The 2011 team won both a Gold Medal and a Special Mention for Best Wiki for their project
The Universal Tool for Gene Silencing
Project Description
We have investigated a novel type of RNA regulation based on the chitobiose system, where the inhibition caused by a small RNA is relieved by another small RNA called trap-RNA. We explore the possibility of using the system to uniquely target and repress any gene of interest, potentially providing unprecedented specificity and control of gene silencing. Furthermore we constructed araBAD promoters with varying promoter activities using synthetic promoter libraries.
Read more about the team and the project in their wiki at the iGEM homepage.
Team Members
Simon Koplev
Student of Systems Biology Engineering
Loves working in the lab.
Damian Rafal Plichta
Student of Systems Biology Engineering
Wants to save the world
Lars Roed Ingerslev
Student of Systems Biology Engineering
Academic interests lie within biotechnology, statistics and data analysis.
Jing Zhao
Student of Biotechnology Engineering
Wants to solve problems such as energy, environment and human health with biotechnology.
Helle Krogh Pedersen
Student of Systems Biology Engineering
Wants to save the world with groundbreaking scientific discoveries.
Anna Lewińska
Student of Systems Biology Engineering
Loves mysteries and finds long hours in a laboratory or reading fascinatingly.
Helge Munk Jacobsen
Student of Software Engineering
Loves to present complicated academical stuff in a way that is easy to understand.
Team Supervisors
- Christopher Workman, Associate Professor
- Mogens Kilstrup, Associate Professor
- Sébastian Lemire, PostDoc