Difference between revisions of "Team:Dundee Schools"

 
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#sideMenu, #top_title {display:none;}
 
#sideMenu, #top_title {display:none;}
 
#content { padding:0px; width:1000px; margin-top:-7px; margin-left:0px;}
 
#content { padding:0px; width:1000px; margin-top:-7px; margin-left:0px;}
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body {background-color:#bcc8dd; }
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#bodyContent h1, #bodyContent h2, #bodyContent h3, #bodyContent h4, #bodyContent h5 { margin-bottom: 0px; }
  
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/********************************* MENU ********************************/
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/* Wrapper for the menu */
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.menu_wrapper {
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width:150px;
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height:100vh;
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position:fixed;
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padding:0px;
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float:left;
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background-color:#a8bce1;
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text-align:left;
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}
 +
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/* styling for the menu items */
 +
.menu_item {
 +
width:100%;
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margin:-2px 0px 0px -20px;
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padding: 10px 10px; 
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border-bottom: 1px solid white;
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font-weight:bold;
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color:white;
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cursor: pointer;
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}
 +
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/* when hovering on a menu item */
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.menu_item:hover {
 +
color:#000000;
 +
background-color: #c4d1e9;
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}
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/* decoration icon for the menu buttons*/
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.icon {
 +
float:right; 
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font-size:16px;
 +
font-weight:bold;
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}
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/* this is the icon for when the content is collapsed */
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.plus::before {
 +
content: "+";
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}
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/* this is the icon for when the content is expanded */
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.less::before {
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content: "–";
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}
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/* styling for the ul that creates the buttons */
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ul.menu_items {
 +
width:100%;
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margin-left:0px;
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padding:0px;
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list-style: none;
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}
 +
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/* styling for the li that are the menu items */
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.menu_items li {
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width:90%;
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margin-top:-2px;
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padding: 15px 0px 15px 15px ;
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display:block;
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border-bottom: 1px solid #d3d3d3; 
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text-align:left;
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font-weight:bold;
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text-decoration:none;
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color:white;
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list-style-type:none;
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cursor:pointer;
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-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease;
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-moz-transition: all 0.4s ease;
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-ms-transition: all 0.4s ease;
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-o-transition: all 0.4s ease; transition: all 0.4s ease; 
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}
 +
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.menu_item a {
 +
width: 100%;
 +
margin-left: -20px;
 +
