Team:Humboldt Berlin

iGEM HU Berlin:

We proudly present you the freshwater algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Chlamy, being easy to cultivate and a well understood model organism, poses a powerful tool for synthetic biology. Using state-of-the-art methods of molecular biology we want to establish the freshwater alga as a platform in the iGEM competition. Considering environmental issues Chlamy poses a favorable tool, possessing the capability to fixate Carbon dioxide. To convince you of Chlamy's potential we are developing a new, environment-friendly way of recycling the most common plastic, polyethylene therephtalate (PET).

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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).

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Parts

Featuring the MoClo-Assembly-Standard we developed multiple combinations of Plasmids containing not only the protein genes but also a multitude of selection markers and various prometers

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Safety

How do we make sure all experiments pose no risk for our researchers and the environment? Read all about our safety rules and plans for containment of our genetically engineered organism.

 
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Human Practice

We sat together with scientists and companies and tried to implement their knowledge in our experimental set-up. Moreover we started to raise awareness for global plastic pollution and answers synthetic biology might have in store.

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