From 2007.igem.org

Contents 1 University of Naples "Federico II" 2 Tigem 3 About Us 4 Our Project

University of Naples "Federico II"

---

Tigem

The Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM) was created by the Italian Telethon Foundation in 1994. TIGEM mission is the understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms of genetic diseases with the aim of developing preventive and therapeutic strategies.TIGEM currently hosts 17 research groups, and a total of more than 120 persons, including students, postdoctoral fellows, staff scientists, technicians, and administrators and offers training programs in medical human genetics and Synthetic Biology in cooperation with the University of Naples Federico II.

About Us

• Students:
  • Giovanni Russo
  • Lucia Marucci
  • Velia Siciliano
  • Irene Cantone
  • Roberta Bergamasco
  • Maria Aurelia Ricci
  • Mafalda Graziano

• Instructors
  • Diego di Bernardo
  • Maria Pia Cosma
  • Mario di Bernardo

• Advisor
  • Giulia Cuccato

Our Project

The aim of our project is to engineer a synthetic biological network that allow yeast cells to change colour at differents oleate concentrations.