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Team:RHIT
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Meet Victor the Vector!
Click on the red section to find out more about the wetlab portion of our project!
Click on the blue section to find out more about the Human Practices portion of our project!
Click on the blue section to find out more about our Sustainability project!
Victor the Vector united E. coli and Yeast by transforming the genetic material within the cell. Alpha mating factor expresses on the outer membrane on E. coli to induce the yeast’s mating pheromone response pathway (MPRP). The final product of the MPRP, Fus1, is used to promote devices that produce blue fluorescent protein and histidine.
Click here to read more about what we did in the lab!
Victor the Vector is a hands on, interactive device that allows students to build basic synthetic biology systems and watch instructional videos about the systems that were built. This way students can experience building synthetic biology systems without the need of a wet lab or any wet lab experience.
Click here to learn more about our Human Practices project!
We constructed Victor the Vector using PLA (polylactic acid) plastic. PLA is hydrolyzed in basic solution to yeld lactic acid, which can then promote histidine production in α.coli. Our team hopes that this furthers PLA recycling methods.
Click here to read more about our Sustainability project!
