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==Project Overview== | ==Project Overview== | ||
Our goal is to rewire a bacterium to "miniprep" itself, when given some sort of an external stimuli (such as sensing of dense cell growth). This project will serve the following purposes: | |||
1) Make the research process easier, cheaper, and more efficient for scientists working with bacteria. | |||
2) Most laboratory strains have been genetically modified for scientific use; however our bacteria would be the first to be modified to do an experiment on itself. | |||
3) Self-lysing of cells when dense cell growth is encountered - less chance for environmental contamination if genetically engineered bacteria escape from the lab | |||
2) Serve as an example of a way synthetic biology can be used for cellular control | |||
3) Be an application of using irreversible switches within genetic circuits | |||
4) Be an example of sensors being built into bacteria | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
==Research Problems and Goals== | ==Research Problems and Goals== | ||
Revision as of 23:40, 4 May 2009
20.109 Research Proposal for Derek Ju and Alvin Chen
Project Overview
Our goal is to rewire a bacterium to "miniprep" itself, when given some sort of an external stimuli (such as sensing of dense cell growth). This project will serve the following purposes:
1) Make the research process easier, cheaper, and more efficient for scientists working with bacteria. 2) Most laboratory strains have been genetically modified for scientific use; however our bacteria would be the first to be modified to do an experiment on itself. 3) Self-lysing of cells when dense cell growth is encountered - less chance for environmental contamination if genetically engineered bacteria escape from the lab 2) Serve as an example of a way synthetic biology can be used for cellular control 3) Be an application of using irreversible switches within genetic circuits 4) Be an example of sensors being built into bacteria
