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Brainstorming

Your goal is to develop a novel biotechnology that involves the construction of genetically encoded materials for a synthetic biology application.

• Before the first meeting as a team, read about some of the ideas that were developed for Previous iGEM Competitions
• As you discuss project ideas, ask these questions:
  1. Which of your ideas are most compelling? (e.g., it prevents pollution, improves human health, measures something, etc.)
  2. How will your ideas differ (or extend) from previous work that has tried to solve a similar problem?
  3. What DNA devices will need to be built for your project?   Will you piece together genes and regulatory elements found in nature?  Will you build on previously developed devices?
  4. What are possible challenges (bottlenecks) in building and characterizing our device?  How long do you expect it to take?
• Prepare a document containing an overview of your brainstorming sessions (check OWL-Space or Course Schedule on web site for due date)
  • briefly describe each idea that you discussed
  • give your rationale for accepting or rejecting each idea