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Revision as of 12:36, 16 October 2016
Urinetrouble
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The 2016 Oslo team
Hello! We are the 2016 iGEM team from the University of Oslo, which lies in Oslo, the heart of Norway. We are a total of 7 students who studies in different areas; informatics, pharmacy, nanotechnology and molecular biology. We have 2 supervisors, Dirk Linke and Eric de Muinck. If you want to get to know us better press the TEAM button.
We are one out of two iGEM teams in Norway, along with NTNU, the team from Trondheim. iGEM is not a well known course in Norway but we certainly made sure that is changing this year. Read more about it under PRACTICES.
Antibiotic resistance
This year we will try to involve us in the fight against antibiotic resistance. The World Health Organizaion (WHO), has listed antibiotic resistance as one of the biggest threat to global health. This threat affects all of us, independent of age and country. The consequences of antibiotic resistance are that smaller operations and treatable infections today, such as pneumonia and urinary tract infections, can become deadly.
The most effective way to keep antibiotic resistance away, is to STOP THE MISUSE OF ANTIBIOTICS. Antibiotics ONLY treat bacteria, so it won't help you if you have a cold. You can read more about antibiotic resistance on WHO's website.
URINETROUBLE
We decided to name our project URINETROUBLE. Our project is about detecting ESBL resistant bacteria in urine, for people who have urinary tract infections. ESBL resistant bacteria are bacteria which secrete a substance called betalactamase. Betelactamase will cleave a ring in betalactam antibiotics and make them ineffective. This would affect what kind of antibiotics the doctor should presvribe to you, as betalactam antibiotics would be ineffective.
Today the only way to know if a bacteria secrete betalactamase is to grow them overnight. Our goal is to detect those bacteria with a fast equipment which doctors can use in their offices and you can get the right antibiotics right away.
