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== A short history of team Wageningen UR 2012 == | == A short history of team Wageningen UR 2012 == | ||
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+ | During the final weeks of 2011, our supervisors gathered a small group of enthusiastic students, willing to sacrifice their summer holiday to work on iGEM. In the first weeks of January, this small group quickly expanded to about 10 persons who were involved in the brainstorm.<br> | ||
A Belgium Beer Café was deemed most suitable for this purpose. The ideas that came to our minds were everything in between brilliant and alcohol induced nonsense. | A Belgium Beer Café was deemed most suitable for this purpose. The ideas that came to our minds were everything in between brilliant and alcohol induced nonsense. | ||
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Interesting to notice, our final idea is derived from the first idea on our brainstorm list, which can be inspected at the bottom. The Google drive document indicated on September 5, 2012: | Interesting to notice, our final idea is derived from the first idea on our brainstorm list, which can be inspected at the bottom. The Google drive document indicated on September 5, 2012: | ||
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+ | [[File:iGEMBrainstorm.jpg|500px|center|thumb|A screenshot from the google drive, indicating the time between the start of our brainstorm and the final weeks of the project]] | ||
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During the months February and March, we trimmed the list down to only 3 ideas: | During the months February and March, we trimmed the list down to only 3 ideas: | ||
- Site specific drug delivery using VLPs | - Site specific drug delivery using VLPs | ||
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- Conversion of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons into usable chemicals | - Conversion of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons into usable chemicals | ||
After consultation of postdocs and (associate) professors of both Wageningen University and elsewhere, we had a vote which ended in a tie between drug delivery and glycosylation. After a second consultation round and additional information about glycosylation from Prof. Markus Aebi (ETH Zurich), we decided to choose for the site specific drug delivery using VLPs. The final decision was based upon feasibility of the project within the given timeframe. The comment of Aebi was that we are “somewhat ahead of our time”. | After consultation of postdocs and (associate) professors of both Wageningen University and elsewhere, we had a vote which ended in a tie between drug delivery and glycosylation. After a second consultation round and additional information about glycosylation from Prof. Markus Aebi (ETH Zurich), we decided to choose for the site specific drug delivery using VLPs. The final decision was based upon feasibility of the project within the given timeframe. The comment of Aebi was that we are “somewhat ahead of our time”. | ||
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# Hazardous material detector and quantifier | # Hazardous material detector and quantifier | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:31, 27 September 2012
week 0: A new beginning
A short history of team Wageningen UR 2012
During the final weeks of 2011, our supervisors gathered a small group of enthusiastic students, willing to sacrifice their summer holiday to work on iGEM. In the first weeks of January, this small group quickly expanded to about 10 persons who were involved in the brainstorm.
A Belgium Beer Café was deemed most suitable for this purpose. The ideas that came to our minds were everything in between brilliant and alcohol induced nonsense.
Interesting to notice, our final idea is derived from the first idea on our brainstorm list, which can be inspected at the bottom. The Google drive document indicated on September 5, 2012:
During the months February and March, we trimmed the list down to only 3 ideas: - Site specific drug delivery using VLPs - Mimicking eukaryotic glycosylation patterns in prokaryotes - Conversion of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons into usable chemicals After consultation of postdocs and (associate) professors of both Wageningen University and elsewhere, we had a vote which ended in a tie between drug delivery and glycosylation. After a second consultation round and additional information about glycosylation from Prof. Markus Aebi (ETH Zurich), we decided to choose for the site specific drug delivery using VLPs. The final decision was based upon feasibility of the project within the given timeframe. The comment of Aebi was that we are “somewhat ahead of our time”.
The Ideas
- A Site specific drug delivery (epithelial cancer)
- A Organic sphere lighting
- A Ground erosion
- A Eating plastics
- A Producing oil
- A Nice smelling farts (like flowers)
- Biological clock
- Deodorant
- Red foam on beer
- Toxic sensors (promotor induced by toxins)
- Detection of radiation, Fukushima
- ZOAB-saving bacteria. Filling cracks, reacting on exposure to air.
- Glycerol production to prevent freezing
- Taste customisation by temperature controlled promotors. Each temperature yields a different taste.
- Fermentation of drinks (orange juice to cocktails) (in teabag)
- Beef production by MOs. (flavours)
- Waste product degradation and production of usable products
- Recycling of phosphates
- Bacteria for urinals: decrease smell and convert to usable product in sewage stream.
- Bird flu 4.0, deathly
- Bacteria that eat: Houses, batteries, death terrorists
- Bomb detection
- Dog nose bacteria
- Land mine detection (explosives)
- Production of bomb ingredients
- Drugs detector
- Alcohol detection, save to drive?
- Liver damage detection in urine
- Cancer detection in urine, diabetes, STDs and other diseases (at home)
- Condom that lights up when in contact with STD
- Batteries by MOs (rechargeable)
- Biodegradable batteries
- Collecting gold
- Hydrogen production
- Accumulation of metals from seawater in bacteria (recycling)
- Accumulation of salt from sea water or flocculation of salt
- Lights up when low in alcohol, you should drink more
- Anti-hangover
- Food preservation
- Fat binding E. coli, loosing weight
- Degradation of pesticides
- Bio diesel
- CO2, methane fixation
- Methane degradation in cows. Convert it into usable fuel, less greenhouse gas
- Flying bacteria
- Biofilm around the world
- Bacterial catalysers in cars (recycling)
- Produce shoe polish when exposed to air
- Cleaning with bacteria
- Bacteria that convert food into medicine (in situ)
- Music, sound producing MOs
- Vibrating MOs that store music
- Production of wood
- Reversed humans for in space
- Rocket fuel
- Glue/Duct tape
- Cooling, cleaning air: Climate control.
- Bone replacement
- Kill mosquitoes
- Kill vectors for diseases (malaria by killing mosquitoes)
- Fresh water production
- Plastic/spider silk production
- MOs eating hair pockets (no shaving anymore)
- LSD production
- In situ production of narcotics. Helping addicts
- Binding of sex hormones, pedofile detector
- Viagra producing fungi
- Sterilisation bacteria (birth control)
- Fortification of dykes
- Cell Cycle Control by using mono-chromatic light
- Cell Cycle Control by using inducer (nisin or subtilin)
- Plastic degrading bacteria in ocean
- Bio memory
- Bio computer/intelligence
- Rapid Evolution Micro-Organism
- Protein deficiency solution using micro-organisms symbiosis
- Hormone misbalance solution using micro-organism symbiosis
- Vitamin deficiency solution using Micro-organism symbiosis
- Mono-chromatic light as inducer
- Walking light cell line
- Minimal cell
- Garbage micro-organism
- Micro-organism growing (only) on (exaust) gasses
- Plastics to fuel
- Agricultural waste to plastics
- Polymer production by using peptidoglycan layer producing units
- Extreme symbiotic cells
- Micro-organism reacting to sound/vibrations
- Cell line production
- The Exploding Cells Infection
- Bodily fluids clean up
- Faeces to plastics
- Survival cell
- Hazardous material detector and quantifier