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| | PHOTOS TO COME IN EARLY JUNE. [[User:GMcArthurIV|GMcArthurIV]] 11:14, 16 May 2007 (EDT) |
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| TESTING NEW FORMAT. PHOTOS TO COME SOON.
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| ==<font color="#FF6600"><center>2007 Virginia Genetically Engineered Machine (VGEM) Team</center></font>==
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| Welcome to the VGEM Team wiki! The VGEM Team was founded by George McArthur to enable the University of Virginia to send an undergraduate bioengineering team to compete in MIT's international Genetically Engineered Machines competition [http://parts.mit.edu/igem (iGEM)]. The objective of the competition is to design and build an engineered biological system using DNA. Systems will be constructed from [http://parts.mit.edu standard biological parts]. Last year, there were around [http://parts2.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/Schools_Participating_in_iGEM_2006 40 schools] participating from around the world ([http://parts.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/World_map see map]). You can read more about the competition [http://icampus.mit.edu/projects/iGem.shtml here]. We'll be adding new information regularly, so be sure to check up on us soon.
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| ==Acknowledgements==
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| This team was made possible by the generous support from the following:
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| *[http://www.seas.virginia.edu '''The School of Engineering and Applied Science''']
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| *[http://www.seas.virginia.edu/vef/ '''The Virginia Engineering Foundation''']
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| *[http://www.virginia.edu/vprgs/ '''The Office of the Vice President for Research''']
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| *[http://www.bme.virginia.edu '''The Department of Biomedical Engineering''']
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| *[http://www.che.virginia.edu '''The Department of Chemical Engineering''']
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| *[http://www.virginia.edu/biology '''The Department of Biology''']
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| '''Our project will be mind-blowing and reality-bending.''' We'll be programming microbes to tackle a medical or environmental engineering problem, or both! Our group is interested in utilizing synthetic biology engineering principles in the metabolic engineering of bacteria for the production of sophisticated biomaterials, fine chemicals such as biopharmaceuticals, and renewable energy alternatives such as ethanol and hydrogen. <br />
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| ===Planning===
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| During our weekly meetings throughout the spring semester, we'll be discussing relevant literature and developing project ideas. Our actual experiments will occur during the summer session, and we hope to have our results in order by the beginning of the fall semester in September.
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| *[[IGEM:VGEM/2007/Meetings| Meetings]]
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| ===Documentation===
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| *[[IGEM:VGEM/2007/Notebook| Lab Notebook]]
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| ===Resources===
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| *[http://parts.mit.edu/registry/index.php/Main_Page Registry for Standard Biological Parts]
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| *[[Synthetic Biology:BioBricks| BioBricks Protocols]]
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| *[[IGEM| iGEM on OpenWetWare]]
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| *[http://syntheticbiology.org Synthetic Biology Community]
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| *[http://www.dnahack.com DNA Hack]
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| *[http://www.springer.com/west/home?SGWID=4-102-70-173669004-0&changeHeader=true&SHORTCUT=www.springer.com/11693 Systems and Synthetic Biology Journal]
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| Our group is an interdisciplinary conglomeration that includes researchers from The School of Engineering and Applied Science, The College of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Medicine. <br />
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| <center>[mailto:mcarthur@virginia.edu?subject=VGEM_Query <font color="#FFFFFF"> email the VGEM team</font>]</center>
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| ===Undergraduate Team===
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| *[[User:GMcArthurIV| <font color="#000000">'''George McArthur'''</font>]], Chemical Engineering
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| *[[User:KPHershey| <font color="#000000">'''Kevin Hershey'''</font>]], Chemical Engineering
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| *[[User:aeschell| <font color="#000000">'''Amy Schell'''</font>]], Biomedical Engineering
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| *[[User:rpkhan| <font color="#000000">'''Ranjan Khan'''</font>]], Biomedical Engineering
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| *[[User:eruhi| <font color="#000000">'''Emre Ruhi'''</font>]], Biology
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| ===Graduate Mentor===
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| *<font color="#000000">'''Brianne Ray'''</font>, Microbiology
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| ===Faculty Advisors===
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| *[http://www.che.virginia.edu/fernandez.html <font color="#000000">'''Erik Fernandez'''</font>], Chemical Engineering
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| *[http://bme.virginia.edu/people/faculty/papin/ <font color="#000000">'''Jason Papin'''</font>], [http://www.seas.virginia.edu/news/papin.php <font color="#000000">news</font>] Biomedical Engineering
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| *[http://minerva.acc.virginia.edu/biology/Fac/Bauerle.html <font color="#000000">'''Ron Bauerle'''</font>], Biology
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| ===[[VGEM:Contact| Additional Contact Information]]===
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| ''Engineering is a great profession. There is the satisfaction of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realisation in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings homes to men or women. Then it elevates the standard of living and adds to the comforts of life. This is the engineer's high privilege.''<br/ >
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| <center> - Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)</center>
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| ===Introductory Papers===
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| *[http://www.nature.com/nature/comics/syntheticbiologycomic/index.html Adventures in Synthetic Biology] a comic by [[User:Endy| Drew Endy]]
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| *[http://www.etcgroup.org/en/materials/publications.html?id=602 Extreme genetic engineering: An introduction to synthetic biology]
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| ===Reviews and Perspective Papers===
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| *[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VRV-4KWTFBB-3&_user=709071&_coverDate=10%2F31%2F2006&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000039638&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=709071&md5=55327bdfbda5081b078808963c8a92b6 Genetic parts to program bacteria] by Chris Voigt
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| ===Foundational Papers===
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| *[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v403/n6767/abs/403335a0.html A synthetic oscillatory network of transcriptional regulators] by Michael B. Elowitz and Stanislas Leibler
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| *[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v403/n6767/abs/403339a0.html Construction of a genetic toggle switch in ''Escherichia coli''] by James J. Collins ''et al''
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| *[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7067/abs/nature04342.html;jsessionid=3E7E09FF4E647671DF79F2A37BC3632F Foundations for engineering biology] by Drew Endy
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| ===Current Research Papers===
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| *[http://www.nature.com/nchembio/journal/v2/n12/abs/nchembio836.html;jsessionid=EFAF8B58DDCC1CB3D2EB61B11223039B Production of isoprenoid pharmaceuticals by engineered microbes] by Jay Keasling ''et al''
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