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<h3><u><b>Phenol biosensor :</h3></u></b><br/><br/><br/><br />
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Phenol and its derivative are of major concern since their accumulation in the environment, as a result of<br />
intensive human activity, cause toxicity for both flora and fauna at relatively low concentration [1][2].In the context of bioremediation and preservation of water we designed a biosensor of phenol that allows us to measure the concentration of phenol in a given marine environment.<br/><br />
This phenol biosensor rely on both signal transducing component, DmpR and inducible fluorescence emitting component based on the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP). Both elements are assembled in a single plasmid and allow bacteria to respond to the presence of phenol by emitting fluorescence.<br />
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<li><u><b><i>Biosensor construction</i></b></u><br/><br/><br />
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<li><u><b><i>Dmpr, a phenol dependant signal transducer</i></b></u><br/><br/><br />
<u><b>Presentation</b></u><br/><br />
DmpR is a member of NtrC protein family. NtrC-type regulators activate RNAP containing the alternative sigma factor 54. The s54-RNAP holoenzyme forms a stable complex with -12 and -24 promoters but is unable to start transcription without further activation NtrC protein family strongly stimulate the polymerase complex. They bind to DNA regions more than 100bp upstream from the s54-RNAP binding site (UAS). Interaction between the regulatory protein and s54-RNAP is facilitated by a bend of DNA. <br/> <br />
<u><b>Structure </b></u><br/><br />
DmpR is a 563 amino acid long protein. Although no direct structural information have been described (e.g protein purification), comparisons with other member of NtrC family and genetic experiments have brought some insight on its structure. Four domains are classically described for members of NtrC family : <br/><br />
<u>A-domain</u> (211 amino acid long) involved in direct interaction with effector. One inducer binding site is present per monomer, which was demonstrated for DmpR and which could be pinpointed to a subregion between amino acid residues 107 and 186<br/><br />
<u>B-domain</u> is a linker between A and C domain. <br/><br />
<u>C-domain </u>being the most highly conserved region among the family members, is involved in ATP binding and hydrolysis and in s54-RNAP interaction<br/><br />
<u>D-domain</u> for Dna binding with HTH motif (helix turn helix).<br />
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<u><b>Effectors dependant activation</b></u><br/><br />
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DmpR-like activators require a chemical effector and ATP as the cofactor. The effector is usually the primary substrate of the target pathway or a compound related to this. Phenol and its derivative are typical effector for DmpR<br />
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<u><b>Mechanism</b></u><br/><br />
• <u>1. Binding with effector</u> :<br />
The key control event is a direct interaction of aromatic effectors (phenol) with A-domain, which leads to the expression of its otherwise repressed C-domain mediated ATPase activity (Shingler and Pavel, 1995).<br />
B domain act as a linker between A and C domains and is necessary for C domain derepression in presence of effector.<br><br />
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Figure 4 : DmpR binding with phenol and ATP<br />
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• <u>2. Binding with ATP trigger hexamerisation </u> :<br />
DmpR appears to be a dimer in solution. Following effector captation by A- domain, binding of ATP can trigger an apparent dimer to hexamer switch in subunit conformation. [3] <br />
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3. Hexamer configuration and ATPase activity allows Transcription activation<br />
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<li><u><b><i>Results :</i></b></u><br/><br/> <br />
We prepared a protocol test to evaluate our Biosensor:<br />
E.coli (DH5apha) was grown overnight in M9 medium at 37 °C and then diluted 100-fold to an OD of 0.01 in fresh M9 medium containing Chloramphenicol in 96-well plates. After 6 hours’ of culture at 37 °C, each culture (200 μL) was centrifuged at 2500 r.p.m. for 15 minutes and was suspended in 200 μL of fresh M9 medium containing phenol of different concentrations Then the fluorescence intensity of cultures was measured by microplate reader (TECAN).<br><br />
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We compared our biosensor (BBa k1413001-Green) with another version of it (BBa K1413002-Blue) that have been obtain by performing a mutation of 3 nucleotides within the sequence of RBS B0032 of sfGFP.<br />
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The novel RBS sequence has been designed in accordance with the consensus Shine-Dalgarno sequence: AGGAGGUAA and allows the RNA to bind more tightly to the 16S ribosome to initiate translation.<br><br />
