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<h3>Best Applied Design Special Prize</h3>
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<p>This is a prize for the team that has developed a synbio product to solve a real world problem in the most elegant way. The students will have considered how well the product addresses the problem versus other potential solutions, how the product integrates or disrupts other products and processes, and how its lifecycle can more broadly impact our lives and environments in positive and negative ways.
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<p>Our product is an engineered E. coli that destroys biofilms. Unlike biocides and other products currently on the market, our microorganism attacks both the bacterial and fungal components of the biofilm.  Companies often express concerns about added microorganisms growing out of control and causing additional problems. To allay these fears, our product would be implemented early on, before significant amounts of bacteria or fungi have contaminated the fuel. Implemented in this manner, our microbe will only have to combat small amounts of microorganisms. Consequently, only very small concentrations of the microbe will have to be added, making it unlikely to impact fuel combustion or damage the storage unit containing the fuel. Furthermore, the cinnamaldehyde produced by our microbe could also function as a kill switch. Our microbe could be engineered such that the cinnamaldehyde will eliminate the designed microbe after being produced, limiting the growth of our microbe.
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To compete for the <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Judging/Awards">Best Applied Design prize</a>, please describe your work on this page and also fill out the description on the <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Judging/Judging_Form">judging form</a>.
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You must also delete the message box on the top of this page to be eligible for this prize.
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<h3>Inspiration</h3>
 
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<p>Take a look at what some teams accomplished for this prize.</p>
 
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<li><a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:NCTU_Formosa/Design">2016 NCTU Formosa</a></li>
 
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<li><a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:HSiTAIWAN/Product?locationId=Design">2016 HSiTAIWAN</a></li>
 
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<li><a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Pasteur_Paris/Design">2016 Pasteur Paris</a></li>
 
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Revision as of 01:06, 15 October 2018

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Applied Design

Applied Design

Our product is an engineered E. coli that destroys biofilms. Unlike biocides and other products currently on the market, our microorganism attacks both the bacterial and fungal components of the biofilm. Companies often express concerns about added microorganisms growing out of control and causing additional problems. To allay these fears, our product would be implemented early on, before significant amounts of bacteria or fungi have contaminated the fuel. Implemented in this manner, our microbe will only have to combat small amounts of microorganisms. Consequently, only very small concentrations of the microbe will have to be added, making it unlikely to impact fuel combustion or damage the storage unit containing the fuel. Furthermore, the cinnamaldehyde produced by our microbe could also function as a kill switch. Our microbe could be engineered such that the cinnamaldehyde will eliminate the designed microbe after being produced, limiting the growth of our microbe.