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− | + | <span class="emphasis">CANOLA:</span> | |
− | + | one of Canada's largest agricultural industries | |
− | <p>First bred in 1974, canola has gone on to become one of Canada’s | + | </h1> |
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− | + | First bred in 1974, canola has gone on to become one of Canada’s | |
− | + | leading crops. The industry contributes | |
− | + | <span class="emphasis">19.3 billion dollars</span> | |
− | + | to the Canadian economy every year while providing | |
− | + | <span class="emphasis">12.5 billion dollars</span> in wages to | |
− | + | <span class="emphasis">249,000 workers</span>. | |
− | + | Canada is also the number one exporter of canola | |
− | + | in the world and annually exports | |
− | + | <span class="emphsasis">9 billion dollars</span> | |
+ | worth of seed, oil, and meal to countries like the USA, | ||
+ | China, Japan, and Mexico. | ||
+ | </p> | ||
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<p>Engineering a process to de-green canola seeds and establishing a market for chlorophyll derivatives.</p> | <p>Engineering a process to de-green canola seeds and establishing a market for chlorophyll derivatives.</p> | ||
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+ | <div class="content-panel"> | ||
+ | <a target="blank" href="https://2019.igem.org/Team:Calgary/Description"> | ||
+ | <h3> | ||
+ | Learn more about the project as a whole and its inspiration. | ||
+ | </h3> | ||
+ | </a> | ||
+ | <h3> | ||
+ | <a target="blank" href="https://2019.igem.org/Team:Calgary/ChlorophyllExtraction"> | ||
+ | Learn more about how we engineered <i>E. coli</i> | ||
+ | to produce a protein | ||
+ | </a> | ||
+ | <a target="blank" href="https://2019.igem.org/Team:Calgary/EmulsifiedBindingProteinProcess"> | ||
+ | that can then be emulsified to remove | ||
+ | chlorophyll from our oil. | ||
+ | </a> | ||
+ | <a target="blank" href="https://2019.igem.org/Team:Calgary/EmulsifiedBindingProteinProcess"> | ||
+ | And learn how our many models informed the synthetic biology of our project. | ||
+ | </a> | ||
+ | </h3> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <h3> | ||
+ | <a target="blank" href="https://2019.igem.org/Team:Calgary/Modelling/StandardizedSeedGrading"> | ||
+ | |||
+ | Learn more about how we created software and a standard environment | ||
+ | to be able to grade seeds accurately. | ||
+ | |||
+ | </a> | ||
+ | <a target="blank" href="https://2019.igem.org/Team:Calgary/SunnyDays"> | ||
+ | |||
+ | And a tool that empowers farmers to make informed agronomic decisions. | ||
+ | |||
+ | </a> | ||
+ | </h3> | ||
+ | |||
+ | </div> | ||
+ | |||
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<h1>Project Highlights</h1> | <h1>Project Highlights</h1> | ||
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<h1>Project Components</h1> | <h1>Project Components</h1> |
Revision as of 10:45, 21 October 2019
Learn more about the project as a whole and its inspiration.
Learn more about how we engineered E. coli to produce a protein that can then be emulsified to remove chlorophyll from our oil. And learn how our many models informed the synthetic biology of our project.
Learn more about how we created software and a standard environment to be able to grade seeds accurately. And a tool that empowers farmers to make informed agronomic decisions.
Project Highlights
Green is the difference between profit and loss.
Chlorophyll Repurposing
An Anti-Fungal Treatment
Fungal growth has proven to be a destructive condition for canola plants and we may have found a solution.
Modelling
Understanding our protein in different environments
With the direction, knowledge, and tools supplied by Dr. Anderson we were equipped to design the experiments that would allow for the better understanding of the 6GIX protein in multiple systems.
Software
Optimizing the production and synthesis of DNA
Codon optimization is a standard problem in synthetic biology. We created a tool that removes repeats, hairpins, and keeps GC richness below a certain percentage.
Entrepreneurship
Commercializing our Project
Over the summer, we examined the entrepreneurial aspects of our project and navigated intellectual property regulations and market analysis techniques.