Team:TU-Munich/Team/Collaborations

The iGEM team Dundee 2013 also decided to work on bioremediation. They identified the toxin microcystein, which becomes typically released into water after algal blooms caused by cyanobacteria. This cyclic peptide toxin binds covalently the protein phosphatases type 1 (PP1) and is therefore toxic for mammals. The idea of the Dundee iGEM team is to express the PP1 protein as a absorber for microcystin in the environment. We received their PP1 BioBrick, will convert it from RFC 10 to RFC 25, construct some expression plasmids and transform Physcomitrella patens in order to have the Dundee's molecular mop in a aquatic, photoautotrophic chassis in order to expand the applicability of their project.

The iGEM team Paris_Saclay is working on the detection and degradation of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychlorinated_biphenyl polychlorinated biphenyl] (PCB) in the context of bioremediation.
We arranged a skype-meeting in which we presented our projects to each other and agreed afterward that we exchange some coding BioBricks which we are constructing during this summer in order the test the BioBrick of the other team in an other Chassis.