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| + | <p aling="center">For the iGEM competition, the team aims to engineer a biological system, enabling it to degrade glucose in order to produce and export into the medium a biodegradable plastic called PLA.</p> |
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| <td><h1 align="center">Goal 1: Lactadora</h1></td> | | <td><h1 align="center">Goal 1: Lactadora</h1></td> |
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| <td><h1 align="center">Goal 2: PLAdora</h1></td> | | <td><h1 align="center">Goal 2: PLAdora</h1></td> |
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| <td><h1 align="center">Goal 3: Arabinita</h1></td> | | <td><h1 align="center">Goal 3: Arabinita</h1></td> |
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| <td><p>Designing and implementing a self-regulated lactate production system which will allow to control the lactate production by pH-sensing: the higher lactate concentration, the lower the pH, which induces a negative control in the first population of E.coli, stopping the production of lactate and by the way, of PLA</p></td> | | <td><p>Designing and implementing a self-regulated lactate production system which will allow to control the lactate production by pH-sensing: the higher lactate concentration, the lower the pH, which induces a negative control in the first population of E.coli, stopping the production of lactate and by the way, of PLA</p></td> |
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| <td><p>Designing and implementing a PLA production and exportation system which will allow blue bacteria to send the biological PLA outside the cells, into the medium. This way, the purification of the bioplastic would be easier.</p></td> | | <td><p>Designing and implementing a PLA production and exportation system which will allow blue bacteria to send the biological PLA outside the cells, into the medium. This way, the purification of the bioplastic would be easier.</p></td> |
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| <td><p>Designing and implementng a safety system, which will consists in making arabinose-dependent the cell survival. If the medium contains arabinose, bacteria will grow up, but if bacteria escape from their medium, the cells will produce a toxin which will kill them. This way, we will ensure the safety of the persons working in the laboratory and of the environment.</p></td> | | <td><p>Designing and implementng a safety system, which will consists in making arabinose-dependent the cell survival. If the medium contains arabinose, bacteria will grow up, but if bacteria escape from their medium, the cells will produce a toxin which will kill them. This way, we will ensure the safety of the persons working in the laboratory and of the environment.</p></td> |
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− | <p>[1] El Banco Mundial, 2014. Una bolsa de plástico para asfixiar el mar. [online] <http://www.bancomundial.org/es/news/feature/2014/12/08/bolsa-de-plastico-asfixiar-planeta> [consulted: 14-07-2015] | + | <table> |
− | <br>[2] Garlotta, 2002. A Literature Review of PolyLactic Acid. Journal of Polymers and the Environment, Vol. 9, No. 2. | + | <tr> |
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| + | <td><p>El Banco Mundial, 2014. Una bolsa de plástico para asfixiar el mar. [online] <http://www.bancomundial.org/es/news/feature/2014/12/08/bolsa-de-plastico-asfixiar-planeta> [consulted: 14-07-2015]<p/></td> |
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| + | <td><p>Garlotta, 2002. A Literature Review of PolyLactic Acid. Journal of Polymers and the Environment, Vol. 9, No. 2.</p></td> |
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| + | <td>HTML</td> |
| + | <td>20</td> |
| + | <td>16:00 - 20:00</td> |
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| + | <td>Dreamweaver</td> |
| + | <td>60</td> |
| + | <td>16:00 - 20:00</td> |
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| <br>[3] Alla Katsnelson. News Feature: Microplastics present pollution puzzle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2015) vol. 112 no. 18, p5547-5549 | | <br>[3] Alla Katsnelson. News Feature: Microplastics present pollution puzzle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2015) vol. 112 no. 18, p5547-5549 |