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    This experiment is part of the iGEM 2019 Challenge Challenge Grant. Browse more projects

    Transforming Styrofoam waste into biodegradable plastic

    By Alec Brewer, Jermaine Elijah Austin, Katie Zhang, Simonne Guenette, Shaalini Desai, Benjamin Ascoli, Kobe Rogers, Jainam Modh, Hannah Towler, Evan Biedermann, and Aarati Pokharel
    Backed by Richard Davies, Melinda Rogers, Karen Bruce, James Cooper, Janice Hawn, Morgan Hough, Elizabeth Nestor, Jennifer Kreinheder, Mary Hao, Shaun Masavage, and 28 other backersJohn L Commeree, Rafael F.Font, Janice L Parker, Andrew Hao, Ken Stubbs, Jeroen De Wachter, Rory Gorman, Kate Little, Rebecca Barr, Matt Grommes, Becki Brunelli, Vivian P. Páez, Maggie, James Wright, Rowan Connell, Monika, Simon Goodyear, Ellen McCann, Molly Guadiamos, James, Nicole Sharpe, Nicolas Jeker, Richard Casey, McKenzi Norris, Wythe Marschall, Amanda Oscarsson, WEEMING, and Eric D. Walters
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    University of Virginia
    Charlottesville, Virginia
    BiologyEngineering
    DOI: 10.18258/13643
    Grant: iGEM 2019 Challenge
    $1,747
    Raised of $1,550 Goal
    112%
    Funded on 7/10/19
    Successfully Funded
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