IGEM:IMPERIAL/2009/Measurement

torque/speed characteristics
Flagellar rotatory motion has several applications. There are several techniques to quantify their torque/speed relations as measurable outputs. I went to a talk by A. Karenowska who applied a magnetic field to immobilize a chimaeric rotor inserted to e-coli. We can monitor different speeds of flagellar rotation in several ways, as described by: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=1233549&pageindex=1 [[Media:pgbiomed.ogg]] See pages 40 and 41 of pdf.

Possible applications
In this group they want to apply these methods to targeted drug delivery. I say we take a more fleming approach... Here we have: Magnetic fields, a rotor and flux of ions Maybe the bacterial windmills will become true afterall...