Team:Valencia Biocampus/Project

Who said scientists don't care about microbial cultures?

This year, Valencia Biocampus team members are going to break down communication frontiers among species through an artificial language based on wavelengths, which will allow us to know more about the requirements of the microorganisms we thrive everyday in our labs. Depending on different metabolic conditions, our microorganisms (bacteria and yeast) will express fluorescent proteins that are under the control of promoters sensitive to these nutrients. Therefore, by using a fluorimeter controlled by voice-recognition software, we are able to ask and get answers (like real-life talking!) of bacteria environment! Moreover we have a brand-new experience, related to UV-regulation, in which we dictate what the bacterium has to produce!

Our final goal is to characterize and model completely well bacteria interaction regarding to these nutrient factors, how they behave then and how they answer to the different conditions. In addition, we would like to design a self-made-but-cool device for carrying out the whole trial. And last, but not least, our Human Practices team has an awesome story-telling script for the audience!