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Electric energy by genetically modified E. coli in a self-designed and constructed microbial fuell cell
Project
Project
This year the iGEM team 2013 decided to do research on a microbial fuel cell (MFC). This project includes genetically modification of Escherichia coli and engineering of a suitable fuel cell to gain electricity.
Read moreTeam
Team
Our team exists of ten bachelor and master students which study molecular biotechnology and genome based system biology. Get to know us better.
Read moreBiosafety
Biosafety
Biosafety is an essential aspect when you work with living organisms which could possibly get out of your application by damage or incorrect handling. We designed biosafety systems which counter this risk.
Read moreResults
Results
Our aim was to produce electricity with our application which we finally achieved successfully. On that long way we got many data which we analyzed and formatted into graphics. Take a look.
Read moreHuman Practice
Human Practice
It is important to get out of the lab and tell the public about your project and synthetic biology. Therefore we arranged events and visited conferences to get in touch with the public.
Read moreLabjournal
Labjournal
We wrote all the experiments we did into a labjournal. We digitalized the labjournal as everyone can comprehend and reproduce our experiments.
Read moreAchievements
Design and construction of a MFC
Design and construction of a biodegradable 3D-printed MFC
Optimization of the MFC
Construction of OprF expressing Biobricks
Construction of glyceroldehydrogenase expressing Biobricks
Construction of riboflavin expressing Biobricks
Construction of cytochrome expressing Biobricks
Improve of the Biobrick BBa_K914014
Development of three auxotrophic degradation Biosafety systems
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Production of electricity via the MFC
