Team:Korea U Seoul/Notebook/Apr

      Fire alarm using bacteria : Making bacteria detecting CO, H2S, other toxic gases and compounds formed during incomplete combustion. After the detecting, noticeable change occurs (e.g. color change)

     Make bacteria responds to electric field to make a display system

      Empty cell : Making bacterial factory by modifying bacteria to maintain only cellular structures related to production of certain material we want.

     Walking bacteria : Literally, bacteria that show walking mechanism.

     Salt eating bacteria : Using bacteria in desalination process

     Bacterial feed : Modifying bacteria to produce materials that facilitating growth and mix them with feed.

     Beeping bacteria : Making communication system of bacteria visible to human eyes.

     Improved photosynthesis in bacteria : By using obg gene exists in ribosome, enhances bacterial photosynthesis.

     Diagnosis of diseases using bacteria : By expressing lectin proteins on the surface of bacteria that specifically recognize certain oligosaccharides, find out mutant cells

     Cyclopropane fatty acids : Producing alkanes by using Brucella abortus

     Fat degrading bacteria : Literally, modifying bacteria to degrade fat for a diet

     Perfume production using bacteria

     Making shaving cream with bacteria : Modifies bacteria to degrade beard.

     Jean washing : Modifying bacteria to degrade fiber of jean or indigo dye to wash jean.

     Heating bacteria : Using bacteria to get warm. Can be used to make boiler.

     Using bacteria to change a circadian rhythm : Clone the gene related to circadian rhythm and use it to overcome jet lag.

     Silk production using bacteria : Adopt insect-oriented gene related to silk production to bacteria

     Cellulose degrading bacteria : Literally, by using cellulase gene, make bacteria to degrade cellulose.

     Hemoglobin in bacteria : Modify bacteria to express different phenotypes according to oxygen concentration.

     Expressing various colors using bacteria : Use luciferase. By concentration of bacteria that are coated with shells having colors, different colors of lights are emitted.

     Water quality measurement device using microorganism : Measuring DO, BOD of water by how much microorganism expressed fluorescence.

     Channel Rhodopsin photometer : literally, measure amount of light using channel rhodopsin

     Solar photovoltatic power generation using microorganisms.

     Fertilizer using Agrobacterium species.

     Development of microorganisms that attaches to organic compounds and then precipitate.

     Microorganism power generator : Using pressure of gases produced by microorganisms, generate power.

     Movement of bacteria using endospore

     Make bacteria to sense cholesterol, and then burst to release contained enzymes that breaks down cholesterol.

     Bacterial detergent : secretion of protease clean up laundry.

     Ideas related to human body : Since projects for iGEM should be done in 3~6 months, we cannot go through clinical trial. So try to think of other ideas

     For the experiment, we would use prokaryotic cells and yeast cells. Also we can use eukaryote's gene. But since our lab does not deal with eukaryotic cells, try to think of ideas in this boundary.

     Ideas already done by previous iGEMers cannot be used again but it is possible to improve the ideas and they would be approved to use.

     Apr : Decide which topic our team's gonna proceed.

     May and June : Develope the idea, design experiment and start coding our wiki page

     During Vacation : do experiment, gathering data and analyze them.

     Sep : Get ready for wiki freeze, prepare poster and presentation files.

     Oct : Final check for Asia jamboree

     Nov : World championship

     Apr 30, p.m. 8:00, lecture room 335 Life Science Division West building. (Next week is exam period, therefore, we don't have regular meeting.)

     Develope each one's idea and read some articles related to it if needed. Share the articles by uploading pdf version of them if you searched for some.