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Red Brick University

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The University of Sheffield was originally formed by the merger of three colleges namely

  • Sheffield School of Medicine.
  • Firth College.
  • Sheffield Technical School.

Our University is one of the six original [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Brick Red Brick Universities].


Mission Luminescence

The aim of this year’s project is to engineer a biological machine which can sense cholera contamination in water, and rapidly test if water is potable. Technically, to achieve this easy way of testing water contamination the team is planning to apply quorum sensing. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorum_sensing Quorum sensing] bacteria have the ability to both secrete signaling molecules and receive them. When signaling molecule is present in the environment it binds to the receptor and activates a particular action within the organism. More


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