IGEM:IMPERIAL/2009/Template:Projectproposal

=Project Description=
 * Introduction to the specific problem/application that we would like to target (max 150 words)
 * Motivations behind the choice (max 100 words)
 * Previous iGEM projects or papers in this area, to give us an idea how novel this idea is (max 5 references)
 * Present your overall project as a black-box with well defined inputs/outputs.
 * Decompose your overall project into functional modules that you will later describe in more details.

=Specifications=
 * Present a list of suitable specifications for the overall project and its functional modules.
 * Try to think of both general considerations such as
 * choice of chassis e.g. use of non-pathogenic strains in food applications
 * and specific considerations e.g. for a specific biosensor having a defined detectable output and sensitivity
 * Do not forget environmental pressures...

=Design=
 * Present your design for the particular application/problem
 * Try to split your project into different layers of complexity and consider the inputs and outputs at each layer
 * Black Box overall design (e.g.at culture level),
 * BlackBox cellular level,
 * Genetic Device,
 * individual modules of this device,
 * BioBricks of each module
 * Implementation Issues
 * Physical Setup
 * Practical issues (e.g drug delivery: how would it take place?)
 * A little scenario would be helpful

=Modelling=
 * At what levels of your design would it be useful to model?
 * Are there already some existing models?
 * of the whole system?
 * of some parts of the system?
 * What kinds of modelling techniques do you think of using?
 * Parameters of the model(s)
 * are some parameters available?
 * else is a spec sheet available that could be used to estimate them?
 * else how could you obtain some with well designed experiments?
 * What questions do you want our model to answer?

=Testing=
 * What type of measurements/characterisation do you propose to perform?
 * have you already foudn some useful experimental protocols.
 * Any special equipment or expertise required, if yes any available at Imperial?
 * PS: remember modules will have to be characterised separately... that is you will have to break up the complexity of the whole system and design experiments accordingly

=Examples= Here are two good examples of previous project proposal presentation:
 * [[Media:icgems_cbd-proposal.ppt| CBD Proposal ]]
 * [[Media:ICGEMS_In-Veso_Biofilm_Detector.ppt| ID Proposal ]]