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Yeast We Can!

Abstract

As our iGEM project, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is planned to be modifed in such a way that the yeast cell should function as a biosensor for the human chorionic gonadotropin hormone (hCG). This hormone is produced in the body during pregnancy and consequently, the idea for the biosensor is to function as a simple pregnancy test. We also plan to introduce genes for bio-indigo production which will be the output signal of the pregnancy test. Below you can see in an illustration how our bio-pregnancy test should function. You can find more details about our project here.

News

26th of Sep: We have been very busy with the summary, analysis and the discussion of our project. Finally, you can find the result on the result section . Now, we are getting ready for the European Championship that takes place next week in Amsterdam! We are looking forward to finally present our project for the international jury.
25th of Aug: Our first BioBrick, the yeast FIG1 promoter, is now on its way to the Registry of Standard Biological parts BBa_K753000
17th of Aug: We held a presentation for the students of the Astra Zeneca summer science school
3rd of Aug: We were participating in the UCL iGEM radioshow. Listen to it here
23rd of July: We are very happy to present you our new sponsor, Mölnlycke Health Care!
17th of July: The sequencing results arrived. All plasmid have perfectly correct inserts without any mutations. Nice!
13th of July: First milestone reached! Our cwp2 deletion is confirmed and the cells seem to be healthy.
5th of July: We can now present a new sponsor of our project: GATC Biotech
20th of June: Today we can be seen on metro.se. Read the article here.
Old news: Do you want to look up old news? Then you can click here.

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