October 21, 2023
Keystone # Biostone-Using cyanobacteria to display carbonic anhydrase for sustainable brick manufacturing # Cement is the most widely used construction material, but its high carbon footprint calls for zero-carbon alternatives for sustainable development. Inspired by this year’s Turkish-Syrian earthquake, Team Keystone aims to develop a carbon-sequestering, self-healing building material. It utilizes carbonic anhydrase (CA) displayed on the surface of cyanobacteria to convert CO_2 into calcium carbonate, which binds sand aggregates at the nanoscale to increase compressive strength, forming “Biostone”.
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October 21, 2023
Korea-HS # Optimizing Cultured Beef Production: Development of Conditioned Media Enriched with Afamin and Wnt3a Proteins # Traditional meat production accounts for 57% of the greenhouse gas emissions of the food production industry and results in 70 billion animals slaughtered for food annually. Lab-cultured meat production offers a sustainable alternative but faces high production costs, technical limits, and scale-up challenges. Korea-HS’s Afamin-Wnt3a Protein Enriched Conditioned Media addresses the environmental and ethical issues of current traditional and cultivated meat production processes.
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October 21, 2023
Lambert-GA # CADlock: Improvement Upon an Early Screening Tool for Coronary Artery Disease # In 2021, coronary artery disease (CAD) was responsible for 375,476 fatalities. Many of these deaths could be prevented by improved diagnosis, cost-effectiveness, and less invasive procedures. Through CADlock, we promoted early diagnostics and inclusive care for underrepresented demographics. We met this goal by emphasizing accessibility, affordability, and accuracy through procedures providing preliminary care to systemically marginalized groups before disease progression.
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October 21, 2023
LethbridgeHS # ChromoSense # Our team is redesigning a chromoprotein to a biosensor platform. The colour-changing chromoprotein switches colours upon binding to a target ligand. The biosensor design is based on work done by Stewart Loh’s lab and the 2013 Uppsala iGEM team.
私たちのチームは、クロモプロテインをバイオセンサープラットフォームに再設計しています。色が変化するクロモプロテインは、目標となるリガンドに結合すると色を変えます。バイオセンサーの設計は、スチュワート・ローの研究室と2013年のウプサラiGEMチームの作業に基づいています。
reference:
iGEM LethbridgeHS Team Information iGEM LethbridgeHS Wiki
October 21, 2023
LINKS-China # Aroma Anchor # AmbergrisĀandĀSandalwoodĀOilĀareĀbothĀwell-knownĀfragranceĀfixativesĀsinceĀcenturiesĀbefore. However, people hunted and killed sperm whales to obtain ambergris and the growing of sandalwood is highly time and cost consuming. LINKS-China 2023 aims to produce ambrein and santalol, the major components of the fixatives using yeast cell-factory. By engineering S.cerevisiae, we optimized the MVA pathways by over expressing tHMG1 and IDI1. Then, we constructed the pathway of santalene production by expressing ClSS and its mutant.
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October 21, 2023
Liuan-Shanghai # Synthetic Biofilms: A Greener and Safer Solution for Food Preservation # Food waste has been on the rise, prompting the development of food preservation films using biopolymers. However, these materials lack antibacterial properties, necessitating the use of additives. Synthetic biology offers a greener and safer approach by integrating antibacterial peptides into materials. In this project, we aimed to create food preservation films with extended decay time using existing biopolymer materials.
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October 21, 2023
LJCDSCalifornia # – Not provided yet – # – No abstract provided yet –
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reference:
iGEM LJCDSCalifornia Team Information iGEM LJCDSCalifornia Wiki
October 21, 2023
Manual-KY # PFAS Detection and Characterization -inator # PFAS (per and poly fluoroalkyl substances) are an increasingly prevalent threat. PFAS are industrial products that are resilient to degradation and widespread in the environment, including our home state of Kentucky. PFAS are responsible for a variety of human diseases, such as cancers, birth defects, autoimmune responses, and many more characterized and potentially uncharacterized impacts. PFAS testing is also very inaccessible, requiring mass spectroscopy machines that not many places have.
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October 21, 2023
Metropolis-Shanghai # Development of anti-Alzheimer’s drugs targeting α2A adrenergic receptors # Alzheimer’s disease is a disorder that causes degeneration of the cells in the brain and it is the main cause of dementia, which is characterized by a decline in thinking and independence in personal daily activities. Alzheimer’s disease, the commonest cause of dementia, is a growing global health concern with huge implications for individuals and society. For these reasons, we set up Alzheimer’s Assistance (AAA) in order to make a contribution to solving Alzheimer’s disease.
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October 21, 2023
MetroTorontoHS # – Not provided yet – # – No abstract provided yet –
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reference:
iGEM MetroTorontoHS Team Information iGEM MetroTorontoHS Wiki