Team:Sharon BasicallyAcid

From 2012hs.igem.org

Revision as of 19:28, 20 March 2012 by Leanne (Talk | contribs)


You can write a background of your team here. Give us a background of your team, the members, etc. Or tell us more about something of your choosing.
Sharon BasicallyAcid logo.png

Tell us more about your project. Give us background. Use this as the abstract of your project. Be descriptive but concise (1-2 paragraphs)

Your team picture
Team Sharon_BasicallyAcid


Official Team Profile

Contents

Team

Our team currently consists of six students from Sharon High School that share an interest in biology. We are also guided by two high school biology teachers that have prior experience with iGEM.

Teachers

James Dixon

Zach Snow


Students

Rohit Krishnan

Leanne Lupone

Prashant Maddineni

Scott Xiong

Max Glanz

Luke Emery-Fertitta

Vithusha Thirumavalavan

Evan Kates

Project

What are you working on this semester?

This semester, we are working on engineering a bacteria with a pH indicator that will activate a gene in the presence of gastric acid (pH of 1.5 to 3.5). The gene will then allow the bacteria to excrete a base or stomach mucus to help neutralize the gastric acid in the esophagus, which is the leading cause of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD).

Notebook

Show us how you spent your days.

Pre March 6: Our team has been discussing different possible topic ideas.

March 6: We decided that we well engineer a bacteria that helps relieve gastric reflux disease.

March 13: Half of the members continued to online research while the other half worked on the wiki.

March 20: Scott and Luke continue to work on the Wiki. Max and Evan continue to look for possible sponsors, and the other members just continued with the online research.

Results/Conclusions

What did you achieve over the course of your semester?

Safety

What safety precautions did your team take? Did you take a safety training course? Were you supervised at all times in the lab?

Every member of our team has experience in multiple laboratories through school and have digested a variety of safety training documents and videos. Additionally, we are supervised by two AP biology teachers in all of our experiments.

Attributions

Wiki Page

Scott ~ Luke ~ Rohit

Fundraising

Prashant ~ Max

Research

Leanne ~ Vithusha

Human Practices

What impact does/will your project have on the public?

Similar to TUMS tablets, our bacteria helps relieve the pain cause by Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Some symptoms that we hope to relieve include heartburn, difficulty swallowing, and chest pain. To make the medicine more easily administered, it will take the form of a solution that can be taken either before or after a meal. One significant advantage of the biological engineering method is the ability to create sustainable bacteria. This will allow the administration of the bacteria to be preemptive in addressing the symptoms GERD, as opposed to the current system of administration after the onset of symptoms.

Fun!

What was your favorite team snack?? Have a picture of your team mascot?


<forum_subtle />