Paige Rudin

Paige Rudin

Nov 28, 2016

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Competition Results & Looking Forward

Thanks to all who contributed to this year's Purdue iGEM project, the team was able to win a silver medal at the Giant Jamboree, the annual international iGEM competition. We couldn't have done it without your help!

The team traveled to Boston at the end of October to present the summer's work in front of an international audience, condensing months of research and development into a 20-minute presentation. The weekend was an incredible experience filled with new ideas, friends, and memories. Phosphorus work will continue in the lab of a professor on Purdue University's campus as we seek to bring our novel concept to fruition. Thank you, thank you, thank you to our supporters throughout this journey. Our success is truly shared by all involved. Boiler up!


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About This Project

We are engineering two strains of E. coli: one to uptake phosphorus so as to prevent toxic algal growth in lakes and streams and another to express electrically conductive projections, known as nanowires, in order to generate energy from organic waste. By expressing these genes in E. coli - a model organism - we hope to provide a platform for further study in agriculture, the environment, and alternative energy.

Blast off!

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