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Why cyanobacteria? Conventional single celled model organisms, such as E.coli, are widely used in synthetic biology as reliable and well-characterized systems. However a nitrogen and carbon rich medium has to be supplied which is expensive in both economic and environmental terms. Using cyanobacteria capable of performing photosynthesis and removing waste CO2 as well as nitrogen fixating bypasses this problem and has the potential to be an important organism for future biotechnological research. We wish to genetically engineer cyanobacteria to produce biologically generated light, so-called bioluminescence. This not only has direct implications for development of sustainable and economic light sources, but also as a general proof-of-principle of the suitability of cyanobacteria for biotechnological research and production. Read more. General design Text her.
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Impact factors: Our project aims to create a regulated light-producing BioBrick and thus add it to the partsregistry of BioBricks, a continuously growing collection of genetic parts that can be mixed and matched to build synthetic biology devices and systems (partsregistry.org ). Hence our project contributes to the expansion of the partsregistry, benefitting all researchers with interest in bioluminescence in cyanobacterias. The partsregistry is founded on an open source philosophy, a philosophy we see as a great advantage for development and improvement of the number BioBricks already existing. The addition of our BioBrick to this catalogue will perhaps encourage other groups to look at other aspects of the many functions of cyanobacterias and thus contribute to the formation of new biological systems further expanding the field of synthetic biology. |
iGEM Medals Requirements Bronze  Team registration Complete Judgment form. Team Wiki.
Plan to present a poster and a talk at the iGEM Jamboree At least one new submitted and well-characterized standard BioBrick Part or Device.Silver
Gold For Gold Medal, either of the following must be checked
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| Comments or questions to the team? Please mail us at igemcopenhagen@gmail.com |
