Team:ABSI Kenya/Parts
Innovative ideas to solve local problems using synthetic biology.
Introduction
ABSI_Kenya is a team of young professionals with innovative ideas to solve local problems using synthetic biology.
About our project
Every year, 1.6 million lives are lost globally as a result of diarrheal diseases. A huge percentage of these are linked to poor sanitation and hygiene and contaminated water. In Kenya alone, 47% of the population lacks access to clean drinking water.
This demographic relies on ponds, rivers wells, and other unimproved sources Unfortunately, these are contaminated with industrial effluent and domestic output such as feces. These present a serious health hazard when ingested. These classes of contaminants are dangerous and are known to end human life or at the least cause illness to human beings. Some of the effects are irreversible.
Since this is a major problem in Kenya our team has decided to design a water-based biosensor that will be able to detect chemical and microbial contaminants in water. Our project gives a provision for affected communities to test their drinking water from the comfort of their homes. With the use of biological engineering principles, we have designed a biosensor that detects the common bacterial and chemical contaminants, The kit will be highly accurate and the results will be easy to read, hence no laboratory is required for this.
About Kenya
Parts
Each team will make new parts during iGEM and will add them to the Registry of Standard Biological Parts. iGEM provides an easy way to present the parts your team has created. The <groupparts> tag (see below) will generate a table with all of the parts that your team adds to your team sandbox.
Remember that the goal of proper part documentation is to describe and define a part, so that it can be used without needing to refer to the primary literature. Registry users in future years should be able to read your documentation and be able to use the part successfully. Also, you should provide proper references to acknowledge previous authors and to provide for users who wish to know more.
Note
Note that parts must be well documented on each Part's Main Page on the Registry. This documentation includes all of the characterization data for your parts. The part's data MUST be on the part's Main Page on the Registry for your team to be eligible for medals and special prizes pertaining to parts.
This page serves to showcase the parts you have made and should include links to the Registry pages for your parts. Future teams and other users are much more likely to find parts by looking in the Registry than by looking at your team wiki.
Adding parts to the Registry
You can add parts to the Registry at our Add a Part to the Registry link.
We encourage teams to start adding and documenting their parts on the Registry as soon as they can. Once you add your parts to the Registry, you can continue to add documentation to them throughout the iGEM season (up until the Registry freeze). This will allow you to remember all the details about your parts and store their history in the wiki. Documentation includes the characterization data of your parts.
Inspiration: Basic Parts
We have a created a collection of well documented parts that can help you get started.
You can also take a look at the following examples for Basic Parts on the Registry:
Inspiration: Composite Parts
We have a created a collection of well documented parts that can help you get started.
You can also take a look at the following examples for Composite Parts on the Registry:
What information do I need to start putting my parts on the Registry?
The information needed to initially create a part on the Registry is:
- Part Name
- Part type
- Creator
- Sequence
- Short Description (60 characters on what the DNA does)
- Long Description (Longer description of what the DNA does)
- Design considerations
We encourage you to put up much more information as you gather it over the summer. If you have images, plots, characterization data and other information, you must also put it up on the part page.
Part Table
Please include a table of all the parts your team has made during your project on this page. Remember part characterization and measurement data must go on your team part pages on the Registry.
<groupparts>iGEM20 ABSI_Kenya</groupparts>