Team:Queens-Canada

Hi! We're the Queen's University team, from Kingston, Ontario, Canada. This is the second time that Queen's has entered into the iGEM competition. Last year was a great learning experience, and we've got a lot of new faces and ambition this time around.

This year, we're very excited to introduce a new chassis, the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), to iGEM this year! Our entire summer has been dedicated to hunting for fundamental elements of a functional gene that can be pieced together to alter the behaviour of the organism. We have BioBricked several promoters, reporters, genes, useful proteins, and terminators for the convenience of those who want to pursue future synthetic work in C. elegans. Just to show you the potential that lies in what we have done, we created a little side project called "R.C. elegans," where we control the movements of our little friends using different wavelengths of light. Feel free to explore our wiki to check it out and find out what else we’ve been up to this summer!