padding: 11px 90px 12px 20px;
 +
text-decoration: none;
 +
color:white;
 +
}
 +
 +
/* When hovering on a menu item */
 +
.menu_items li:hover {
 +
background-color:#a8bce1;
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color: #000000;
 +
}
 +
 +
/* styling for the submenus */
 +
.submenu {
 +
width:100%;
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display: none; 
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font-weight:bold;
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cursor:pointer;
 +
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}
 +
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/* moving the margin for the submenu ul list */
 +
ul.submenu {
 +
width: 100%;
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margin: 10px 0px -11px 0px;
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list-style: none;
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}
 +
 +
/*styling for the submenu buttons */
 +
.submenu li {
 +
width: 100%;
 +
margin-left: 10px;
 +
margin-bottom: 0px;
 +
}
 +
 +
 +
/* hover state for the submenu buttons */
 +
.submenu li a {
 +
width: 100%;
 +
padding: 5px 10px;
 +
display: inline-block;
 +
border-bottom: 1px solid white;
 +
background-color:#c1cfe8;
 +
text-decoration:none;
 +
color:white;
 +
}
 +
 +
 +
 +
.submenu li a:hover  {
 +
background-color:#a3b6d7;
 +
color:black;
 +
}
 +
 +
 +
/* When the screen is smaller than 680px, the menu has the option to hide/show - this button controls that */
 +
.collapsable_menu_control {
 +
width:100%;
 +
padding: 15px 0px;
 +
display:none;
 +
background-color:#000000;
 +
text-align:center; 
 +
font-weight:bold;
 +
color:#72c9b6;
 +
cursor:pointer;
 +
-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease;
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-moz-transition: all 0.4s ease;
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-ms-transition: all 0.4s ease;
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-o-transition: all 0.4s ease;
 +
transition: all 0.4s ease;
 +
}
 +
 +
/* when hovering on that button */
 +
.collapsable_menu_control:hover {
 +
background-color: #72c9b6;
 +
color:#000000; 
 +
}
 +
 +
/********************************* CONTENT OF THE PAGE ********************************/
 +
 +
/* Wrapper for the content */
 +
.content_wrapper {
 +
width: 85%;
 +
margin-left:150px;
 +
padding:10px 0px;
 +
float:left;
 +
background-color:white;
 +
}
 +
 +
/*LAYOUT */
 +
.column  {
 +
padding: 10px 0px;
 +
float:left;
 +
background-color:white;
 +
}
 +
 +
.full_size {
 +
width:100%;
 +
}
 +
 +
.full_size img {
 +
padding: 10px 15px;
 +
width:96.5%;
 +
}
 +
 +
.half_size {
 +
width: 50%;
 +
}
 +
.half_size img {
 +
padding: 10px 15px;
 +
width: 93%;
 +
}
 +
 +
 +
.clear {
 +
clear:both;
 +
}
 +
 +
.highlight {
 +
width: 90%;
 +
margin: auto;
 +
padding: 15px 5px;
 +
background-color: #f2f2f2;
 +
}
 +
 +
 +
/*STYLING */
 +
 +
/* styling for the titles */
 +
.content_wrapper h1, .content_wrapper h2 {
 +
padding:5px 15px;
 +
border-bottom:0px;
 +
color:#72c9b6;
 +
 +
}
 +
.content_wrapper h3, .content_wrapper h4, .content_wrapper h5, .content_wrapper h6 {
 +
padding:5px 15px;
 +
border-bottom:0px;
 +
color: #000000; 
 +
}
 +
 +
 +
/* font and text */
 +
.content_wrapper p {
 +
padding:0px 15px;
 +
font-size: 13px;
 +
font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;
 +
}
 +
 +
/* Links */
 +
.content_wrapper a {
 +
font-weight: bold;
 +
text-decoration: underline;
 +
text-decoration-color:#72c9b6;
 +
color: #72c9b6;
 +
-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease;
 +
-moz-transition: all 0.4s ease;
 +
-ms-transition: all 0.4s ease;
 +
-o-transition: all 0.4s ease;
 +
transition: all 0.4s ease;
 +
}
 +
 +
/* hover for the links */
 +
.content_wrapper a:hover {
 +
text-decoration:none;
 +
color:#000000;
 +
}
 +
 +
/* non numbered lists */
 +
.content_wrapper ul {
 +
padding:0px 20px;
 +
font-size: 13px;
 +
font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;
 +
}
 +
 +
/* numbered lists */
 +
.content_wrapper ol {
 +
padding:0px;
 +
font-size: 13px;
 +
font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;
 +
}
 +
 +
/* Table */
 +
.content_wrapper table {
 +
width: 97%;
 +
margin:15px 10px;
 +
border: 1px solid #d3d3d3;
 +
border-collapse: collapse;
 +
}
 +
 +
/* table cells */
 +
.content_wrapper  td {
 +
padding: 10px;
 +
vertical-align: text-top;
 +
border: 1px solid #d3d3d3;
 +
border-collapse: collapse;
 +
}
 +
 +
/* table headers */
 +
.content_wrapper th {
 +
padding: 10px;
 +
vertical-align: text-top;
 +
border: 1px solid #d3d3d3;
 +
border-collapse: collapse;
 +
background-color:#f2f2f2;
 +
}
 +
 +
/* Button class */
 +
.button_click {
 +
margin: 10px auto;
 +
padding: 15px; width:12%; 
 +
text-align:center;
 +
font-weight:bold;
 +
background-color: #72c9b6;
 +
cursor:pointer; 
 +
-webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease;
 +
-moz-transition: all 0.4s ease;
 +
-ms-transition: all 0.4s ease;
 +
-o-transition: all 0.4s ease;
 +
transition: all 0.4s ease;
 +
}
 +
 +
/* button class on hover */
 +
.button_click:hover { 
 +
background-color:#000000;
 +
color:#72c9b6;
 +
}
  
