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               The iGEM Team Berlin consists of 17 students from various universities in Berlin. Represented are the Technische Universität Berlin, University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Freie Universität, University of the Arts as well as the Humboldt University. The team members come from diverse disciplines. From biotechnology, biochemistry, computer science, mathematics, mechanical engineering to the history of science and technology, everything is represented. Just the interdisciplinary nature of the team allows us to jointly develop solution strategies from different perspectives.<br/>
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               As previous iGEM teams have shown, synthesizing fully functional magnetosomes in E. coli is highly difficult as more than 60 highly regulated genes are involved. As a more feasible alternative, we simply want to synthesize magnetic nanoparticles in E. coli in order to attract cells with strong magnetic fields.<br/>
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               Therefore we want to use different strategies including manipulation of the iron homeostasis of E. coli, expression of different metal binding proteins such as ferritins and metallothioneins as well as a high-throughput growth medium optimization.
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              Once we have discovered the best way to magnetize E. coli bacteria, we will build and characterize suitable BioBricks that can be used by any research lab or iGEM team in the world in order to remote control the cellular movement.
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    <h5>Klara Kaden</h5>Medical student at the Charité.</br> Currently working on the topics support and coordination tasks.</br>
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    <h5>Saba Najoumi</h5>Graduated chemistry student at the Technische Universität Berlin.</br> Chief team leader and co-initiator of iGEM Berlin 2014. Laboratory supervision.</br>
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       <div class="col-md-6" style="padding-bottom:20px;"><div class="project-steps-img"><span>1</span><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/b/b4/Team_Berlin_project_04.png"/></div><p>Knocking out the iron efflux transporter gene FieF and the iron uptake suppressor Fur to increase the total iron level of the cytosol.</p></div>
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WHAT´S HAPPENING?

As previous iGEM teams have shown, synthesizing fully functional magnetosomes in E. coli is highly difficult as more than 60 highly regulated genes are involved. As a more feasible alternative, we simply want to synthesize magnetic nanoparticles in E. coli in order to attract cells with strong magnetic fields.
Therefore we want to use different strategies including manipulation of the iron homeostasis of E. coli, expression of different metal binding proteins such as ferritins and metallothioneins as well as a high-throughput growth medium optimization.

Furthermore, we will work with other metal binding proteins such as metallothioneins and phytochelatin synthases in order to achieve nanoparticle synthesis. Once we have discovered the best way to magnetize E. coli bacteria, we will build and characterize suitable BioBricks that can be used by any research lab or iGEM team in the world in order to remote control the cellular movement.


STEPS OF PRODUCING E.COLI

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Knocking out the iron efflux transporter gene FieF and the iron uptake suppressor Fur to increase the total iron level of the cytosol.

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Sequestering iron in a ferritin protein.

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Iron crystals are formed and the cell is detoxified.

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Create crystals by using intensive high-throughput growth medium optimization to discover the best conditions for the formation of magnetic nanoparticles in E. coli.