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Team:Paris Bettencourt/Brainstorming
From 2011.igem.org
Brainstorming ideas
Before we decided to work on nanotubes, we had several other ideas. Some were very tempting, some were funny and some were just plain madness to implement. You can find below a few example of the project we discussed about along with a small description.
Chitine
Wastewater treatment and estrogens
Thermometer bacteria
One of our simplest idea was to create an efficient thermometer in a cell. By thermometer we meant a bio-sensor or a combination of bio-sensor which could give us the temperature the cell felt. The goal would have been to have the broader detection span with the highest prossible precision. Several ideas for such sensors were discussed (proteins, DNA or RNA loops, etc.).
Freeze-dedecting molecules
Hidden ice on roads is quite dangerous, any driver will tell you that. We tried to think of a way to prevent this. One of our idea was to engineer a bacterial strain that could change quickly its color if its environment is about to freeze or too close to freezing conditions. This way roadworkers could dectect the areas which requires more attention when salting and limit pollution of the borders of the roads.
