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== Interesting Links ==
== Interesting Links ==
*sdsds
*http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Haloquadra
      * http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Haloquadra


== Interesting Papers ==
== Interesting Papers ==
      *Interesting Papers go here.
*Interesting Papers go here.


== Top Ideas ==
== Top Ideas ==
      * Place and expand upon the most promising ideas here.
*Place and expand upon the most promising ideas here.


== All Brainstorm Ideas ==
== All Brainstorm Ideas ==


=== Genetically modified lettuce ===
=== Genetically modified lettuce ===
      * Done in Japan, multiple places
*Done in Japan, multiple places
      * Add whey protein, p1025 to fight cavities, etc
*Add whey protein, p1025 to fight cavities, etc


=== Bacterial Shampoo / Soap ===
=== Bacterial Shampoo / Soap ===
      * Flourescent / Colorful
*Flourescent / Colorful


=== Induce an entire colony to retract together ===
=== Induce an entire colony to retract together ===
      * How?
*How?


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


=== Cholesterol / Saturated Fats Scarfing or Digestion ===
=== Cholesterol / Saturated Fats Scarfing or Digestion ===
      * Modify E-Coli so that it produces either  
*Modify E-Coli so that it produces either  
        # Enzymes that digest Cholesterol or Saturated Fats to something healthier, or
#Enzymes that digest Cholesterol or Saturated Fats to something healthier, or
        # Proteins that bind to Cholesterol or Saturated Fats so that they can't be absorbed
#Proteins that bind to Cholesterol or Saturated Fats so that they can't be absorbed


=== Induced cancer-based guided evolution ===
=== Induced cancer-based guided evolution ===
      * I was not there for the discussion of this, so someone else should fill this in.
*I was not there for the discussion of this, so someone else should fill this in.
      * Plasmid that can induce cancer, causing mutations
*Plasmid that can induce cancer, causing mutations
      * Select for those that most strongly express desired mechanism
*Select for those that most strongly express desired mechanism
      * Alternative to PCR-induced guided mutation
*Alternative to PCR-induced guided mutation

Revision as of 12:50, 21 March 2010

BIOL1220: Synthetic Biological Systems in Theory and Practice

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Brainstorm Area

Interesting Links

Interesting Papers

  • Interesting Papers go here.

Top Ideas

  • Place and expand upon the most promising ideas here.

All Brainstorm Ideas

Genetically modified lettuce

  • Done in Japan, multiple places
  • Add whey protein, p1025 to fight cavities, etc

Bacterial Shampoo / Soap

  • Flourescent / Colorful

Induce an entire colony to retract together

  • How?

Square Bacteria

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.
  • Plasmid that can induce cancer, causing mutations
  • Select for those that most strongly express desired mechanism
  • Alternative to PCR-induced guided mutation