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Team York 2014

Our project EcoCADMUS (E. Coli CAdmium DecontaMination Universal System) aims to provide a safe and effective way to remove Cadmium and Sulfate from wastewater.

The Solution

Our project is a biological approach to solving an environmental problem; the removal of cadmium and sulfate from waste water. Our aim is to increase cadmium and sulfate uptake in our chassis, E.coli. Our system involves chelating cadmium intra-cellularly through over-expressing cysteine-rich phytochelatins. Find out more about our project here.

Our Achievements

We have been working hard over summer in the labs to create our constructs. Click here to find out more about the characterisation of our constructs!

Outreach

As part of our project, we wanted to introduce the public to the concept of Genetically Modified Organisms and how they have a multitude of uses. Our outreach took us to many people and places as we explored the relationship between the public and Synthetic Biology

The Team

Our team is comprised of 19 undergraduates from the University of York. Find out more about the team and the people who supported us throughout this year.

Hello! We're from the

Our project EcoCADMUS (E. Coli CAdmium DecontaMination Universal System) aims to provide a safe and effective way to remove Cadmium and Sulfate from wastewater.

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Our Team

Come and meet our lovely team!
We've been working hard (mostly!) on our project all over Summer.

Our final Construct

To find our more about our final construct we have designed.

Social Outreach

We have been busy communicating Synthetic Biology and contemplating the sustainability and ethics of our project.

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-<p style="font-size:150%">Our project <i>EcoCADMUS</i> (E. Coli CAdmium DecontaMination Universal System)
+<p style="font-size:150%">Our project <i>EcoCADMUS</i> (<i>E. Coli</i> CAdmium DecontaMination Universal System)
-targets industrial and mineral processing wastewater contamination by heavy metals and sulfates.
+aims to provide a safe and effective way to remove Cadmium and Sulfate from wastewater.</p>
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-<p style="font-size:150%">Our project is biological approach to remove Cadmium from wastewaters by transporting Cadmium ions into the cell and chelating them with a protein called Phytochelatin. Find out more about the Cadmium genes in our plasmid construct here.</p><br>
+<p style="font-size:150%">Our project is a biological approach to solving an environmental problem; the removal of cadmium and sulfate from waste water. Our aim is to increase cadmium and sulfate uptake in our chassis, <i>E.coli</i>. Our system involves chelating cadmium intra-cellularly through over-expressing cysteine-rich phytochelatins. Find out more about our project here.</p><br>
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+<p style="font-size:150%">We have been working hard over summer in the labs to create our constructs. Click here to find out more about the characterisation of our constructs!</p><br>
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 <h2>The Team</h2>
-<p style="font-size:150%">We are 18 undergraduates from the University of York. Find out more team and the brilliant people who supported us throughout this iGEM competition</p><br>
+<p style="font-size:150%">Our team is comprised of 19 undergraduates from the University of York. Find out more about the team and the people who supported us throughout this year.</p><br>
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-			<p>Our project EcoCADMUS (E. Coli CAdmium DecontaMination Universal System) targets industrial and mineral processing waste-water contamination by heavy metals and sulfates. EcoCADMUS provides a safe and selective way to remove Cadmium Sulfide from waste water using Synthetic Biology.</p>
+			<p><b>Our project <i>EcoCADMUS</i> (E. Coli CAdmium DecontaMination Universal System)
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+aims to provide a safe and effective way to remove Cadmium and Sulfate from wastewater.</p>
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-                 <p>Look at the plasmid we're using in our project, complete with a repertoire of Cadmium related genes.</p>
+                 <p>To find our more about our final construct we have designed.</p>
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-             <p>We've been busy communicating Synthetic Biology and contemplating the sustainability and ethics of our project. </p>
+             <p>We have been busy communicating Synthetic Biology and contemplating the sustainability and ethics of our project. </p>
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