BIOL1220/S10:Brainstorming

=Brainstorm Area=

Interesting Links

 * Transforming Plans, also Ti (Tumor inducing plasmids)
 * Square bacteria
 * siRNA + nanotechnology = cancer cure?

Interesting Papers
Here's an interesting article about regulating bacterial division's circadian clock: The Article
 * Interesting Papers go here.

Top Ideas

 * Place and expand upon the most promising ideas here.

PhytoEstrogen Scarfing E coli

 * Engineer gut E. coli to produce proteins which bind preferentially to estrogen, causing it to not be digested.
 * Solution to the increase in excess estrogen from vegetarian/vegan diets, soy, and water bottles

Peanut Allergen Detection Protein

 * Synthetically design a protein that can recognize and report detection of a peanut (or other common food allergy) allergen.
 * This has apparently already been done, and is marketed to large scale food producers (cite missing; Julius?)

Genetically modified lettuce

 * Transposons
 * Done in Japan, multiple places
 * Add whey protein, p1025 to fight cavities, etc
 * (Carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, petunias, cabbage?)

Bacterial Shampoo / Soap

 * Flourescent / Colorful

Induce an entire colony to retract together

 * How?

Square Bacteria

 * These bacteria grow in squares!
 * http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Haloquadra
 * Lampropedia hyalina

Cholesterol / Saturated Fats Scarfing or Digestion

 * Modify E-Coli so that it produces either
 * 1) Enzymes that digest Cholesterol or Saturated Fats to something healthier, or
 * 2) Proteins that bind to Cholesterol or Saturated Fats so that they can't be absorbed

Induced cancer-based guided evolution

 * I was not there for the discussion of this, so someone else should fill this in.
 * However, I did find something called Ti, or a tumor inducing plasmid. The article can be found here.
 * Plasmid that can induce cancer, causing mutations
 * Select for those that most strongly express desired mechanism
 * Alternative to PCR-induced guided mutation