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<H1>Indian Institute of Technology Madras</H1>
 
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<br><br><H1>iGEM and IIT Madras</H1>
 
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<p> IIT Madras has had a very successful history at previous iGEM competitions.
 
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<br><br>We started
 
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participating in <b>2008</b> and in our very first iGEM, the team managed to secure a silver medal with
 
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two prestigious awards for ‘Best Foundational Advance’ and ‘Best New BioBrick Part or
 
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Device, Engineered.’
 
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<br> We backed our highly promising debut at the competition with another
 
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silver medal at iGEM <b>2009</b>.
 
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<br>The <b>2010</b> competition saw us rise to the zenith of our capabilities
 
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and the team managed to bag IITM’s first gold medal at iGEM.
 
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<br>The legacy continued in iGEM <b>2011</b> as IITM received a ‘Safety Commendation’ and the award for the ‘Best New BioBrick Part, Natural’ in the Regional Jamboree and ultimately, another gold medal at the World
 
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<br><br>Undergraduate students from the Department of Biotechnology (IITM), year after year, have
 
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and we really wish to continue the legacy of our institution this year as well. </p>
 
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<br><br><H1>About the Project</H1>
 
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<br>Shiga toxin is a deadly toxin secreted by Shigella dysenteriae and other shigatoxigenic bacteria.
 
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These bacteria inhabit the rumen of cattle and produce a biofilm on the walls of the rumen which
 
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is essential for the secretion of the toxin. According to statistics, more than 1 million people have
 
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been killed by the lethal toxin and many more have been infected. There is no established cure
 
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for this harmful toxin till date and this motivated us to come up with a feasible solution to this
 
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system (E.coli). The production of I3A will be validated by Crystal Violet biofilm assay.For the second part, we have identified a nine amino-acid pept</p>
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          Shiga toxin, a worldwide menace, has killed over 1 million people to date and continues to afflict almost 150 million people each year. Currently, there is no treatment for Shiga toxicosis and it leads to complications in the human system like hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and renal failure. Here, we propose a two-fold, novel synthetic biology approach to combat the lethal effect of the toxin. We aim to neutralize the already produced toxin through a nine amino acid Gb3 mimic peptide. We have engineered the Gb3 mimic along with a cellular export signal (ompF) downstream of AHL(quorum sensing molecule) inducible promoter (pLuxR). We also plan to prevent further toxin production by inhibiting the biofilm formation of shigatoxigenic E.coli using indole-3-acetaldehyde (I3A). We expect to validate our approach through functional assays and in silico modelling. Our findings can potentially initiate a new perspective of tackling Shiga toxicosis using synthetic biology tools.
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Latest revision as of 02:47, 28 September 2013

Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Shiga toxin, a worldwide menace, has killed over 1 million people to date and continues to afflict almost 150 million people each year. Currently, there is no treatment for Shiga toxicosis and it leads to complications in the human system like hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and renal failure. Here, we propose a two-fold, novel synthetic biology approach to combat the lethal effect of the toxin. We aim to neutralize the already produced toxin through a nine amino acid Gb3 mimic peptide. We have engineered the Gb3 mimic along with a cellular export signal (ompF) downstream of AHL(quorum sensing molecule) inducible promoter (pLuxR). We also plan to prevent further toxin production by inhibiting the biofilm formation of shigatoxigenic E.coli using indole-3-acetaldehyde (I3A). We expect to validate our approach through functional assays and in silico modelling. Our findings can potentially initiate a new perspective of tackling Shiga toxicosis using synthetic biology tools.

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