IGEM:IMPERIAL/2007/Ideas/Feasibility

Level 1

 * Application driven
 * Sources of knowledge / research
 * reuse old knowledge
 * novel, no overlap with other iGEMs
 * project must be approves (Ethics, Safety)
 * scope - needs to be functional in 9 weeks

Level 2

 * Application has to be low cost
 * has to be portable
 * safe, no contamination
 * inspire confidence in synthetic biology
 * must have a contingency
 * use parts in registry
 * no heavy metals
 * no human testing
 * no quantum shift (big change)
 * keep to the status quo
 * base on a commercialised product
 * budget
 * equipment

Level 3

 * based on reliable, basic parts
 * max 3 components
 * well documented
 * easily modelled
 * limited to college grounds
 * restricted booking
 * easy learning curve

Level 4

 * well characterised biobricks and chassis
 * use PoPS

Criterion 1: Project Must Be Application driven

 * Application has to be low cost
 * has to be portable
 * safe, no contamination
 * inspire confidence in synthetic biology
 * must have a contingency

Criterion 2: Project Must Generate Research

 * HRP
 * information processing
 * sensors
 * cleanup
 * must generate data and analysis
 * must generate documentation

Criterion 3: Project Must Reuse Available Sources of Knowledge

 * Literature must be available
 * use parts in registry or past iGEM projects
 * based on reliable, basic parts
 * well characterised biobricks and chassis
 * avoid composite systems
 * standards adherence
 * use PoPS
 * Analogous system ourside synthetic biology

Criterion 4: Project Must Be Novel (no overlap with past iGEMS)

 * must not copy past iGEMs or be similar to them
 * Past iGEM (2006)
 * iGEM 2007
 * must not have been done outside iGEM either (but can do something that has been attempted but failed)

Criterion 5: Project must be approved, Safety & Ethics

 * Imperial College regulations must be satisfied
 * no heavy metals
 * Ethical requirements must be satisfied
 * no human testing
 * legal requirements must be satisfied
 * Safety

Criterion 6: Project Has Constraints on its Scope

 * needs to be functional in 9 weeks
 * no quantum shift (big change)
 * max 3 components
 * well documented
 * easily modelled
 * keep to the status quo
 * base on a commercialised product
 * budget
 * equipment
 * limited to college grounds
 * restricted booking
 * easy learning curve

focus on engineering not science

make something work well - performance.

no exotic protocol requirements