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Our goal

We are a group of students from Miklos Radnoti Experimental High School in Szeged, Hungary. We are developing a methane biosensor by using genetically modified bacteria, thus providing an alternative method, more efficient than current methane detection technologies. Currently we are 10 students and a Mentor working on the project. We are planning to participate at the iGEM competition at MIT. Methane Sensor:Methane is the second most emitted greenhouse gas with its 10% part in the whole greenhouse gas emission. Our product would serve as an alternative to the existing infrared Methane Biosensors mostly in: industrial production (e.g. to help prevent accidents caused by mine explosions); indoor air quality supervision mainly in developing countries where households are heated by biogas plants; the exploration of yet unknown natural methane sources (e.g. in swamps). In our project we would like to develope a Methane Biosensor. The sensor itself would be a transformed Bacteria. Our system is quite basic: if there is methane (or any it's aldehyde) in the bacteria's immediate enviroment, the borth of the bacteria is going to manifast a basic color change.

mail: methungeny@gmail.com

tel: 62-548-937

Technical Skills

Photography

Web Design

Photoshop

Biology