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From 2013.igem.org

Prologue

January

• The team finding is over, iGEM-Team Bielefeld 2013 is complete (10 students, 8 studying molecular biotechnology and 2 genome-based system-biology, 3 bachelor students and 7 master students). We’ll have a great time with a lot of fun but also a lot of work is ahead.
• We have created our official german website igem-bielefeld.de
• We’ve designed our team logo 2013 with orange as our team color.
• In order to find enough financial supporters we’ve made a sponsorship portfolio.

February

• Manuel will be our social media manager.
• We are planning an iGEM weekend with the whole team for team finding and planning the project.
• Creating an inlet for the sponsorship portfolio with additional information for interested companies.
• Interesting brainstorming for the further topic selection, here are some of our ideas:
  • Mercury detection
  • Monolinoren (lindane) reduction / detection
  • Polyurethane degradation by fungi
  • Smog filter
  • Complexing toxic gold ions
  • Radiation / x-ray radiation: before-after proteomsensor
  • Biocatalytic batteries, redox reactions in bacteria: Microbial Fuel Cells (Maybe Cell free systems)
  • Bacteriorhodopsin, bacterial cell as data storage
  • Heparin production by bacteria
  • Scent bacteria
  • A rapid test for fungal infections
  • Mold filter
  • Biological heating by microorganisms (Hummel heating) and warmers in biodegradable materials
  • Plastic degradation by fungi with Polyurethanase
  • Prevention of biofilm formation in different systems

March

• After assessment of all subjects we will concentrate and incorporate into the microbial fuel cell issue (cytochromes and nanowires are interesting starting points for synthetic biology).
• We had a brief presentation at Merck KGaA head office in Darmstadt, together with the iGEM team 2012 concerning a possible sponsorship in 2013.
• Short presentation at Evonik Industries AG in Halle / Kuensebeck for a possible further sponsorship of the iGEM team Bielefeld.
• Deeper incorporation into the Fuel Cell topic with the following points:
  • Microbial Fuel Cell
  • Enzymatic Fuel Cell
  • Reversed Microbial Fuel Cell

April