IGEM:Harvard/2008/Brainstorming

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Sensors and Detection

  • metals
  • sugars
  • gasses
  • hormones
  • pharmaceuticals
  • cancer cells
  • light
  • pollution

Bioelectricity

  • nanowires
  • Species
    • Shewanella
    • Geobacter
    • Synechococcus (woooo photosynthesis!)
    • Pseudomonas
  • How do we harvest/detect the electricity?
  • What do they make electricity in response to? How many steps?
    • changes in reducing environment
    • availibility of metabolites
    • light

Synthetic Circuits

  • Respond to stimulus with a bistable system
  • Memory?
  • Transcriptional control output reporter?

Wacky Ideas