Gibson Ridge Software

Mr. Gibson, the CEO and Founder of Gibson Ridge Software worked with the Lambert High School iGEM team, specifically with the Hardware/Software committee to provide advice and give feedback on the Chrome-Q. He gave feedback on each iteration of the design and electronic circuit. He also gave direction and feedback for developing the software.

University of Georgia

By collaborating with the University of Georgia’s iGEM team, Lambert iGEM was able to perform a series of detailed protocols involving the use of a plate reader to ensure accuracy within the fluorescence data. This allowed both teams to compare their data and openly discuss any unusual results that could have caused issues in the data analysis and interpretation. Specific errors were discovered and both teams were able to improve upon the technique demonstrating interlaboratory studies to create a similar, comparable method of GFP measurement.

TAS Taipei

Lambert iGEM sent Chrome-Q design files to TAS Taipei early in the design process. A video conference call was held and subsequent communications took place to offer help and receive feedback. Specifically TAS Taipei gave Lambert some tips on integrating human practices. Lambert was able to share information about working in underfunded labs.

Emory iGEM Team: Ethics Collaboration

The Lambert iGEM team was able to collaborate with the Emory iGEM team to openly discuss the ethics about Crispr Cas9 along with a class of other Emory students and professors. Through this discussion, they were able to gain knowledge about the different perspectives of genetic modification and to what extent people are willing to justify as ethical. Also, the Emory iGEM team was able to give us a tour of their labs to demonstrate their daily lab workings allowing both teams to grasp the overall purpose of each other’s projects. Lambert used this ethics conference as a springboard for their own investigations into ethics. As a result the team developed a simple flowchart for the synthetic biologists to use when considering the ethics of their own projects. Members of the team also attended a Business Ethics Experience held by the University of North Georgia.

Lambert High School: Engineering and MSA

The Chrome-Q prototypes designed by the team were 3-D printed by the Lambert High School Engineering department. A student, Sahil Jain, printed the first prototypes of the Chrome-Q. The engineering department 3-D printed the subsequent devices. The final Chrome-Q prototype was ordered from Shapeways. The engineering department printed the 3-D fuge designs obtained from the Prakash Lab from their Paperfuge project. In Sahil Jain modified one of the 3-D fuge designs to improve ease of usability. This final model was used to process cells for the final data collection.

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!