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In order to provide a solution, we design an engineered bacterium, secreting the OMP enzyme to degrade the common toxic pesticide residues. Its secretion is under the temperature control and can only be activated at specified temperature. To avoid the secondary pollution, a UV-induced suicide gene is inserted into the bacteria: upon exposure to UV or sunshine, the suicide procedure is induced. This purpose of the design is to remove toxic pesticide safely without affecting the environment. | In order to provide a solution, we design an engineered bacterium, secreting the OMP enzyme to degrade the common toxic pesticide residues. Its secretion is under the temperature control and can only be activated at specified temperature. To avoid the secondary pollution, a UV-induced suicide gene is inserted into the bacteria: upon exposure to UV or sunshine, the suicide procedure is induced. This purpose of the design is to remove toxic pesticide safely without affecting the environment. | ||
Revision as of 05:33, 1 September 2015
You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.
—— Charles Chaplin
With increased agriculture activities around the world, it becomes a common practice to use pesticides to manage pest problem. Runoff can carry field pesticide into aquatic environment while wind can carry them to other fields, potentially affecting other species. Over time, repeated application increases pest resistance and facilitate the pest resurgence. Further, especially in China, toxic pesticide residues on green vegetable and fruits become a major public health problem.
In order to provide a solution, we design an engineered bacterium, secreting the OMP enzyme to degrade the common toxic pesticide residues. Its secretion is under the temperature control and can only be activated at specified temperature. To avoid the secondary pollution, a UV-induced suicide gene is inserted into the bacteria: upon exposure to UV or sunshine, the suicide procedure is induced. This purpose of the design is to remove toxic pesticide safely without affecting the environment.
On July the 23th, we held a lecture about the iGEM to my classmates, the purpose of the lecture is to introduce the synthetic biology.
First, I suggested them to talk about their own view about the synthetic biology, then, I showed them three examples of the applications of synthetic biology in our daily lives. Besides, I also encouraged them to join the DIY T-shirts program.
We connect we the World magazine and publish the Igem monograph . In the magazine we discuss the safety, ethic, advantage and disadvantage of the synthetic biology. We record the process of our team, including the safety of the experiment and the what we learned during the experiment in the CAS. World magazine is established by the Liaoning province Shiyan high school’s international department., facing the entire school and the high school in the province,; therefore, through the magazine, we are able to share and discuss the igem with other students.
Shenyang vegetable and fruit wholesale market is a collecting and distributing center, many wholesalers collect in here. From July 24th to 25th we dispense hundreds of questionnaires, collecting the data about the pesticide residue.
We do a new way spread the knowledge of biology to the public, and we update the dynamic of our team work.