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RBS B0032 = tcacacaggaaag<br />
New RBS = tcaaggaggaaag <br />
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To achieve this experiment we achieve a site directed mutagenesis using the two following primers :<br><br />
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Here are our results<br />
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<b>OD 600 of Ecoli carrying BBa K1413001 (RBS B0032- Green graph) and BBa K1413002 (new RBS - Blue graph)</b> <br />
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<b> Raw data of fluorescence expressed by Ecoli carrying BBa K1413001 (RBS B0032- Green graph) and BBa K1413002 (new RBS - Blue graph). Bottom graph shows raw fluorescence obtained by purified GFP at indicated concentration.</b> <br />
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<b> The induction ratio was calculated by dividing the fluorescence intensity of biosensors exposed to phenol by the basal fluorescence intensity of the biosensors.</b> <br />
Here show a significant increase of sfGFP expression in both biosensors.<br />
Note that BBa K1413002 allows significant sensing of phenol at a concentration of 1µM.<br />
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[1] Bacterial Transcriptional Regulators for Degradation Pathways of Aromatic Compounds David Tropel 2004<br />
[2] Aromatic ligand binding and intramolecular signalling of the phenol-responsive s54-dependent regulator DmpR Eric O’Neill 1998<br />
[3] The Regulatory N-terminal Region of the Aromaticresponsive Transcriptional Activator DmpR Constrains Nucleotide-triggered Multimerisation Petra WikstroÈm 2001<br />
[4] Regulation of the transcriptional activator NtrC1: structural studies of the regulatory and AAA+ ATPase domains Seok-Yong Lee 2003<br />
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<h3><u><b>PCBs biosensor :</h3></u></b><br/><br />
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<li><u><b><i>A system of detection and degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls in Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707</u></b></i><br />
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Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 is one of the strain which are able to degrade polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). This strain can grow on biphenyl and salicylate as a sole source of carbon. The bacteria contains a biphenyl-catabolic (bph) gene cluster (bphR1A1A2-(orf3)-bphA3A4BCX0X1X2X3D) which degrade compounds (figure A). <br />
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<br/>bphR1 is a positive regulator for bphR1 protein, which belongs to the GntR family, and for bphX0X1X2X3D. It's implied in the degradation of PCBs. Watanabe <i>et al</i> showed that there is an other regulatory protein, bphr2, which is involved in the positive regulation of bphA1A2A3A4BC genes. In the absence of biphenyl, small amounts of bphR2 protein binds to bphR2 operator to repress bphR2 transcription (autorepression) and activate bphR1 weakly. When there is biphenyl in the media, bphR2 protein binds to bphR1 and bphA1A2A3A4BC operators to activate strongly their transcription. This allows to initiate the degradation of biphenyl. (figure B).<br />
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<br/><li><u><b><i>2013 Saclays' project : </u></b></i><br />
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In 2013, Saclays' team wanted to construct a <a href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Paris_Saclay/Project">biosensor for PCBs</a>, a project that failed (figure C). So our first aim was to do their construction and then to optimize it and to characterize it.<br />
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<li><u><b><i>How function our biosensor ?</i></b></u><br/><br/><br />
Our construction is composed by a constitutive promoter <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_J23114">(BBa_J23114)</a>, a RBS <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_B0034">(BBa_B0034)</a>, bphR2 gene <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K1413021">(BBa_K1413021)</a>, which has been mutated because of a pstI site in its sequence, bphR1 promoter region <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K1155001">(BBa_K1155001)</a>, received from Saclay’s team, RFP <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_E1010">(BBa_E1010)</a> and a terminator <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_B0015">(BBa_B0015)</a> (figure D). Instead to use a system of detection with lacZ, we have opted for a fluorescence system with RFP.<br />
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<center><u><b>Figure E: Mechanism of our biosensor</u></b></center><br />
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<u> In absence of PCBs : </u>bphR2 <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K1413021">(BBa_K1413021)</a> is bound to bphR1 promoter which activate the transcription of RFP but in very low expression.<br />
