Difference between revisions of "Team:Amsterdam/test/joeri/index"

 
(2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 160: Line 160:
 
     <div class="inner cover">
 
     <div class="inner cover">
 
     <div clas="video-container">
 
     <div clas="video-container">
       <video controls="" height="auto" preload="auto" width="85%">
+
       <video autoplay="" controls="" height="auto" width="85%">
       <source src="images/movies/test_video.m4v" type="video/mp4">
+
       <source src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2017/d/dc/Test_video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
 
       </source>
 
       </source>
 
       </video>
 
       </video>
Line 258: Line 258:
 
       </p>
 
       </p>
 
       </div>
 
       </div>
 +
    </div>
 +
    <div class="row home-spacer">
 +
      <div class="col-md-12">
 +
      <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2017/0/02/Design_thingy_1.png">
 +
      </img>
 +
      </div>
 +
    </div>
 +
    <div class="cell-factory-container">
 
     </div>
 
     </div>
 
     </div>
 
     </div>

Latest revision as of 14:28, 13 September 2017

Home

We are running out of oil and the climate is changing drastically due to the emission of polluting gases such as CO 2 . But what if CO 2 were a resource, rather than a wasteful pollutant; and might even replace oil? We aspire to create a bio-based economy – one that meets its energy and production demands by leveraging biotechnology [1]. We can genetically engineer bacteria to produce a compound we need. This is what we call a bacterial ‘cell factory’. Meet CYANOFACTORY , a cyanobacterium that stably and efficiently produces fumarate.

Our Goal

We use the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803, a photosynthetic model organism of which the genetic toolbox is rapidly expanding.

Click here for a live feed with our Synechocystis cultivators.

Synechocystis

Fumarate is a multifaceted acid that is used as a plastic precursor, an additive for the food industry and a drug against multiple sclerosis and psoriasis.

Click here to see what we did with Fumarate.

Fumarate