Team:Cambridge

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Human Practices

THE DRIVING FORCE

Our goal is to standardise the output of biosensors, and to develop a cheap, user-friendly kit to be used in the field

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Parts for a Reliable and Field Ready Biosensing Platform

OVERVIEW

There are many biosensors available but there is no standard way to deploy them. Many are also non-quantitative and unpredictable. We have been working on a ratiometric luciferase output which can be read by an Arduino device. This output could be used with theoretically any biosensor. We investigated the potential of riboswitches as future biosensors. We use a B.subtilis chassis as these form low maintenance spores for easy, long-term storage.

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RiboSense

A NOVEL FLUORIDE SENSOR BASED ON A RIBOSWITCH CONSTRUCT

Riboswitches may well be the biosensor of the future though they are currently under-represented in the registry.

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Ratiometrica

INVESTIGATING THE POTENTIAL OF RATIOMETRIC REPORTER CONSTRUCTS FOR ACCURATE AND REPRODUCIBLE CHARACTERISATION

We designed fluorescence and luminescence-based constructs that would function in both E.coli and B.subtilis

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Biologger

A CHEAP, ARDUINO-BASED, AUTOMATIC ROTARY RATIOLUMINOMETER

An open-sourced, open-platform approach relaying easily interpretable information to a user that is an accurate representation of the input processed by a biological device.

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Sporage & Distribution

B. SUBTILIS: LONG TERM, USER-FRIENDLY STORAGE

We developed and optimised procedures for sporulation and germination.

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