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<p>Imagine huge bodies of water, giant ponds and lakes and just below the surface are trillions of organisms working 24/7, eating plant life and producing gasoline.'' - George Church, envisioning future synthetic biofuel production
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Synthetic biology assumes a future for modified organisms beyond the lab. Biofuel research is currently focusing on both natural and genetically engineered algae to generate gasoline, with the goal of one day being available for public use. This objective has created a network of open-ponds for algae production. Dispersed across the southwest of the United States, companies are utilizing the environment’s abundance of sunshine - ideal algae growing conditions. As synthetic biology moves out of the lab, to the wild, to factories, to garage labs, to people’s homes what are the potential ecological effects associated with the release of a modified organism?
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Car Pools is a series of simulations that examine the potential ecological effects associated with the public release of genetically altered algae for biofuel production. The project draws on current open-pond algae production methods to imagine a future infrastructure of fuel producing pools for the city of Los Angeles, a metropolis built for cars, home to more than 43,000 swimming pools.
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The pool is typically viewed as a symbol of suburban leisure, Car Pools recasts it into a site of homegrown fuel production. The oil wells of tomorrow may be in sunny California. The project plays out different scales of interaction, the home, the neighborhood, and the city, to explore potential ecological effects, such as pool wildlife & production management, neighborhood contamination, expanded pool networks, and modified commuting patterns. What if simulations of different scales, from micro to macro were used within synthetic biology? How could simulations be used to expose both the issues and opportunities beyond the lab?
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Big thank you to everyone who contributed to the project! We really appreciate your time, support, over the summer.

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Christina Agapakis: Critique, concept reviews, research, support contacts

Jasmin Blasco: Research, brainstorming, concept development, pH testing

Ian Besler: Brainstorming, concept development, pH testing

Aaron Fooshee: Brainstorming

Marcus Guttenplan: Brainstorming, concept development, documentation, further concept development and iterations, wiki design

Ben Hooker: Critique, concept reviews, research

Kristina Ortega: Research, brainstorming, concept development, running simulations, documentation, further concept development and iterations, graphics

Jenny Rodenhouse: Research, brainstorming, concept development, running simulations, documentation, scheduling, further concept development and iterations, wiki design, graphics

Cory Tobin: Advised on sequencing, provided team a synthetic biology 101 course

Kevin Wingate: iGEM main contact, scheduling, funding

Dave Wernick: Advised on future genetically altered biofuel production and lab processes

Xiaochen Yang: brainstorming, concept development

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2. Bernstein, Rachel. "Biotech Offers Promise for Producing Fuel." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 04 Aug. 2010. Web. 10 Oct. 2014. http://articles.latimes.com/print/2010/aug/04/science/la-sci-biofuels-20100805.

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4. Dicker, Ron. "Now We Know How Many Swimming Pools There Are In L.A." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 19 Dec. 2013. Web. 10 Oct. 2014. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/19/swimming-pools-la-los-angeles_n_4386306.html.

5. Drew Endy and Stefan Sagmeister, “On Design,” In Science is Culture, ed. Adam Bly, Harper Collins, 2010.

6. Drinkwater, Kelly, Todd Kuiken, Ph.D., Shlomiya Lightfoot, Julie McNamara, and Kenneth Oye, Ph.D. "Creating Research Agenda for Ecological Implications of Synthetic Biology. "Synthetic Biology Project 7 (2014): 1-36. www.synbioproject.org. MIT, 1 May 2014. Web. 03 Aug. 2014. http://web.mit.edu/cis/Publications/SYNBIO_res_agenda.pdf.

7. Emma Marris, Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World, Bloomsbury 2011.

8. Evelyn Fox Keller, Introduction to The Mirage of a Space Between Nature and Nurture. Duke University Press 2010.

9. "Experiments in Sound, Soil and Microbial Fuel Cells." Interview by Régine Debatty. We Make Money Not Art. N.p., 20 June 2013. Web. 13 June 2014. http://we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2013/06/bacteria-battery.php#.VDhJhOeFUz1.

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13. "Jonathan Trent: Energy from Floating Algae Pods." YouTube. TED Talks, 28 Sept. 2012. Web. 10 Oct. 2014. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-HE4Hfa-OY&feature=youtube_gdata_player.

14. Koert Van Mensvoort, “Real Nature is not Green.” Next Nature Blog, 2006.

15. Lacey, Stephen. "Researchers Genetically Engineer Algae to Increase Oil Yields by Up to 50%: Should We Be Concerned?" Climate Progress. N.p., 28 Nov. 2011. Web. 10 Oct. 2014. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2011/11/28/374605/genetically-engineer-algae-to-increase-oil-yields.

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17. Maron, Dina F. "The Race to Make Fuel Out of Algae Poses Risks as Well as Benefits." The New York Times. The New York Times, 22 July 2010. Web. 19 Sept. 2014.http://www.nytimes. com/cwire/2010/07/22/22climatewire-the-race-to-make-fuel-out-of-algae-poses-ris-80037.html?pagewanted=all.html.
18. McBride Robert C., Lopez Salvador, Meenach Chris, Burnett Mike, Lee Philip A., Nohilly Fiona, and Behnke Craig. Industrial Biotechnology. June 2014, 10(3): 221-227.

19. "Microalgae Cultivation." Wageningen UR. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2014. http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Expertise-Services/Facilities/AlgaePARC/Themes/Microalgae-cultivation.html.

20. Morelle, Rebecca. "Bacteria 'can Produce Diesel Fuel'" BBC News. BBC, 22 Apr. 2013. Web. 10 Oct. 2014. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-22253746.

21. Nature Editorial, “The Unnatural Order of Things,” from the special issue of Nature Nanotechnology on DNA Origami, April 2009.

22. Oron Catts and Gary Cass, “Labs Shut Open: A Biotech Hands-on Workshop for Artists” in Tactical Biopolitics: Art, Activism, and Technoscience, Beatriz da Costa and Kavita Philip, eds. MIT Press, 2008.

23. Pollack, Andrew. "Exploring Algae as Fuel." The New York Times. The New York Times, 25 July 2010. Web. 10 Oct. 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/business/energy-environment/26algae.html?_r=0.

24. Ray, Thomas S. "An Evolutionary Approach to Synthetic Biology: Zen and the Art of Creating Life." Artificial Life 1.1_2 (1993): 179-209. http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu. MIT Press, 21 Oct. 1993. Web. 12 June 2014.

25. Sheehan, John, Terri Dunahay, and John Benemann. A Look Back at the U.S. Department of Energy's Aquatic Species Program: Biodiesel from Algae: Close-out Report. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1998. Web. 07 July 2014. http://www.nrel.gov/docs/legosti/fy98/24190.pdf.

26. "Swimming Pool Service Technician Study Guide." Swimming Pool Service Technician's Study Guide (2012): 1-47. Department of Public Health. Los Angeles County, 1 Sept. 2012. Web. 15 Aug. 2014. http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/eh/docs/ep_rw_techstudy.pdf.

27. TED Blog, “De-extinction to save a species: Stewart Brand.”

28. Varnelis, Kazys. The Infrastructural City: Networked Ecologies in Los Angeles. Barcelona: Actar, 2008. Print.