Difference between revisions of "Team:UCLouvain"
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<span class="montserrat-text uppercase service-title">Global issue</span> | <span class="montserrat-text uppercase service-title">Global issue</span> | ||
| − | <p style="padding-right: 30px;"> | + | <p style="padding-right: 30px;">Over the last years, our exposition to UV rays has <b>increased</b> and scientists noticed an <b>upward trend</b> in the risks of developing skin cancers.</p></a> |
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<span class="montserrat-text uppercase service-title">Protection exists</span> | <span class="montserrat-text uppercase service-title">Protection exists</span> | ||
| − | <p style="padding-right: 30px;"> Although we can | + | <p style="padding-right: 30px;"> Although we can protect ourselves against this health hazard, <b> we cannot feel the UV rays </b> and when sunburns appear, it is already too late. </p></a> |
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<a href="https://2017.igem.org/Team:UCLouvain/Badge" style="color:#60606e;"><i class="icon ion-android-watch"></i> | <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Team:UCLouvain/Badge" style="color:#60606e;"><i class="icon ion-android-watch"></i> | ||
<span class="montserrat-text uppercase service-title">Badge design</span> | <span class="montserrat-text uppercase service-title">Badge design</span> | ||
| − | <p style="padding-right: 30px;"> Hence, <b> | + | <p style="padding-right: 30px;"> Hence, <b>we have designed a wearable UV-sensitive badge</b> to help warning people on their level of exposure anytime and anywhere . The badge turns red when exposed to a certain level of sunlight. </p></a> |
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<a href="https://2017.igem.org/Team:UCLouvain/OurProject/Overview" style="color:#60606e;"><i class="icon ion-erlenmeyer-flask"></i> | <a href="https://2017.igem.org/Team:UCLouvain/OurProject/Overview" style="color:#60606e;"><i class="icon ion-erlenmeyer-flask"></i> | ||
<span class="montserrat-text uppercase service-title">Culture design</span> | <span class="montserrat-text uppercase service-title">Culture design</span> | ||
| − | <p style="padding-right: 30px;">This badge contains a <b>liquid cell culture</b>. The bacterial cells are engineered | + | <p style="padding-right: 30px;">This badge contains a <b>liquid cell culture</b>. The bacterial cells are engineered o produce a red fluorescent protein, which is only developed when. They only produce it when the badge is exposed to UV rays, thanks to a <b>photocaged amino acid</b>.</p></a> |
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Revision as of 12:15, 1 November 2017
we are
iGEM UCLouvain Team
the project BactaSun
Although melanoma accounts for less than 1% of skin cancer cases, they are responsible for the vast majority of skin cancer deaths. More than 80% of melanomas are caused by the exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun.
Our project: BactaSun, a bio-badge changing color when exposed to sunlight.
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