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<p>We have engineered E. coli to secrete fat and hair degrading enzymes to solve the problem of accumulations in sewer networks</p> | <p>We have engineered E. coli to secrete fat and hair degrading enzymes to solve the problem of accumulations in sewer networks</p> | ||
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<p>We have created an innovative undersink bioreactor unit to degrade fat waste before it has chance to form <em>fatbergs</em></p> | <p>We have created an innovative undersink bioreactor unit to degrade fat waste before it has chance to form <em>fatbergs</em></p> | ||
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<p>Who should be responsible for the maintenance of drains? Is it the responsibility of synthetic biologists to step in?</p> | <p>Who should be responsible for the maintenance of drains? Is it the responsibility of synthetic biologists to step in?</p> | ||
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+ | <h4><b>The Fatberglar: A small scale, semi-continuous bioreactor for the controlled release of FOG degrading enzymes</b></h4> | ||
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+ | <h5>Fats, oils and greases (FOGs) enter the national sewage system and accumulate, leading to blocked pipes, nicknamed “fatbergs”. There are currently over 200,000 major UK sewage blockages a year, of which 75% are caused by FOGs; tackling these blockages costs water companies millions of pounds every month. | ||
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The biological project work focused on development of constructs that produce lipase and keratinase enzymes to degrade FOGs and hair. These constructs are designed to sit within a small, under-sink bioreactor that will produce and feed them into the waste system as the sink is drained. | The biological project work focused on development of constructs that produce lipase and keratinase enzymes to degrade FOGs and hair. These constructs are designed to sit within a small, under-sink bioreactor that will produce and feed them into the waste system as the sink is drained. | ||
- | To shape the approach, there has been significant interaction with industry experts and the public to gauge where the responsibility lies for the maintenance of the damaged drains; awareness of synthetic biology has been raised alongside this. A novel method of characterising the policy and practices component of the iGEM competition is also presented here.</ | + | <br> |
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+ | To shape the approach, there has been significant interaction with industry experts and the public to gauge where the responsibility lies for the maintenance of the damaged drains; awareness of synthetic biology has been raised alongside this. A novel method of characterising the policy and practices component of the iGEM competition is also presented here.</h5> | ||
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