Team:Oxford/InterLab

Interlab

Introduction - what is interlab?

Interlab is an international, collaborative experiment that aims to standardise the way that fluorescent measurements are made in order to allow comparison of absolute units between labs.This year is the 4th interlab and the big question is:

‘How close can the numbers be when fluorescence is measured all around the world?’

We are testing some RBS devices (BCDs) that hopefully will make gene expression more precise and reliable, but how will this compare around the world? These devices all very similar an example of which (TD1) is shown below in figure 1:

Figure 1: Test Device 1

We used the set protocol that we were given so as to ensure everyone was doing the same thing. This can be found at:

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