Team:Oxford/Timeline

Timeline

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Project Selection

To be considered for the Oxford iGEM team, we each had to write a short statement explaining why we would make good team members. The previous years' team selected us based on this, and after the Christmas break, we arrived in January as a team of 11!
From January to March, we were brainstorming potential projects - first, individuals pitched short ideas and we discussed these as a team to exclude some initial ones based on feasibility or originality, taking into account previous iGEM projects. By February, we had narrowed down to 3 projects, and split into small sub teams to conduct more extensive feasibility studies into each of these. By March, we all decided to devote our efforts to the project addressing Wilson's Disease.
Throughout the March and April we researched Wilson's disease, probiotic treatments and copper chelation proteins. We also considered how we would want to regulate these chelators and how we would like the bacteria to be delivered. We resolved to consult the public of their views on synthetic biology and probiotic delivery and we would work towards addressing their concerns.