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Revision as of 20:53, 20 October 2009
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 December 11th 2009: Meeting @ DSM - Delft
- TODO November 23rd 2009: Meeting @ student societies for Chemistry and Math, Physics, Computer Science and Astronomy
- TODO October 30th to November 2nd 2009: Presentation @ The iGEM 2009 Jamboree - MIT Stata and Lobby 13 in Cambridge, MA
- TODO October 26th 2009: Lecture @ Hanze University, Biology & Medical Laboratory Research and Bioinformatics students - room A257 Zernikeplein 11, Groningen
- TODO October 23st 2009: Update Lecture @ the Bachelor course Genes & Behaviour - Haren
- October 19th 2009: Colloquium @ Institute for Mathematics and Computing Science - room 5161.0267 (Bernoulliborg), Groningen
- October 12th 2009: Meeting @ Marine Biology cluster - D225, Haren
- October 7th 2009: Lecture @ the Bachelor course Genes & Behaviour - D225, Haren
- October 2nd 2009: Lunch meeting @ DHV - Groene zaal DHV, Amersfoort
- October 1st 2009: Lunch meeting @ Life Science student society GLV Idun - Groene Zaal, Haren
- September 29th 2009: Meeting @ Applied physics student society TFV Professor Francken - NCC complex VIP Room building 16, Groningen
- September 24th 2009: Presentation @ 2nd Programme Day of the Kluyver Centre - Wageningse Berg, Wageningen
- September 11th 2009: Presentation @ 17th Annual GBB Symposium 2009 - Hampshire hotel, Groningen
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