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WET LAB PROJECTS
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Wet Lab Projects
PET NET
An modular, scalar, and accelerated biodegradation system of polyethylene terephthalate achieved using a PETase - cellulose binding domain fusion protein.
- 2018
Saving the Cavendish banana by creating a soil probiotic that protects banana plants by detecting infection and responding with a potent fungicide
- 2017
An Apeeling Solution to Panama Disease
Biosequestration of Methane
Creating a strain of E. coli that break down methane to be implemented into landfills as an environmentally friendly strategy for ameliorating global climate change
- 2016
Hok-Em, Sok-Em Robots
Reducing the use of antibiotics in synthetic biology research and the spread of antibiotic resistance through an mRNA based toxin-antitoxin system.
- 2015
Sensing the infection of Perkinsus marinus through an engineered biosensor to protect the Crasseoterra virginica (Eastern oyster) population
Biosensors for the Oyster Pathogen Perkinsus marinus
- 2014
HARDWARE PROJECTS
Hardware Projects
Hardware Projects
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Lab-in-a-box for synthetic biology education
A compact, affordable, and multifunctional lab-in-a-box composed of a microcentrifuge, culture shaker, incubator and vortex machines.
- 2017
A DIY ultra-low freezer made of a series of Peltier plates that reaches -80 C for storing sensitive biological materials.
DIY Ultra-low -80 C Freezer
- 2016
An inexpensive thermocycler made from a hairdryer and a soda can for polymerase chain reactions.
Hairdryer Thermocycler
- 2015
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