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Published on Jan 14, 2015

Jamboree Results

Happy new year, everyone!Having finished up our summer project and presented at the iGEM Giant Jamboree last November in Boston, MA, the Pitt iGEM Team is proud to announce we won a silver medal fo...

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Published on Aug 25, 2014

Experimental Design: Optimizing Protocols

Hello again! Today we will be covering our experimental design, and how we are using statistics to save us time and energy.To recap, the Pitt iGEM Team is developing a genetic engineering toolkitfo...

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Published on Aug 08, 2014

Spotlight on Desaturase

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Published on Aug 07, 2014

Spotlight on MelA

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Published on Aug 06, 2014

Spotlight on Cathelicidin

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Published on Aug 05, 2014

Spotlight on BioBricks - Part 2

Hello everyone! This is the 3rd installment of our "Spotlight on" Series and today we are continuing the discussion about BioBricks (See Part 1 here!).BioBricks are the standard parts used to devel...

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Published on Aug 04, 2014

Spotlight on BioBricks - Part 1

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Published on Jul 29, 2014

Spotlight on Synthetic Biology

Synthetic Biology ProjectDesign and construction of novel artificial biological devices, pathways, and systems"Synthetic" Biology"Source Cyanobacteria that convert carbon dioxide into diesel or eth...

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Marc, thank you so much for these sources. We will be sure to take a look at them!
Sep 05, 2014
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Yes, we hope so too. We cannot estimate the implications of our research, but we can only hope it leads to bigger and better work!
Sep 02, 2014
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Maria, first of all, thank you for your support! We have heard of AOBiome and are very excited about the work they are doing. We sincerely hope their products work for your son!
Sep 01, 2014
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Sheila, we do not intend to study any effects related to MRSA with these experiments. Is this of particular concern to you?
Sep 01, 2014
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Rebecca, thank you for your encouragement and support!
Sep 01, 2014
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Thank you, Morgan! We appreciate your encouragement and support!
Aug 29, 2014
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Thank you for your support, Nicholas!
Aug 28, 2014
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Thanks for the strong words of encouragement, Dan! We will certainly do our best!
Aug 25, 2014
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Thank you, James! We greatly appreciate your support!
Aug 24, 2014
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First, we are optimizing the method to transform P. acnes. Once that is successful, we will look into the details of each protein we aim to introduce into P. acnes. We will keep this concern in mind as we move forward; thanks for bringing it to our attention!
Aug 18, 2014
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Glad we could help inspire you!
Aug 13, 2014
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Thank you so much for your support!
Aug 13, 2014
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