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          <h1> The Effect of Lead Contamination in Drinking Water on a Young Population </h1>
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          <p>In developing a lead sensor for our project, we were curious about the effect of lead contamination in the water supply on small children. How did their bodies metabolize it? Where did it go? We began to get pretty amazed by the devastating effects lead can have on the human body and how long it can persist in your system even after the initial exposure. We were interested in quantifying the exact concentration of lead a child might have in their blood stream and how much might end up in their bones. </p>  
 
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<p>Mathematical models and computer simulations provide a great way to describe the function and operation of BioBrick Parts and Devices. Synthetic Biology is an engineering discipline, and part of engineering is simulation and modeling to determine the behavior of your design before you build it. Designing and simulating can be iterated many times in a computer before moving to the lab. This award is for teams who build a model of their system and use it to inform system design or simulate expected behavior in conjunction with experiments in the wet lab.</p>
 
  
 
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The Effect of Lead Contamination in Drinking Water on a Young Population

In developing a lead sensor for our project, we were curious about the effect of lead contamination in the water supply on small children. How did their bodies metabolize it? Where did it go? We began to get pretty amazed by the devastating effects lead can have on the human body and how long it can persist in your system even after the initial exposure. We were interested in quantifying the exact concentration of lead a child might have in their blood stream and how much might end up in their bones.

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