Team:TUDelft/Achievements

AptaVita AptaVita

Medal Criteria

In order to make it easier to find the pages related to a medal criteria, we have created the medal page overview. Here, we briefly describe which pages are related to which medal criteria.

Bronze criteria

Bronze medal

Criterium Description Link
Competition Deliverables We delivered a Wiki, Presentation Video, and completed the Judging Form Our Project Promotion Video can be found here, and our Presentation Video here
Attributions We described the work conducted by our team members and the help we received from external parties Read all about this on our Attribution page
Project Description We described how and why we chose our iGEM project Read all about this on our Description page
Contribution We provided a troubleshooting protocol for the in vitro evolutionary experiments, a manual on the 3D printing and assembly of our dedicated hardware, and a manual on efficient teamwork- and management for hybrid working environments Read all about this on our Contribution page

Silver criteria

Silver medal

Criterium Description Link
Engineering Success We demonstrated engineering success for the reaction conditions of our in vitro evolutionary experiments, finding a cell-free expression system, and improving the expression of the genetic construct Read all about this on our Engineering page
Collaboration Our collaboration efforts include hosting meetups with teams working with aptamers and vitamins, advising a team on their experimental procedures for the same in vitro evolution experiments as ours, and collaborating on the making of a cookbook Read all about this on our Collaboration page
Human Practices We described how our project is responsible, impactful, and inclusive, by having conducted a value-sensitive design Read all about this on our Human Practices page
Proposed Implementation We investigated how we can implement our project in the real world by conducting literature research and engaging with stakeholders Read all about this on our Proposed Implementation page

Gold criteria

Gold medal

Criterium Description Link
Integrated Human Practices We integrated our human practices-related information obtained from stakeholders and experts, and adapted out project design accordingly during several project stages Read all about this on our Integrated Human Practices page
Project Modeling We developed a deterministic kinetic model describing the biomolecular network of our system to help determine the sensitivity of our test and parameters impacting the output Read all about this on our Modeling page
Partnership We partnered with the Vilnius-Lithuania iGEM 2021 team throughout the year by experimentally validating software-predicted aptamers Read all about this on our Partnership page
Education and Communication We developed and implemented education and communication modules related to synthetic biology and our project Read all about this on our Education and Communication page.
Excellence in Another Area We developed an entrepreneurship module, where we identified the market position of AptaVita Read all about this on our Entrepreneurship page

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