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Revision as of 13:25, 24 July 2009
days before the Jamboree
Delphi Genetics
- Funding student expenses during the project.
GENEART
- Funding student expenses during the project.
Communauté Française de Belgique
- Funding student expenses during the project.
Fonds Jean Brachet
- Funding student expenses during the project.
Inforsciences, ULB
- Funding student expenses during the project.
Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, ULB
- Funding student expenses during the project.
Faculté des Sciences, ULB
- Funding student expenses during the project.
Glue synthesis using E. Coli
Our subjects consists in the production of a strong biological adhesive material. We have decided to answer the problem by exploiting the substance produced naturally by Caulobacter crescentus. This bacteria, found in many aquatic environments, synthesizes this adhesive and is then able to stick to nearly every substrates. We are going to try to make the famous Escherichia coli synthesize this material and to collect it.
This project could cover a wide field of applications. Indeed this adhesive is natural, biodegradable, efficient on wet surfaces and has an incomparable resistance (up to 3 times the one of a current super glue).
There are multiple prospects and applications that could take advantage of our adhesive. Let us cite , for example, the medical field which could use it for fractured bones or boatyards which could use it to repair the hulls of boats.
Synthèse de colle au moyen de E. Coli
Le sujet que nous avons choisi d’explorer consiste en la production d’un matériau adhésif biologique. Nous avons décidé d’approcher le problème en exploitant la substance produite naturellement par Caulobacter crescentus. Cette bactérie, présente dans de nombreux milieux aquatiques, synthétise cette glue pour s’accrocher à différents substrats et former un biofilm. Notre but est de parvenir à faire synthétiser ce matériau par la célèbre Escherichia coli et de la récupérer.
Ce procédé promet de nombreux avantages quand on sait qu’il s’agira d’une colle non toxique, biodégradable, compatible avec des surfaces mouillées et d’une force d’adhésion incomparable (jusqu’à 3 fois la force d’une super glue actuelle).
Les perspectives et applications sont nombreuses, notamment dans le domaine médical où cette colle pourrait être utilisée dans la réparation de fracture ou encore dans la réparation des coques de bateaux
