Team:Imperial College London/Achievements

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Achievements
We have:
Had a fantastic summer, learnt loads and formed new friendships.
Run a series of Synthetic Biology School Workshops, and have provided tools for others to follow suit.
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 (PyrD and AmyE vectors and Dif excision of antibiotic resistance genes).
Tackled the problem of Neglected Tropical Diseases for the first time in the iGEM competition.
Characterized/improved the following existing BioBrick Parts/Devices and enter this information back on the Registry:
Designed a software tool for protease detection and protein presentation on the surface of B. subtilis.
Submitted a fantastic natural BioBrick Part, the LytC CWBD
Submitted a novel engineered BioBrick part, GFP-XylE
Characterized the operation of at least one new BioBrick Part or Device and entered this information on the Parts or Device page via the Registry of Parts
Based our specifications on modelling.
Characterised modules in both B. subtilis and E. Coli.
Managed to get loads of experimental measurements!