Friday 30.03.12

We kept discussing possible projects, and we now have several projects that would be interresting to work with. Here are the topics we have discussed so far:

• Fatty acid synthesis in E.coli (EDA and DHA production)
• Using cells in water purification
  • Using bacteria to remove hormones from wastewater
  • Using bacteria to remove sucralose from wastewater
• Be able to control pili production in order to control electron transfer between cells
• Biosensor detecting cancer cells, starting synthesis of chemoterapeutic drugs when cancer cells are detected
• Biosensor detecting harmful bacteria
• Making bacteria destroy oil spill
• Digitalize a signal from an environmental stimulus
• Biomining (using microorganisms to extract metals

Friday 16.03.12

We had a meeting, where we started discussing ideas for this year's iGEM project. We also decided to eat lunch together once a week, to get to know one another. For the outreach part of the project, Gunvor suggested that we could collaborate with Studentersamfundet to make a "lørdagsmøte" about synthetic biology.