<br/><u> In presence of PCBs : </u>When compound diffuses into the media, it binds to bphr2 protein which undergoes a conformational change that permits to activate more stronger bphR1 promoter and increase the transcription of RFP.<br />
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In order to improve their construction, we have made some modifications. In fact, we have used to add RBS B0034 to increase the level of transcription. After bphR2 gene, we have put a terminator to prevent leakage of constitutive promoter. In their sequence of bphR2 <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K1155009">(BBa_K1155009)</a>, there is a pstI site so this gene has been mutated by keeping the same codon <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K1413021">(BBa_K1413021)</a>.<br />
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<li><u><b><i>Construction of our biosensor in E. coli DH5a : </u></b></i><br />
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Every parts come from the registry except bphr2 gene. Knowing that there is a pstI site in its sequence, bphR2 gene has been synthetized without this site to allow to do the construction at biobrick format.<br />
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<b>Golden gate : </b><br />
<br/> We wanted to assemble all the parts by using golden gate so in one shot. For that, we have followed this processus:<br />
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<br/>=> Several tests have been done without success.<br />
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<b>Sequential digestions : </b><br />
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Each part contains biobrick prefix and biobrick suffix so we have decide to do a succesion of digestion-ligation-transformation protocol (figure F).<br />
We have successed to obtaine our biobricks <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K1413023">BBa_K1413023</a> and <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K1413024">BBa_K1413024</a><br />
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<h5>We wanted to thank those who supported us during the project and made it possible!</h5><br />
<p><br><br>iGEM Evry project 2014 was able to see the light of day thanks to brilliant people. We have dedicated this page to them.<br />
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<i><font color=#993366>« People in the shadow be remarkably intelligent »</font></i><br />
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First of all, Jean-Loup Faulon, director of the <a href="http://www.issb.genopole.fr/" target='_blank'>Institute of Systems & Synthetic Biology</a> who welcomed us in his lab!<br><br />
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All the member of iSSB and Genopole for their support during our project, shared their knowledge, gave us advises, tips and solution when we needed !<br />
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Special thank to Brian, who give us a piece of our project (transposon vector)<br />
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The CEA team, which helps us and especially to Magali Boutard who gave us a lot of her time and advices for RNA-seq preparation, likewise Andrew and Pierre Loïc Saaidi (for the lead preparation). <br />
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The French National Museum of Natural History team : <a href="http://mcam.mnhn.fr/MDCEM/" target='_blank'><font color=#663300><b>MDCEM </b> </font></a>(Molécules de défense et de communication dans les écosystèmes microbiens)<br />
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Dr Thomas Drepper from <a href="http://www.iet.uni-duesseldorf.de/en.html" > <font color=#336633>Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Group of Bacterial Photobiotechnology</font></a>, he gave us advises and sent us his plasmid in order to transform our bacterium.<br />
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As well, Marine Mohmmed (<a href="http://mar-in.tumblr.com/"><font color=#663366><b>mar-in</b></font></a>) who made our video, logo and schemas ; François Xavier Lehr who designed our brochure; Oleh Zasadnyy for creating the wiki template; Olivier Leplus and Jean-Baptiste Munieres who helped with the wiki and Audam Chhun who helped with proofreading.<br />
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<h1> The Sponge Patrol Project</h1><br />
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Water is the most precious and fragile resource on Earth. However <b><FONT COLOR=#0099CC>seas and oceans</FONT></b> are polluted by a wide range of compounds stemming from human activities.<br />
Faced with this issue, our team wants to heighten awareness about environmental pollution and particularly its devastating consequences on the aquatic life. <br />
In this line of thinking we are driven to design a bioremediation tool based on the considerable filtration capacity of <b><FONT COLOR=#FFCC33>sponges</font></b> to decrease the marine pollution and protect aquatic ecosystems.<br />
