Team:Imperial College

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Biofabricator Subtilis
Project Specifications Why B. subtilis? B. subtilis: Benefits vs Challenges

Wet Lab
Wet Lab Hub Cloning Strategy Experiments & Protocols Experimental Results BioBricks & Characterisation

Dry Lab
Dry Lab Hub Genetic Circuits Growth Curves Motility Analysis Appendices

Notebook

Our Team

Welcome to the Imperial 2008 iGEM team's main project page. It's Wednesday, December 18 and a great day to read about an awesome iGEM project!

For the 2008 iGEM competition, the Imperial College team is working on the foundations for a bioprinter. We are using the Gram-positive Bacillus subtilis bacterium as a chassis (for a variety of reasons) and hope to be able to exert fine control over its movement via a recently-discovered clutch mechanism. Using light as a stimulus to localise the bacteria, we then intend to trigger production and secretion of a biomaterial in a set pattern. The project was inspired by 3D printers used in fabrication of prototypes for manufacturing, and our "blue-sky" aim is to make a 3D bioprinter!

The Team
The Imperial College 2008 iGEM team is made up of 9 students (5 undergraduate bioengineers, 3 graduate biochemists and 1 graduate biologist), 5 advisors and two professors. You can find out more about the team members at the team page.

Test page and storage for random parts