Difference between revisions of "Team:UCL"
| Line 150: | Line 150: | ||
<div class="col-md-4"> | <div class="col-md-4"> | ||
<center> | <center> | ||
| − | <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" href="https://www.instagram.com/ucl_igem17/" role="button"><i class="fa fa-instagram" style="font-size:50px" | + | <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" href="https://www.instagram.com/ucl_igem17/" role="button"><i class="fa fa-instagram" style="font-size:50px; color: inherit" |
></i></a> | ></i></a> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
| Line 162: | Line 162: | ||
<div class="col-md-4"> | <div class="col-md-4"> | ||
<center> | <center> | ||
| − | <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" href="https://twitter.com/UCLiGEM" role="button"><i class="fa fa-twitter-square" style="font-size:50px"></i></a> | + | <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" href="https://twitter.com/UCLiGEM" role="button"><i class="fa fa-twitter-square" style="font-size:50px; color: inherit"></i></a> |
<br> | <br> | ||
<h4 class="footertext">Our self-tweeting bacteria</h4> | <h4 class="footertext">Our self-tweeting bacteria</h4> | ||
| Line 171: | Line 171: | ||
<div class="col-md-4"> | <div class="col-md-4"> | ||
<center> | <center> | ||
| − | <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" href="#" role="button"><i class="fa fa-facebook-square" style="font-size:50px" | + | <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" href="#" role="button"><i class="fa fa-facebook-square" style="font-size:50px; color: inherit" |
></i></a> | ></i></a> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
Revision as of 10:31, 27 June 2017
LIT
Systems
Trying to reliably engineer cell structures?
Yes, we know it’s difficult.
How about adding some precision to targeting and controlling cellular mechanisms?
Our proposal is to design novel modular optogenetic control systems, with applications in a wide variety of areas, from tissue engineering to architecture. The project includes engineering of an immediate cell adhesion response using cell adhesion molecules and photoactivatable linkers for structure generation. Another application for our control system will be the production of a photoactivatable molecular tool for the precise activation of genes of interest. By targeting the genes for the transcription factors Oct3/4, Sox2, Klf4 and c-Myc we will also aim to create a novel mechanism for de-differentiation in mammalian cells. In the future, the precise spatiotemporal control of gene expression will enable reliable construction of any biological structure and sensor system.