Our project is based on the engineering of this bacterium in the <b><FONT COLOR=#996666>microbiome </FONT></b>in order to develop a filtrating system allowing to sense and even degrade pollutants in water <br />
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<p><br />
For our third participation in the iGEM competition, we decided to use <b><FONT COLOR=#666699>a new chassis </FONT></b> which is able to work in the depth of oceans through a forceful duo: <b>sponge and bacterium</b>.<br />
Sponge can filtrate up to 20m<sup>3</sup> of water/day/kg thus being one of the most powerful existing filtrating system. <br />
We focused on the sponge <b><FONT COLOR=#FFCC33>Spongia Officinalis</FONT></b>, which lives in episymbiosis with the bacterium: <i><FONT COLOR=#006633>Pseudovibrio denitrificans</font></i>.<br />
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Pseudovibrio denitrificans is a marine bacterium which as been not yet characterized and also never been used in iGEM. <br />
<br><br />
Likewise, we bring in the iGEM competition Spongia Officinalis, a sponge with impressive features and capacities. <br />
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This is why we dedicate a part to introducing them. <br />
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<p><br />
Our synthetic system is based on the bacterium Pseudovibrio denitrificans, which is yet arduous to transform due to its marin origin. <br />
In order to be able to transform our bacterium with genes of interest, we have created a new backbone enabling us to use <FONT COLOR=#CC6699> <b>the transposon system</b></font> in our bacterium. <br />
This tool allows to insert genes easily into unknown bacteria. <br />
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<p><br />
This year, our team objective is to develop a filtrating system allowing the sensing and eventually degradation of <b><FONT COLOR=#333300>pollutants</font></b>. <br />
To achieve that goal, we have chosen to work on the most important classes of marine pollutants: phenols, PCBs, nitrites and heavy metals. <br />
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This year, we decided to include in our project a philosophical reflexion on the methods used in iGEM and in synthetic biology. We observed that there was an important contrast between what synthetic biologists ambition to do — a rational, rigorous design with controlled and predicted results — and how they actually design their biological systems — by trial and error, and tinkering. As students engaged in the practice of synthetic biology, we thought that it was very important to take a critical look at the field, and to question whether design in synthetic biology can truly be compared to engineering, or if it is instead the result of inelegant but efficient kludges.<br />
Since our project means to use sponges as part of our biosensing agent, we also discussed the ethical issues raised by the modification of an animal's microbiome, and by the use of an animal as a bioremediation tool in potentially toxic areas.<br />
We also had an important reflexion about the risks inherent to the release of genetically modified organisms in seawater, and tried to assert whether a symbiosis between the bacteria and the sponge could be a safe and efficient biological containment of the engineered micro-organisms.<br />
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<h5>We wanted to thank those who supported us during the project and made it possible!</h5><br />
<p><br><br>iGEM Evry project 2014 was able to see the light of day thanks to brilliant people. We have dedicated this page to them.<br />
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<i><font color=#993366>« People in the shadow be remarkably intelligent »</font></i><br />
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First of all, Jean-Loup Faulon, director of the <a href="http://www.issb.genopole.fr/" target='_blank'>Institute of Systems & Synthetic Biology</a> who welcomed us in his lab!<br><br />
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All the member of iSSB and Genopole for their support during our project, shared their knowledge, gave us advises, tips and solution when we needed !<br />
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Special thank to Brian, who give us a piece of our project (transposon vector)<br />
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The CEA team, which helps us and especially to Magali who give us a lot of her time, likewise Andrew and Pierre Loïc. <br />
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The French National Museum of Natural History team : <a href="http://mcam.mnhn.fr/MDCEM/" target='_blank'><font color=#663300><b>MDCEM </b> </font></a>(Molécules de défense et de communication dans les écosystèmes microbiens)<br />
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Dr Thomas Drepper from <a href="http://www.iet.uni-duesseldorf.de/en.html" > <font color=#336633>Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Group of Bacterial Photobiotechnology</font></a>, he gave us advises and sent us his plasmid in order to transform our bacterium.<br />
