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Revision as of 12:17, 25 October 2017


Collaborations


Styczynski Lab at Georgia Tech



Our iGEM team was inspired for our project by the work in the Styczynski Lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Professor Styczynski and his graduate students, Monica McNerney and Daniel Watstein are currently working on engineering a zinc biosensor. (Watstein, McNerney and Styczynski 2015) Their use of the violacein and carotenoid pathway as a biosensor for zinc micronutrient deficiencies led us to investigate other visual detection sensors. Chromoproteins from the Uppsala 2013 collection seemed to be a natural place to start. The Endy Lab and Edinburgh's 2014 projects into "degrons" or degradation tags were also inspirations for our project.

In addition, Dr. Styczynski and Monica McNerney have been mentors and advisors to us. They have met with us multiple times to revise our project and troubleshoot issues both in person and by Skype calls. Dr. Styczynski has also generously provided materials that a high school lab does not have access to, and has periodically allowed us use of his lab for training and use of specialized equipment. We could not have completed our project without this collaboration!



Open House



Lambert iGEM introduced their 2017 project to companies, parents, and students in our community. Individuals were able to conduct lab protocols and work on lab techniques such as gel electrophoresis and micropipetting. Furthermore, Lambert iGEM held a banquet for Lambert iGEM graduates.



Gibson Ridge Software



Mr. Gibson, the CEO and Founder of Gibson Ridge Software, came to Lambert High School and met with the Hardware/Software community to provide advice and give feedback on the current state of our prototype, the DomeQ. He also gave recommendations on the software side of the DomeQ.





University of Georgia



Lambert iGEM collaborated with Dr. Karls, a microbiology professor at the University of Georgia. She gave feedback about how to assemble our construct more effectively.





TAS Taipei



Description






Lambert High School: Engineering and MSA



In order to make our DomeQ, we collaborated with the engineering department at our school. A student, Sahil Jain, printed the early prototypes of the DomeQ. The engineering department allowed us to use their 3-D printer, and print our current prototype. In addition, they were also able to print out wheels for PaperfugeⒸ. We also collaborated with MSA, Lambert's very own Medical Science Academy, who helped us with events and volunteered for set-up and clean-up for our outreach.





iGEM Twitter Group



Thanks to Twitter, iGEM teams from all over the world are in a group chat where we can easily communicate and ask questions about iGEM, Jamboree, wiki, and much more! iGEM teams have easy access to other teams and can ask questions about their projects, send out surveys, or promote their apps/programs through this platform. A great and fun way to collaborate!