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− | <video | + | <h4>Pollutants in the biosphere pose a major threat to most organisms. Our project |
+ | seeks their containment through detection and capture. Current technologies like | ||
+ | PTR-MS aren’t cost effective and have limited deployment. Luckily, our practical | ||
+ | alternative (gECO) bypasses these limitations, by harnessing the power of millions | ||
+ | of years of evolution, coupled with a few months of ingenious genetic engineering (different cassette for different substrates). | ||
+ | Inspired by control systems engineering, gECO utilizes positive feedback loops to | ||
+ | increase sensitivity and negative feedback loops to ensure stability, thereby | ||
+ | ensuring the detection and capture of various toxic substances. The co-culturing of | ||
+ | these engineered E.coli with naturally existing microbes (that can utilize these | ||
+ | noxious substances) ensures their consumption. The hardware integration is | ||
+ | deceptively simple: paper strips with LB and glycerol (in a particular ratio) house | ||
+ | the engineered E.coli. On contacting water, the cells activate expressing | ||
+ | chromoproteins in proportional measure to the external pollutant concentration. | ||
+ | Overall, the setup is lightweight, aesthetic, cost effective, ensures detection, | ||
+ | capture and consumption of various toxic substances.</h4> | ||
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