CAGEN Challenge

The Critical Assessment for Genetically Engineered Networks (CAGEN) is a new competition designed to improve the robustness and performance of human-designed biological circuits and devices operating in cells. The purpose of this survey is to gauge interest in the 2011-12 challenge proposals. The results of this survey will be reviewed by the CAGEN steering committee before making a final determination of which competition(s) to run. More information on the CAGEN competition and a list of the proposed challenges can be found at http://www.openwetware.org/CAGEN.

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* 1. Where did you hear about the CAGEN competition?

Read about it in a journal or newspaper

Received an e-mail from a member of the CAGEN steering committee

Received an e-mail forwarded by a colleague

Someone told me about it at a conference or other meeting

Found it by searching around on the web

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What is your current position?

Faculty member

Research scientist

Postdoc

Graduate student

Undergraduate

Other (please specify)

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* 3. What is the likelihood you would participate in one of the CAGEN challenges if it were selected by the Steering Committee? (Assume that only that challenge were available and the others were not chosen.)

	Definitely not	Not likely	Maybe/not sure	Somewhat likely	Highly likely
Robust Gene Response	Robust Gene Response Definitely not	Robust Gene Response Not likely	Robust Gene Response Maybe/not sure	Robust Gene Response Somewhat likely	Robust Gene Response Highly likely
Universal Logic Gates	Universal Logic Gates Definitely not	Universal Logic Gates Not likely	Universal Logic Gates Maybe/not sure	Universal Logic Gates Somewhat likely	Universal Logic Gates Highly likely
Robust Synthetic Development	Robust Synthetic Development Definitely not	Robust Synthetic Development Not likely	Robust Synthetic Development Maybe/not sure	Robust Synthetic Development Somewhat likely	Robust Synthetic Development Highly likely
Competitive Gene Expression	Competitive Gene Expression Definitely not	Competitive Gene Expression Not likely	Competitive Gene Expression Maybe/not sure	Competitive Gene Expression Somewhat likely	Competitive Gene Expression Highly likely

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* 4. Independent of whether you would participate in a challenge, how useful do you think the challenge problem is as a means of improving the robustness of synthetic biological circuits?

	Damages the field	Not useful	Questionable utility	Possibly useful	Definitely useful	Don't know
Robust Gene Response	Robust Gene Response Damages the field	Robust Gene Response Not useful	Robust Gene Response Questionable utility	Robust Gene Response Possibly useful	Robust Gene Response Definitely useful	Robust Gene Response Don't know
Universal Logic Gates	Universal Logic Gates Damages the field	Universal Logic Gates Not useful	Universal Logic Gates Questionable utility	Universal Logic Gates Possibly useful	Universal Logic Gates Definitely useful	Universal Logic Gates Don't know
Robust Synthetic Development	Robust Synthetic Development Damages the field	Robust Synthetic Development Not useful	Robust Synthetic Development Questionable utility	Robust Synthetic Development Possibly useful	Robust Synthetic Development Definitely useful	Robust Synthetic Development Don't know
Competitive Gene Expression	Competitive Gene Expression Damages the field	Competitive Gene Expression Not useful	Competitive Gene Expression Questionable utility	Competitive Gene Expression Possibly useful	Competitive Gene Expression Definitely useful	Competitive Gene Expression Don't know

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* 5. Which of the following competitions have you or will you participate in?

	Participated in the past	Will participate in 2011-12	Plan to participate in future years
iGEM	iGEM Participated in the past	iGEM Will participate in 2011-12	iGEM Plan to participate in future years
BIOMOD	BIOMOD Participated in the past	BIOMOD Will participate in 2011-12	BIOMOD Plan to participate in future years
CASP	CASP Participated in the past	CASP Will participate in 2011-12	CASP Plan to participate in future years

Other (please specify)