Team:Bielefeld-Germany/Labjournal/Prologue

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Prologue



January


  • The team finding is over, the iGEM-Team Bielefeld 2013 is complete. Overall we are 10 students, 8 studying molecular biotechnology and 2 genome-based systems biology. 3 of us are bachelor students and 7 are 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 [http://www.merck.de Merck KGaA] head office in Darmstadt, together with the iGEM team 2012 concerning a possible sponsorship in 2013.
  • Short presentation at [http://www.evonik.de 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

  • Agreement and focus on the official Topic 2013: Microbial Fuel Cell. rMFC (reverse microbial fuel cell) and EFC (enzymatic fuel cell) won’t offer enough starting points for synthetic biology.
  • We will build a MFC with genetically engineered Escherichia coli by introducing porines, cytochromes, nanowires and mediators. Beyond we’ll using the potential on the cathode site (possible immobilization of laccases, using expertise from [2012.igem.org/Team:Bielefeld-Germany 2012 iGEM team]).
  • Our team is officially registered for iGEM 2013.
  • Laboratory work can begin. We had the safety briefing from our instructor Dr. Jörn Kalinowski.
  • Having a great iGEM team weekend in a holiday home in Winterberg with many presentations on each sub project and general laboratory methods.





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