Error Analysis

As a first year team, we have run into many problems throughout the course of the season from financial hardship to laboratory mistakes. Here we share our experiences throughout the year in hopes that other teams can learn from our mistakes and have an easier time through the season.

Because we are in the nascent period of the STEM program, we did not receive adequeate pecuniary support from our school district. In order to earn money to purchase the registry parts and lab equipment, we reached out to our local supermarkets and stores. As we informed our community of our iGEM project, we asked for their donations to contribute to our cause. One way we earned money

In our first attempt to culture the bacteria, we made the mistake of trying to culture the bacteria on a

We also need to take into account the contamination that occurs during lab procedures. Although we follow all safety cautions to maintain accuracy of our lab results and keep ourselves safe from the deleterious chemicals, the environment where we perform our lab experiments is not as pristine as a professional laboratory, so errors due to contamination were unavoidable.