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<h3>Junior at Torrey Pines High School</h3> | <h3>Junior at Torrey Pines High School</h3> | ||
| - | < | + | <p>Why I'm Doing iGEM: I love learning, especially about science, and have had |
some great experience in a lab at UCSD with neuroscience, but I was also drawn | some great experience in a lab at UCSD with neuroscience, but I was also drawn | ||
| - | to synthetic biology and iGEM was the perfect way to learn more.</ | + | to synthetic biology and iGEM was the perfect way to learn more.</p><p>Coolest thing about science: How much is unknown, and changing and yet to |
| - | be discovered as well as how different areas of science link together.</ | + | be discovered as well as how different areas of science link together.</p><h3>Hobby: watching movies like UP, reading things by C.S. Lewis, playing word |
games like hink pink, collecting quotes with my best friend, going on adventures | games like hink pink, collecting quotes with my best friend, going on adventures | ||
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STATISTICS
Statistics that are quite relevant to the nature of this experiment
Statistics that are quite relevant to the nature of this experiment
Toxicity of aflatoxin is 10 times that of hydrocyanic acid and 68 times of arsenic.
This disease is the third-leading cause of cancer death globally according to WHO (2008), with about 550,000–600,000 new cases each year.
This disease is the third-leading cause of cancer death globally according to WHO (2008), with about 550,000–600,000 new cases each year
ENGINEERING
E. Coli Capable of Extracelluar Secretion of Mycotoxin Detoxifying Enzymes
E. Coli Capable of Extracelluar Secretion of Mycotoxin Detoxifying Enzymes
Microfungi that produce harmful mycotoxins flourish on improperly-stored nuts, grains, meat, and dairy. They especially thrive in developing countries, where the lack of advanced food storage and mycotoxin exposure causes 40% of the diseases. To lessen the problem, our team engineered E. coli strains using synthetic biology tools to produce chimeric mycotoxin-degrading fungal enzymes, Aflatoxin-Detoxifizyme (ADTZ) and Zearalenone Hydrolase (ZHD101), which are designed to be secreted to extra-cellular space by fusing with secretion signal peptides from alpha-amylase and beta-lactamase. In this study, we have successfully generated synthetic genetic materials to produce four chimeric mycotoxin-detoxifying enzymes. The levels of extracellular secretion is also characterized and analyzed. The project will allow a mass production of detoxification enzymes in cost effective way, preventing the squandering of harvested crops, and limiting mycotoxin-related diseases. Increased access to these proteins will have an immense commercial, industrial, agricultural, and health impact.
Team Members
Brandon Read
Senior at Torrey Pines High School
Michael Margolis
Junior at Torrey Pines High School
Gha Young Lee
Junior at Torrey Pines High School
Mokhshan Ramachandran
Senior at Torrey Pines High School
Brian Choi
Senior at Torrey Pines High School
Hobby: Singing like Kurt Hummel from Glee and watching Big Bang Theory
What I want to major in college: Aerospace Engineering
Future job: Husband
Abilities: singing in high pitch, eating 210 pieces of hot cheetos per day, knitting, passive aggression
Interesting facts: I was casted in The Light in the Piazza as Giuseppe Naccarelli.
Favorite Quote: "Hard work beats talent when talent does not work hard."
Anisa Malangone
Junior at Torrey Pines High School
Why I'm Doing iGEM: I love learning, especially about science, and have had some great experience in a lab at UCSD with neuroscience, but I was also drawn to synthetic biology and iGEM was the perfect way to learn more.
Coolest thing about science: How much is unknown, and changing and yet to be discovered as well as how different areas of science link together.