 
/********************************* RESPONSIVE STYLING ********************************/
 
/********************************* RESPONSIVE STYLING ********************************/
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</style>
 
</style>
  
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<!-------------------------------------------------OWN CODE--------------------------------------------------------->
 
  
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<!--iGEM HS Wiki HTML:Home-->
 
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<!--Darryl Sime, started 23/6/16-->
 
  
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<head>
 
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  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
 
−
  <title>Dundee Schools: Home</title>
 
−
</head>
 
  
−
<body>
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<!--- THIS IS WHERE THE HTML BEGINS --->
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  <!--CSS-->
+
−
  <style>
+
−
    *{
+
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font-family:Helvetica;
+
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color:black;
+
−
    }
+
  
−
    body {
 
−
padding:0em;
 
−
margin:0em;
 
−
background-color:#ACBEE2;
 
−
overflow-y:scroll;
 
−
overflow-x:hidden;
 
−
    }
 
  
−
    #banner {
+
<!-- This tells the browser that your page is responsive -->
−
margin-top:-2.5em;
+
−
margin-left:15em;
+
−
width:85em;
+
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height:29em;
+
−
position:relative;
+
−
z-index:1;
+
−
    }
+
  
−
    #home_bar {
+
<head>
−
background-color:#046836;
+
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
−
width:100%;
+
</head>
−
height:5em;
+
−
float:left;
+
−
margin-top:0em;
+
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margin-left:-20em
+
−
-webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
+
−
position:fixed;
+
−
border-top:1px solid black;
+
−
border-bottom:1px solid black;
+
−
z-index:10;
+
−
    }
+
  
−
    .nav_links {
 
−
background-color:#046836;
 
−
font-size:1.1em;
 
−
width:14.9em;
 
−
height:4em;
 
−
float:left;
 
−
position:fixed;
 
−
display:block;
 
−
border-top:1px solid black;
 
−
border-bottom:1px solid black;
 
−
color:white;
 
−
z-index:4;
 
−
    }
 
  
−
    .nav_links>p,a {color:white;}
 
  
−
    .nav_links > a,a:link, a:visited {
 
−
text-decoration:none;
 
−
color:white;
 
−
    }
 
  
−
    .nav_links > a,a:hover {
+
<div class="menu_wrapper" >
−
font-style:oblique;
+
−
color:white;
+
−
    }
+
  
−
    #team {
 
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margin-top:5em;
 
−
    }
 
  
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    #project {
 
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margin-top:1.3em;
 
−
    }
 
  
−
    #parts {
 
−
margin-top:5.05em;
 
−
    }
 
  
−
    #safety {
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<div class="collapsable_menu_control"> MENU ▤ </div>
−
margin-top:8.8em;
+
−
    }
+
  
−
    #attributions {
+
<ul id="accordion" class="accordion">
−
margin-top:12.55em;
+
−
    }
+
−
   
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    #outreach {
+
−
margin-top:16.3em;
+
−
    }
+
  
−
    #awards {
+
<li class="menu_item"> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools">HOME </a> </li>
−
margin-top:20.05em;
+
−
    }
+
  
−
    .nav_links > p {
 
−
margin-left:.9em;
 
−
font-weight:bold;
 
−
    }
 
  
−
    #home_icon {
+
<li class="menu_item"> <div class="icon plus"></div> TEAM
−
margin-left:.4em;
+
<ul class="submenu">
−
position:fixed;
+
<li> <a href=" https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Team"> Meet the Agents  </a> </li>
−
    }
+
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Collaborations"> Collaborations </a> </li>
 +
                    </ul>
 +
                </li>
  
