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<font size="6">[[Team:Leeds/Project|The Microbeagle]]</font> | <font size="6">[[Team:Leeds/Project|The Microbeagle]]</font> | ||
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==A biological system designed to detect the presence of pathogens in water samples== | ==A biological system designed to detect the presence of pathogens in water samples== | ||
| - | Micro-Beagle is a novel reporter system for E-coli that, as an iGEM first, has been designed to dynamically detect arbitrary target solids (including other cells) through a mechanism activated by cell surface binding. | + | [[File:Leeds_NEWBS3image.png|400px|right|What can microBeagle do for you? (Additional Image credit to University of Virginia)|link=http://inhabitat.com/6-water-purifying-devices-for-clean-drinking-water-in-the-developing-world/|frameless]]<p align="justify">Micro-Beagle is a novel reporter system for E-coli that, as an iGEM first, has been designed to dynamically detect arbitrary target solids (including other cells) through a mechanism activated by cell surface binding.</p> |
| - | + | <p align="justify">Micro-Beagle was initially developed to address the need for a low cost, energy efficient and robust tool to be used to assess the effectiveness of current water purification systems. As the Micro-Beagle is intended to operate at a low cost it is ideal for use in low-income areas where the testing of water purification techniques cannot be maintained at an acceptable frequency.</p> | |
| - | + | <p align="justify">Micro-Beagle is designed to also be a modular system, utilising Ice Nucleation Protein to express and position target-binding peptides on the cell surface. Target binding induces membrane stress that activates the Cpx signalling pathway, and Micro-Beagle thus utilises a promoter from this pathway (pCpxR) to initiate expression of a reporter protein, such as GFP.</p> | |
| - | + | <p align="justify">As a proof of concept, we have used silica beads as a model diagnostic target (a pathogen surrogate) and the silica-binding “Si4” sequence as the target-binding peptide.</p> | |
| - | Micro-Beagle was initially developed to address the need for a low cost, energy efficient and robust tool to be used to assess the effectiveness of current water purification systems. As the Micro-Beagle is intended to operate at a low cost it is ideal for use in low-income areas where the testing of water purification techniques cannot be maintained at an acceptable frequency. | + | <p align="justify">We foresee Micro-Beagle being adapted for both the detection of waterborne pathogens and a variety of other diagnostic applications, and we envision future multisensor Micro-Beagles in which diverse pathogens can be simultaneously and quantitatively measured from a single water sample.</p> |
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| - | Micro-Beagle is designed to also be a modular system, utilising Ice Nucleation Protein to express and position target-binding peptides on the cell surface. Target binding induces membrane stress that activates the Cpx signalling pathway, and Micro-Beagle thus utilises a promoter from this pathway (pCpxR) to initiate expression of a reporter protein, such as GFP. | + | |
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| - | As a proof of concept, we have used silica beads as a model diagnostic target (a pathogen surrogate) and the silica-binding “Si4” sequence as the target-binding peptide. | + | |
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==The Leeds 2013 iGEM team== | ==The Leeds 2013 iGEM team== | ||
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| - | We are the Leeds 2013 iGEM team, | + | We are the Leeds 2013 iGEM team, a group of undergrads from various courses at the University of Leeds, all with a passion for synthetic biology! |
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Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, in the North of England. It has strong historical ties to the wool industry, and is famous for the Tetley brand of bitter ale. | Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, in the North of England. It has strong historical ties to the wool industry, and is famous for the Tetley brand of bitter ale. | ||
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| + | The University of Leeds is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_brick_university British Red Brick] and member of the Russell Group and was officially formed as an independent university via Royal Charter from King Edward VII in 1904. | ||
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 |  A biological system designed to detect the presence of pathogens in water samples Micro-Beagle is a novel reporter system for E-coli that, as an iGEM first, has been designed to dynamically detect arbitrary target solids (including other cells) through a mechanism activated by cell surface binding. Micro-Beagle was initially developed to address the need for a low cost, energy efficient and robust tool to be used to assess the effectiveness of current water purification systems. As the Micro-Beagle is intended to operate at a low cost it is ideal for use in low-income areas where the testing of water purification techniques cannot be maintained at an acceptable frequency. Micro-Beagle is designed to also be a modular system, utilising Ice Nucleation Protein to express and position target-binding peptides on the cell surface. Target binding induces membrane stress that activates the Cpx signalling pathway, and Micro-Beagle thus utilises a promoter from this pathway (pCpxR) to initiate expression of a reporter protein, such as GFP. As a proof of concept, we have used silica beads as a model diagnostic target (a pathogen surrogate) and the silica-binding “Si4” sequence as the target-binding peptide. We foresee Micro-Beagle being adapted for both the detection of waterborne pathogens and a variety of other diagnostic applications, and we envision future multisensor Micro-Beagles in which diverse pathogens can be simultaneously and quantitatively measured from a single water sample.
The Leeds 2013 iGEM team We are the Leeds 2013 iGEM team, a group of undergrads from various courses at the University of Leeds, all with a passion for synthetic biology!
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