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Team:TU Munich
From 2012.igem.org
TUM-Brew: iGEM's first and finest SynBio Beer
The TU Munich iGEM Team engineers Saccharomyces cerevisiae, also known as baker's yeast, in order to lay the foundations for a new generation of functional foods with nutritionally valuable ingredients.
As an example, for iGEM’s first “SynBio Beer” the compounds Xanthohumol (anticancerogenic), Limonene (limeflavor), Caffeine (stimulant) as well as the Thaumatin (protein sweetener) were chosen to demonstrate the spectrum of possibilities to complement traditional foods or beverages.
The metabolic pathways for these substances were converted to genetic BioBricks. Using the shuttle vector pYES2, which was adapted to the iGEM standard, transient transfection and expression in yeast were achieved. The gene products were subsequently characterized and their biosynthetic activities investigated.
Constitutive, alcohol-inducible and light-switchable promoter systems were developed, to individually regulate the expression of these gene cassettes. By combining these BioBricks our team has been able to brew iGEM’s first and finest SynBio Beer.
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iGEM Team der TUM informiert über Gentechnik
Passend zu unserem Projektthema veranstalten wir eine Informationsveranstaltung mit anschließender Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema "Gentechnik in Lebensmitteln".
Eingeladen dazu sind Politiker aus Freising, Professoren der TU München, ein Vertreter des Bundesamts für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit sowie Studenten der TU München.
Wir setzen uns u.a. mit Sicherheitsfragen zur Gentechnik im Bezug auf Lebensmittel auseinander und bieten ein Diskussionsforum für alle Interessierten.
Die Veranstaltung wird am 18.09.2012 um 18.00 Uhr am WZW im HS 17 stattfinden.
Ihr seid herzlich eingeladen an der Veranstaltung teilzunehmen und mitzudiskutieren!