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As well, Marine Mohmmed (<a href="http://mar-in.tumblr.com/"><font color=#663366><b>mar-in</b></font></a>) who made our video, logo and schemas ; François Xavier Lehr who designed our brochure; Oleh Zasadnyy for creating the wiki template; Olivier Leplus and Jean-Baptiste Munieres who helped with the wiki and Audam Chhun who helped with proofreading.<br />
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Last but not least, all our <a href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Evry/Sponsors" target='_blank'> sponsors</a> that make our project achievable !<br><br />
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<p><br />
Water is the most precious and fragile resource on Earth. However <b><FONT COLOR=#0099CC>seas and oceans</FONT></b> are polluted by a wide range of compounds stemming from human activities.<br />
Faced with this issue, our team wants to heighten awareness about environmental pollution and particularly its devastating consequences on the aquatic life. <br />
In this line of thinking we are driven to design a bioremediation tool based on the considerable filtration capacity of <b><FONT COLOR=#FFCC33>sponges</font></b> to decrease the marine pollution and protect aquatic ecosystems.<br />
Our project is based on the engineering of this bacterium in the <b><FONT COLOR=#996666>microbiome </FONT></b>in order to develop a filtrating system allowing to sense and even degrade pollutants in water <br />
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<a href="#target"><img class="img-circle" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/f/f1/Image1.jpg" height="128" width="128" alt="Hackathons" style="box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, .8)"></a><br />
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<p><br />
For our third participation in the iGEM competition, we decided to use <b><FONT COLOR=#666699>a new chassis </FONT></b> which is able to work in the depth of oceans through a forceful duo: <b>sponge and bacterium</b>.<br />
Sponge can filtrate up to 20m<sup>3</sup> of water/day/kg thus being one of the most powerful existing filtrating system. <br />
We focused on the sponge <b><FONT COLOR=#FFCC33>Spongia Officinalis</FONT></b>, which lives in episymbiosis with the bacterium: <i><FONT COLOR=#006633>Pseudovibrio denitrificans</font></i>.<br />
<br><br />
Pseudovibrio denitrificans is a marine bacterium which as been not yet characterized and also never been used in iGEM. <br />
<br><br />
Likewise, we bring in the iGEM competition Spongia Officinalis, a sponge with impressive features and capacities. <br />
<br><br />
This is why we dedicate a part to introducing them. <br />
<br />
<br><br><br />
<br />
<a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Evry/Biology/Chassis" ><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/d/db/Chassis_seemore_EVRY.png" style="width:15%;height:15%"/></a> <br />
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<p><br />
Our synthetic system is based on the bacterium Pseudovibrio denitrificans, which is yet arduous to transform due to its marin origin. <br />
In order to be able to transform our bacterium with genes of interest, we have created a new backbone enabling us to use <FONT COLOR=#CC6699> <b>the transposon system</b></font> in our bacterium. <br />
This tool allows to insert genes easily into unknown bacteria. <br />
<br><br><br />
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<a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Evry/Biology/Transposons" ><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/6/62/Tranposeemore.png" style="width:10%;height:10%"/></a><br />
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<p><br />
This year, our team objective is to develop a filtrating system allowing the sensing and eventually degradation of <b><FONT COLOR=#333300>pollutants</font></b>. <br />
To achieve that goal, we have chosen to work on the most important classes of marine pollutants: phenols, PCBs, nitrites and heavy metals. <br />
<br />
<br><br><br />
<br />
<a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Evry/Biology/ToxicCompounds" ><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/3/31/Targetseemore.png" style="width:5%;height:5%"/><br />
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<p><br />
This year, we decided to include in our project a philosophical reflexion on the methods used in iGEM and in synthetic biology. We observed that there was an important contrast between what synthetic biologists ambition to do — a rational, rigorous design with controlled and predicted results — and how they actually design their biological systems — by trial and error, and tinkering. As students engaged in the practice of synthetic biology, we thought that it was very important to take a critical look at the field, and to question whether design in synthetic biology can truly be compared to engineering, or if it is instead the result of inelegant but efficient kludges.<br />
