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<h1> Welcome to iGEM 2017! </h1>
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<h1> iGem Project Description </h1>
<p>Your team has been approved and you are ready to start the iGEM season! </p>
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<p>Understanding oxidative stress in an environment is important for industry, the environment, and for human health.  In this project, Cornell iGEM will use a ratiometric redox sensor to transmit data to and from engineered biological systems.  In essence, absorbance peaks of a redox sensitive fluorescent protein, rxRFP, will be detected by an external receiver, which will deliver a proportional intensity of light to stimulate an optogenetic circuit that can relieve the oxidative stress.  We will be able to precisely control protein expression based on the amount of oxidative stress.  For this specific project, we chose to focus specifically on the management of RO species in hydroponic systems, but the modularity of our optogenetic circuit makes it very flexible in its potential applications in industry, agriculture, and medicine.  Less significant that the application itself are its implications for further research and treatment utilizing this dynamic system. </p>
 
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Revision as of 05:31, 22 June 2017

Cornell

iGem Project Description

Understanding oxidative stress in an environment is important for industry, the environment, and for human health. In this project, Cornell iGEM will use a ratiometric redox sensor to transmit data to and from engineered biological systems. In essence, absorbance peaks of a redox sensitive fluorescent protein, rxRFP, will be detected by an external receiver, which will deliver a proportional intensity of light to stimulate an optogenetic circuit that can relieve the oxidative stress. We will be able to precisely control protein expression based on the amount of oxidative stress. For this specific project, we chose to focus specifically on the management of RO species in hydroponic systems, but the modularity of our optogenetic circuit makes it very flexible in its potential applications in industry, agriculture, and medicine. Less significant that the application itself are its implications for further research and treatment utilizing this dynamic system.

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