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Project description

We at City College of San Francisco, the world's first Junior College iGEM team, have begun constructing a bacterial powered battery. The design has been generated with sustainability in mind, and aims to create an alternative to traditional fossil fuel technologies.
The battery owes its capabilities to two strains of bacteria: the heterotroph Rhodoferax ferrireducens, and the photoautotroph Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Each strain will occupy its own concentration cell and after being cultured anaerobically, will either oxidize (in the case of R. palustris) ferrous iron or reduce (in the case of R. ferrireducens) ferric iron. The resulting current will be collected and used to demonstrate the functionality of the battery.
The reduction and oxidation reaction will be self-substaining. This process is further aided by the genetic modification of R. palustris. As a photosynthetic prokaryote, R. palustris generates glucose readily. We intend to share this glucose with R. ferrireducens by inserting a passive glucose transporter into the cells of R. palustris.

Who we are

Advisors:

Dirk VandePol
Edith Kaeuper

Undergrads:

Salvatore Alioto
Emily Bedard
Angela Brock
Nick Candau
Bowen Hunter
Dan Ingwersen
Gregory Sean Kielian
Tram Lai
Bertram Lee
Robert Lodes
Colby Sandate
Elizaveta Sergeeva
Ben Walls
Renhao Zhang

Dirk Vandepol Program Advisor	Colby Sandate Team Member Club President	Dan Ingwersen Team Member	Leeza Sergeeva Team Member UCSF Team Alumna
Bertram Lee Team Member	Bowen Hunter Team Member	Angela Team Member

Where we're from

The city by the bay, a center of beauty and biotechnology for Northern California.

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