Since our project means to use sponges as part of our biosensing agent, we also discussed the ethical issues raised by the modification of an animal's microbiome, and by the use of an animal as a bioremediation tool in potentially toxic areas.<br />
We also had an important reflexion about the risks inherent to the release of genetically modified organisms in seawater, and tried to assert whether a symbiosis between the bacteria and the sponge could be a safe and efficient biological containment of the engineered micro-organisms.<br />
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<p><br />
Water is the most precious and fragile resource on Earth. However <b><FONT COLOR=#0099CC>seas and oceans</FONT></b> are polluted by a wide range of compounds stemming from human activities.<br />
Faced with this issue, our team wants to heighten awareness about environmental pollution and particularly its devastating consequences on the aquatic life. <br />
In this line of thinking we are driven to design a bioremediation tool based on the considerable filtration capacity of <b><FONT COLOR=#FFCC33>sponges</font></b> to decrease the marine pollution and protect aquatic ecosystems.<br />
Our project is based on the engineering of this bacterium in the <b><FONT COLOR=#996666>microbiome </FONT></b>in order to develop a filtrating system allowing to sense and even degrade pollutants in water <br />
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<p><br />
For our third participation in the iGEM competition, we decided to use <b><FONT COLOR=#666699>a new chassis </FONT></b> which is able to work in the depth of oceans through a forceful duo: <b>sponge and bacterium</b>.<br />
Sponge can filtrate up to 20m<sup>3</sup> of water/day/kg thus being one of the most powerful existing filtrating system. <br />
We focused on the sponge <b><FONT COLOR=#FFCC33>Spongia Officinalis</FONT></b>, which lives in episymbiosis with the bacterium: <i><FONT COLOR=#006633>Pseudovibrio denitrificans</font></i>.<br />
<br><br />
Pseudovibrio denitrificans is a marine bacterium which as been not yet characterized and also never been used in iGEM. <br />
<br><br />
Likewise, we bring in the iGEM competition Spongia Officinalis, a sponge with impressive features and capacities. <br />
<br><br />
This is why we dedicate a part to introducing them. <br />
<br />
<br><br><br />
<br />
<a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Evry/Biology/Chassis" ><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/d/db/Chassis_seemore_EVRY.png" style="width:15%;height:15%"/></a> <br />
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<br><br />
<p><br />
Our synthetic system is based on the bacterium Pseudovibrio denitrificans, which is yet arduous to transform due to its marin origin. <br />
In order to be able to transform our bacterium with genes of interest, we have created a new backbone enabling us to use <FONT COLOR=#CC6699> <b>the transposon system</b></font> in our bacterium. <br />
This tool allows to insert genes easily into unknown bacteria. <br />
<br><br><br />
<br />
<a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:Evry/Biology/Transposons" ><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/6/62/Tranposeemore.png" style="width:10%;height:10%"/></a><br />
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<p><br />
This year, our team objective is to develop a filtrating system allowing the sensing and eventually degradation of <b><FONT COLOR=#333300>pollutants</font></b>. <br />
To achieve that goal, we have chosen to work on the most important classes of marine pollutants: phenols, PCBs, nitrites and heavy metals. <br />
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This year, we decided to include in our project a philosophical reflexion on the methods used in iGEM and in synthetic biology. We observed that there was an important contrast between what synthetic biologists ambition to do — a rational, rigorous design with controlled and predicted results — and how they actually design their biological systems — by trial and error, and tinkering. As students engaged in the practice of synthetic biology, we thought that it was very important to take a critical look at the field, and to question whether design in synthetic biology can truly be compared to engineering, or if it is instead the result of inelegant but efficient kludges.<br />
Since our project means to use sponges as part of our biosensing agent, we also discussed the ethical issues raised by the modification of an animal's microbiome, and by the use of an animal as a bioremediation tool in potentially toxic areas.<br />
We also had an important reflexion about the risks inherent to the release of genetically modified organisms in seawater, and tried to assert whether a symbiosis between the bacteria and the sponge could be a safe and efficient biological containment of the engineered micro-organisms.<br />
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