Synthetic Biology
based on standard parts
iGEM 2022 Team Information
| Team Name: | East_Coast_BioCrew |
| Team Code: | 445845 |
| Schools: | Academy for Information Technology, Scotch Plains, NJ, USA
Baltimore City College, Baltimore, MD, USA
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
Basis Independent Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Berkeley Carroll School, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Centennial High School, Ellicott City, MD, USA
Cooper Middle School, McLean, VA, USA
Dulaney High School, Cockeysville, MD, USA
Jemicy High School, O |
| Kind: | Commercial | Application Date: 2022-04-27 |
| Division: | iGEM | Acceptance Date: 2022-06-15 11:25:25 |
| Region: | North America |
| Country: | United States |
| Section: | High_School
|
|
Welcome to iGEM 2022 ! Your iGEM 2022 team application was accepted by iGEM Headquarters on 2022-06-15 11:25:25. |
| Assigned Track: High School
|
PCBusters: Here to save the water
|
| Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a carcinogen that contaminates waterways due to large-scale industrial dumping. Current methods of detecting and degrading PCBs are either environmentally harmful or expensive. We are developing safe-to-use and accessible methods of detection and degradation of PCBs based on projects from the Stockholm-2020 and Chalmers-Gottenberg-2019 teams. We are genetically engineering both Rhodococcus to enhance its natural ability to degrade PCBs and using yeast to produce bioluminescence when in the presence of PCBs. We contacted the PCB division of the EPA for advice on how we could implement our project. Additionally, we reached out to professors in Maryland who worked on developing a technique to deliver PCB-degrading microbes to contaminated bodies of water. To inform the public about our work, we collaborated with other teams to educate people through classes and social media. Our system, conscious of previous work and health concerns, can mitigate the threat of PCBs.
|
| Pending Membership Applications | | |
| lkrushelnycky | Luke Krushelnycky | | |
|
| rlee3000 | Ryan Lee | | |
|
| KulovMM | Mustafo Mustafokulov | | |
|
| cklardner | Casey Lardner | | |
|
| jpopp | Joshua Popp | | |
|
|
| Primary PI [Required]
|
| LisaS | Lisa Scheifele | |
|
| Secondary PI [Recommended]
More... |
| None designated
|
| Instructors
|
| LBE3 | Leon Elcock | |
|
| Genspace | Beth Tuck | |
|
| NinaR | Nina Rajpurohit | |
|
| jpopp | Joshua Popp | |
|
| Student Leaders |
| None designated |
| This range of part numbers has been assigned to your team for use during the summer: BBa_K4458000 to BBa_K4458999
|
Team name has been accepted, thanks.
Your team registration fee has not been received yet.
Click to learn how to pay your fees.