Criteria: We have completed all the following criteria to obtain a bronze medal:

Deliverables: iGEM Wiki, Project Promotion and Presentation Video, Judging form, and Judging session. 

Wiki: project description, project contribution, and project attribution Our [Project Description] can be found on the respective page. Additionally, more information can also be found on our [Project Overview] page.

Project Contribution: Participating in iGEM means learning from previous teams and contributing knowledge to future teams. For a full overview of our contributions to iGEM, please see our [Contributions] page.

Project Attribution: Many people were involved in the development of this project. Everyone and their specific attributions can be found on our [Attributions] page.

We submitted the Project promotion video and the judging form. We will also be submitting the presentation video before the deadline (19 October) and we will be present at the Jamboree in Paris when the judging session will take place.

Engineering success We have performed several iterations of the engineering cycle for our biological, hardware, and software components and booked successes in each field. For more information please see the relevant pages:

1. [Engineering]
2. [Hardware]
3. [Software]

Human Practices: Human practices and stakeholder analysis were a central part of this project. We interviewed many people and collaborated with many experts in the field in order to ensure that the project was not only a success but also ethically and safely performed with the stakeholders and end user in mind. For more information, please visit our [Integrated Human Practices] page.

Gold

Excellence in biology: special prizes

New Improved Part: The New Improved Part is the CUG promoter, originally designed by the CUG-China team in 2022 [1]. When cloning this part, we discovered that the repetitive sequences in the promotor led to recombination. In the last construct design, we replaced the repetitive promoter and terminator sequences with an alternative promoter and terminator, thus improving the part. For more information, please see our [Engineering] and [Parts] pages.

Integrated Human Practices: Not only were human practices a central part of our project, but we also integrated them into our project. The results from human practices influenced our project design. By talking to experts, health professionals, and researchers, we were able to shape our product to incorporate their advice and knowledge. For more information, see our [Integrated Human Practices] page.

Hardware: We were successful in designing, building, testing, learning from, and improving a light sensor that was able to detect GFP fluorescence. The sensor is inexpensive, easy to build, and modular. Components can easily be swapped out for more sensitive/different sensing components to meet specific project requirements. For more information, see our [Hardware] page.