−
    #description_backing {
+
<li class="menu_item"> <div class="icon plus"></div> PROJECT 
−
width:15em;
+
<ul class="submenu">
−
height:100%;
+
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Description">  Description </a></li>
−
background-color:#d0d9e1;
+
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Design"> Design </a></li>
−
margin-top:-30em;
+
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Experiments"> Experiments </a></li>
−
position:fixed;
+
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Proof"> Proof of Concept </a></li>
−
z-index:2;
+
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Results"> Results </a></li>
 +
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Notebook"> Notebook </a></li>
 +
                    </ul>
 +
                </li>
  
−
    }
+
<li class="menu_item"> <div class="icon plus"></div> PARTS 
 +
<ul class="submenu">
 +
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Parts">Parts </a></li>
 +
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Basic_Part"> Basic Parts </a></li>
 +
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Composite_Part"> Composite Parts </a></li>
 +
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Part_Collection"> Part Collection </a></li>
 +
                    </ul>
 +
                </li>
  
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    #description_backing > h3 {
 
−
float:left;
 
−
margin-top:12.8em;
 
−
margin-left:.36em;
 
−
position:fixed;
 
−
    }
 
  
 +
<li class="menu_item"> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Safety"> SAFETY </a> </li>
  
−
    #description_backing > p {
 
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margin-left:.5em;
 
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margin-top:16.5em;
 
−
float:left;
 
−
z-index:3;
 
−
width:13em;
 
−
position:fixed;
 
−
    }
 
  
 +
<li class="menu_item"> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Attributions"> ATTRIBUTIONS </a></li>
  
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    #project_description {
 
−
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−
margin-left:15.5em;
 
−
width:80.75em;
 
−
background-color;
 
−
    }
 
  
−
    #project_description > p {
+
<li class="menu_item"> <div class="icon plus"></div> HUMAN PRACTICES
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margin-top:-.9em;
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<ul class="submenu">
−
margin-bottom:.2em;
+
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Human_Practices"> Human Practices </a></li>
−
    }
+
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/HP/Silver"> Silver </a></li>
 +
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/HP/Gold">Gold </a></li>
 +
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Integrated_Practices"> Integrated Practices </a></li>
 +
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Engagement"> Engagement </a></li>
 +
                    </ul>
 +
                </li>
  
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    #left_text {
 
−
height:20em;
 
−
width:27em;
 
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display:inline-block;
 
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margin-left:16em;
 
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−
position:absolute;
 
−
    }
 
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margin-left:0em;
 
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margin-bottom:.0001em;
 
−
    }
 
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    #left_text > p {
 
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width:26em;
 
−
margin-top:.3em;
 
−
    }
 
  
−
    #right_text {
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<li class="menu_item"> <div class="icon plus"></div> AWARDS
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height:20em;
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<ul class="submenu">
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width:27em;
+
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Model">Modelling </a></li>
−
margin-left:44.9em;
+
<li> <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Medals">Medals</a></li>
−
position:absolute;
+
                    </ul>
−
display:inline-block;
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                </li>
−
    }
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−
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margin-bottom:.0001em;
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    }
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margin-top:.3em;
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−
    }
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    #footer {
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</div>
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position:absolute;
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clear:both;
+
−
z-index:10;
+
−
    }
+
  
−
  </style>
 
  
  
