IGEM:IMPERIAL/2008/Projects

Inputs

 * Chemical – Various examples given including; gases; heavy metals; illegal drugs; metabolites and other Nutrients.
 * Time
 * Magnetism
 * Radioactivity
 * Sound/Noise
 * Infections
 * Electrical
 * Humidity
 * pH
 * Population Density / Growth Phase
 * Adhesion
 * Pressure

Outputs

 * Fluorescence
 * Chemotaxis / Cell movement
 * Optical Density – Changes in cell density
 * Smell
 * pH
 * Dyes (e.g. via enzymatic conversion)
 * Secretion of protein or other molecules
 * Proliferation
 * Electrical
 * Temperature
 * Death – Cell suicide by apoptosis
 * Adhesion
 * Expression of proteins e.g. Anti-bodies, invasin (an invasion protein), detergents

Applications

 * Bireactor Homeostatis = Regulate environment of a biorector e.g. temperature, pH
 * MRSA killer = Detect and kill biofilm and other infectious bacteria
 * Blood Filters
 * Bioremediation / Filtering Water
 * Desalination
 * Sewage treatment = To convert to bi-product hydrogen sulphide into the valuable product sulphur
 * Pathogen Protection/symbiosis for crops and plants e.g. nitrogen fixation
 * LDL/plaque digester

8th July Brainstorming
Please can each group add any information they find to the links below;

B. subtilis Chassis
B. subtilis Chassis page

Biomaterials
Biomaterials project ideas page

Motility/Construction Methods
Mobility and Magnetism project ideas page.

Wall-E.coli
Wall-E.coli project page