Team:Humboldt Berlin

iGEM HU Berlin . The worldwide plastic pollution of our environment poses a growing threat to humankind. We, as a team of young aspiring scientists, want to combat this issue. By modifying the freshwater algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii we are trying to develop a new, evironment-friendly way of recycling the most common plastic, polyethylene therephtalate (PET). Brace yourself, plastic pollution! We are coming for you!

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Team

Our Team consists of young, aspiring scientists from the fields of Biology and Biophysics. We joined forces with different researchers and other teams to bring our vision forward.

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Project

Using state-of-the-art methods of molecular biology we want to enable a freshwater alga to degrate the widely used plastic polyethylene therephtalate (PET).