Team:BioToga NY

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BioToga is led by two mentors: Kurt Borchardt, a Biotechnology and Digital Electronis teacher at Saratoga Springs High School.  We also have the invaluable help of Dr. Kelly Sheppard, Assistant Chemistry Professor at Skidmore College.
BioToga is led by two mentors: Kurt Borchardt, a Biotechnology and Digital Electronis teacher at Saratoga Springs High School.  We also have the invaluable help of Dr. Kelly Sheppard, Assistant Chemistry Professor at Skidmore College.
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Team BioToga is going to design a biobrick "Multimeter."  Our multimeter will combine various biobricks into one design.  We want to develop a biobrick that can test for the presence of water contaminants such as lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic.  Each contaminant will express a different fluorescent protein, such as BFP, GFP, RFP, and OFP.  Our goal is to develop a multimeter that can test for 3 contaminants, with a stretch goal to test 4 contaminants.
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Our initial hope was to design a biobrick "Multimeter."  This multimeter was to combine various biobricks into one design.  We wanted to develop a biobrick that can test for the presence of water contaminants such as lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic.  Each contaminant was to express a different fluorescent protein, such as BFP, GFP, RFP, and OFP.  Our goal wass to develop a multimeter that could test for 3 contaminants, with a stretch goal to test 4 contaminants.
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Note: Two days after coming up with our idea, we did find that University of Seoul already did a similar project [https://2010.igem.org/files/presentation/Korea_U_Seoul.pdf], but as best we can tell this project wasn't done using biobricks, so our hope is to build off of U Seoul's work, but make our project by combining mostly existing biobricks.
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Our background research led to projects that have attempted heavy metal biosensors. We found that University of Seoul already did a similar "multimeter" project [https://2010.igem.org/files/presentation/Korea_U_Seoul.pdf], but as best we can tell this project wasn't done using biobricks.  We also found that Brown University tried making a lead biosensor, but as best as we could tell, they didn't have success.
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We ultimately decided to focus exclusively on developing a lead biosensor.  Working with the plasmid pMOL30 found in Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34, we will isolate the lead operon genes, perform site-directed mutagenesis, and biobrick the appropriate lead operon genes in hopes of making a working lead biosensor.  
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BioToga "unofficial" wiki

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Team BioToga_NY

Team BioToga is excited to be part iGEM! This is our first year entering the competition, so we expect to learn a TON!

We are made up of Juniors and Seniors at Saratoga Springs High School, in Saratog Springs, NY. Team members are students in either in AP Biology, Biotechnology, or both classes.

BioToga is led by two mentors: Kurt Borchardt, a Biotechnology and Digital Electronis teacher at Saratoga Springs High School. We also have the invaluable help of Dr. Kelly Sheppard, Assistant Chemistry Professor at Skidmore College.

Project - Lead (Pb) Biosensor

Our initial hope was to design a biobrick "Multimeter." This multimeter was to combine various biobricks into one design. We wanted to develop a biobrick that can test for the presence of water contaminants such as lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic. Each contaminant was to express a different fluorescent protein, such as BFP, GFP, RFP, and OFP. Our goal wass to develop a multimeter that could test for 3 contaminants, with a stretch goal to test 4 contaminants.

Our background research led to projects that have attempted heavy metal biosensors. We found that University of Seoul already did a similar "multimeter" project [1], but as best we can tell this project wasn't done using biobricks. We also found that Brown University tried making a lead biosensor, but as best as we could tell, they didn't have success.

We ultimately decided to focus exclusively on developing a lead biosensor. Working with the plasmid pMOL30 found in Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34, we will isolate the lead operon genes, perform site-directed mutagenesis, and biobrick the appropriate lead operon genes in hopes of making a working lead biosensor.

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http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2004/11/23-02.html

Notebook and Unofficial Wiki

Being a first year team, we spent a bunch of time researching our project, and a bunch of time getting better at wetlab practices (i.e. not making mistakes). Our focus has been on the wetlab over the last few weeks, and as such, we really don't have much for THIS wiki page. We developed our own wiki page that we hope to have prepared before the jamboree. To see our unofficial wiki page click here: BioToga Unofficial Wiki

Sponsors!

We really appreciate Hudson Valley Community College's support in using their Biotech equipment! See this link for information about their program https://www.hvcc.edu/las/bio/index.html

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