Team:Groningen
From 2009.igem.org
Heavy metal scavengersHuman health and the environment are endangered by heavy metal pollution in water and sediment. To battle this problem a purification strategy, in which arsenic, zinc and copper are removed from water and sediment, was developed. This strategy encompasses a biological device in which E. coli bacteria accumulate metal ions from solutions, after which they produce gas vesicles and start floating. This biological device consists of two integrated systems: one for metal uptake and storage, the other for metal induced buoyancy. The uptake and storage system consists of a metal transporter and metal binding proteins (to reduce toxicity and increase accumulation). The buoyancy system is made up of a metal induced promotor in front of a gas vesicle gene cluster. The combination of both systems will enable the efficient cleaning of polluted water and sediment in a biological manner.
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Where to meet us
- TODO October 30th to November 2nd: The iGEM 2009 Jamboree - MIT Stata and Lobby 13 in Cambridge, MA
- TODO 19th of October: Colloquium Institute for Mathematics and Computing Science - room 5161.0267 (Bernoulliborg), Groningen
- 2nd of October: Lunch meeting @ DHV
- 1st of October: Lunch meeting @ Life Science student society GLV Idun - Groene Zaal, Haren
- 29th of September: Meeting @ Applied physics student society TFV Professor Francken - NCC complex VIP Room building 16, Groningen
- 24th of September: 2nd Programme Day of the Kluyver Centre - Wageningse Berg, Wageningen
- 17th Annual GBB Symposium 2009 - Hampshire hotel, Groningen