard biological parts (remember, the iGEM judges will be looking for substantial team-based software projects).



Silver Mousepad:

Provide a detailed, draft specification for the next version of your software tool, or a second, distinct software tools project.



Gold Mousepad:

Help another iGEM team by, for example, analyzing a Part, debugging a Device, or modeling or simulating a System.

Develop and document a new technical standard that supports the (i) design of BioBrick Parts or Devices, or (ii) construction of BioBrick Parts or Devices, or (iii) characterization of BioBrick Parts or Devices, or (iv) analysis, modeling, and simulation of BioBrick Parts or Devices, or (v) sharing of BioBrick Parts or

Devices, either via physical DNA or as information via the internet.

Outline and detail a new approach to an issue of Human Practice in synthetic biology as it relates to your project, such as safety, security, ethics, or ownership, sharing, and innovation.

    Quick Links

    See our characterized Biobrick Parts

    See our new Phage Standard

    See our Human Practices Art Gallery

    See the Waterloo Team

    Consideration for Special Awards

    Besides striving for a Gold Medal and a place as one of the finalists, our team would also like to be considered for the following special awards:

    "What a society deems important is enshrined in its art." -Harry Broudy

    Our human practices project presents the first iGEM art gallery dedicated to synthetic biology and all its diverse aspects. Sometimes art answers our deepest questions. Sometimes art only deepens the mystery. And sometimes a picture is just worth a thousand words. This is our way of helping human civilization consider, guide and address the impacts of ongoing advances in synthetic biology. Not limited to conventional artwork, our gallery also features synthetic biology promoter maps and poems.

    "One of the most insidious and nefarious properties of scientific models is their tendency to take over, and sometimes supplant, reality." -Erwin Chargaff

    Right before your eyes, watch how the population dynamics of a biofilm is affected by the introduction of bacteriophage and a biofilm matrix-degrading enzyme. Using our model, we are able to run simulations that predict outcomes of the system and construct informed hypotheses to test in reality.

    Best Software Tool and Gold Mousepad

    "Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own." -Jean Toomer

    There are standards for prokaryotes and standards for eukaryotes. But what about standards for the living dead? Our new Phage standard lays down a foundation for future work involving viruses and integrating Biobrick parts into their genome.

    Best Wiki

    Best Poster

    Best Presentation

    Best Health or Medicine Project

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