  
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<!--HTML-->
 
  
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<!--Navigation menu-->
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<div class="content_wrapper">
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  <div id="home_bar">
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  <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools"><img id="home_icon" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/h_I9eWjQHEAjgeabT5vA-cWHPPC8VDQHQdeR9BQHvr2jGvU8rK92ogUMVYWko-ZoIhLNLV9rwpR9xjHIjKchQv5LjSSkuKrjFPxv_Ca8jTcHKUfOuXNXQyUbpguD0PTCHmHdcnEmCmQsdnNr-RNNvNC16DMlijC8mkRc_fj4-o_W3YMTKJL77Wckc1GEwctdOZZrATkkkXGP5fkcN4seAUV-lS2bO0HSsx8sU3VOHaza9ifdvTMaSjxkHhbMEy93xBgbVmboB6aneQTm0WUJ_z4wR8S9pBlqGlMbP_9TMVpqJL6QgWxIMkznzHjm9zg2S7e_ji45PSp9PHunxU8GkynPcqqr1bOJWii5GFCIsr2vLYzdItbIPjdmHEkJAVMQ2E56SN44yeYi0zSQUALaqdxZbE5k4PB-0Y4opZjcF9gp3yoynN7ESZVY-O4UyhYsc6aPwh75o83_qOV7kXw1bDQjYMrhX2asXlZB5cgXNia8SQdL8kiCrZmcElh14DUJ4Y1JybQvIwDDgZzADoNVwPMxf3lRFoixdPBt1m74yrrT9zwKVGTljMg3vJsT_sc9MiMSrIMrP8dwkkwW0IwxzmZPDe83VYY=s64-no" float="left"/> </a>
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  </div>
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  <div class="nav_links" id="team">
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  <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Team"><p>Team</a></p>
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  <div class="nav_links" id="project">
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  <p>Project</p>
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  </div>
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  <div class="nav_links" id="parts">
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  <p>Parts</p>
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  </div>
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  <div class="nav_links" id="safety">
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  <a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Safety"><p>Safety</a></p>
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−
  </div>
+
−
  <div class="nav_links" id="attributions">
+
−
  <a href"https://2016.igem.org/Team:Dundee_Schools/Attributions"><p>Attributions</a></p>
+
−
  </div>
+
−
  <div class="nav_links" id="outreach">
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  <p>Outreach</p>
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  </div>
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  <div class="nav_links" id="awards">
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  <p>Awards</p>
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  </div>
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  <p>Every month running from February 2016 our team attended monthly meetings to discuss our project and brainstorm ideas, allowing us to talk about what we would like to work on throughout the summer. During these meetings we all came up with various ideas and eventually managed to narrow it down to the idea of targeting water-borne bacterial infections affecting developing countries. <br></br>
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      Two of the main bacterial infections caught in these countries are shigellosis and cholera; shigellosis is an infection caused by the bacterium <em>Shigella</em> and cholera by <em>Vibrio cholerae</em>. Both are usually caught by ingesting water or food contaminated with the respective bacteria and both conditions also have similar symptoms; 163 million cases of shigellosis are recorded annually in third-world countries, 1 million of which proving fatal. In addition, cholera causes around 100 000 deaths in these countries per year.<br></br>
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      We have decided to combat these infections by using RNA interference; this will hopefully be a cheaper, faster and more accessible solution than current cures. Since beginning our project full-time in June, the dry team have contacted various individuals and charities to get a range of opinions on our proposed method and have started developing the wiki; meanwhile, the wet team have begun work in the lab.</p>
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<p>Welcome to Scotland’s first ever high school iGEM team! For our project, we have assigned our special agent spiRNA on a mission to target <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> and <i>Shigella flexneri</i> - two waterborne bacteria that cause the diseases Cholera and Shigellosis, often proving fatal in developing countries. To achieve this, we’ve created a fusion protein which will allow our spiRNA to hitch a ride out of <i>E. coli</i>. Our agent will sneak its way into the target pathogen and complete its mission by preventing the pathogen from causing an infection.</p>
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<p>We’re targeting Cholera and Shigella specifically because they are both a major cause of fatalities in developing countries, due to treatments not being readily available or affordable. Therefore, we aim for our spiRNA to be a cheaper, more effective and more accessible alternative to current treatments; in other words, for it to FIGHT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS!</p>
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Welcome to Scotland’s first ever high school iGEM team! For our project, we have assigned our special agent spiRNA on a mission to target Vibrio cholerae and Shigella flexneri - two waterborne bacteria that cause the diseases Cholera and Shigellosis, often proving fatal in developing countries. To achieve this, we’ve created a fusion protein which will allow our spiRNA to hitch a ride out of E. coli. Our agent will sneak its way into the target pathogen and complete its mission by preventing the pathogen from causing an infection.

We’re targeting Cholera and Shigella specifically because they are both a major cause of fatalities in developing countries, due to treatments not being readily available or affordable. Therefore, we aim for our spiRNA to be a cheaper, more effective and more accessible alternative to current treatments; in other words, for it to FIGHT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS!