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<p>Team AlbertaÃÃÃâs aim is to aide in the solution of a global
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<p>Team Alberta's aim is to aid in the solution of a global
problem, the fuel crisis, by thinking locally. In Alberta, our main
problem, the fuel crisis, by thinking locally. In Alberta, our main
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industrial practices lay within the oil and gas sector; however,
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industrial practices lay within the oil and gas sector; however, we
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we also have thriving agricultural and forestry-based industry. The
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also have a thriving agricultural and forestry-based industry. The
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industrial processes associated with these industries produce biomass
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industrial processes associated with these industries produce
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by-products of little economic value. The aim of our project is
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biomass by-products of little economic value. The aim of our
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to convert these by-products into a useful and economically viable
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project is to convert these by-products into a useful and
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fuel, biodiesel.</p><br>
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economically viable fuel, biodiesel.</p><br>
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<p><i>This is not a new idea. </i>Previous research has been largely
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<p>Previous research has been largely
focused on engineering organisms to metabolize cellulose, a highly
focused on engineering organisms to metabolize cellulose, a highly
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inefficient approach with very little yield. Here is where our
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inefficient approach with very little yield. Here is where our
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approach differs. <font color=#f09131>Why engineer a new organism
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to perform a function nature has perfected in another species? Why
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nature has perfected in another species? Why not just make this
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organism even better?</b></p><br>
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<p>We have selected the filamentous, ascomycete fungus Neurospora
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<p>We have selected the filamentous, ascomycete fungus <i>Neurospora
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    crassa</i>, which is a natural cellulose metabolizer, with the aim
of creating an organism to efficiently make biodiesel. Our fuel
of creating an organism to efficiently make biodiesel. Our fuel
will be made by up-regulating fatty acid synthesis and inhibiting
will be made by up-regulating fatty acid synthesis and inhibiting
beta-oxidation, effectively causing the over-production of fatty
beta-oxidation, effectively causing the over-production of fatty
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acids within <i>N. crassa</i>. From here we will efficiently esterify
the fatty acids into fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs), producing
the fatty acids into fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs), producing
a viable fuel.</p>
a viable fuel.</p>
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            <li>Development of a rapid, systematic method to construct genes for <i>N. crassa</i>
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Latest revision as of 02:51, 29 September 2011

  • The Plan
    How do you get fuel from waste? Learn about Team Alberta's progression from by-product biomass to a viable biodiesel.

    Click here to read more...

  • The Procedure
    New organisms require new techniques. Learn how Team Alberta progressed from an idea to a reality and the steps required to get there.

    Click here to read more...

  • The Product
    Biodiesel is a viable fuel. See our fuel in action and learn about Team Alberta's plans to make biodiesel production and usage even easier.

    Click here to read more...

  • The Potential
    Home production and commercial production are viable options for our biodiesel production methods. See Team Alberta's plan to make a small laboratory process into small scale bio-production and large scale.

    Click here to read more...

WELCOME

Team Alberta's aim is to aid in the solution of a global problem, the fuel crisis, by thinking locally. In Alberta, our main industrial practices lay within the oil and gas sector; however, we also have a thriving agricultural and forestry-based industry. The industrial processes associated with these industries produce biomass by-products of little economic value. The aim of our project is to convert these by-products into a useful and economically viable fuel, biodiesel.


Previous research has been largely focused on engineering organisms to metabolize cellulose, a highly inefficient approach with very little yield. Here is where our approach differs. Why engineer a new organism to perform a function nature has perfected in another species? Why not just make this organism even better?


We have selected the filamentous, ascomycete fungus Neurospora crassa, which is a natural cellulose metabolizer, with the aim of creating an organism to efficiently make biodiesel. Our fuel will be made by up-regulating fatty acid synthesis and inhibiting beta-oxidation, effectively causing the over-production of fatty acids within N. crassa. From here we will efficiently esterify the fatty acids into fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs), producing a viable fuel.


Ingenuity Sustainability Cost Efficiency
LEARN
ACHIEVE
  1. Development of a rapid, systematic method to construct genes for N. crassa
  2. Development and utilization of N. crassa as a suitable synthetic biology chassis
  3. Creation of 7 parts for use in future synthetic biology projects
  4. Design of a self-contained bioreactor apparatus
  5. Determination of our fuel as an economically viable biodiesel
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Seven students from three departments across the University of Alberta campus aspired to complete an ambitious project over the course of the summer. This wiki is all about our successes and our many trials and tribulations.

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