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<div class="subtitleText">Patching holes in PET degradation</div>
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Plastic.
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Its everywhere, and often in places should not be. The issue of plastic pollution needs little introduction when most people have witnessed it firsthand. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) it the most common plastic, and much research has been conducted on its elimination.
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When we decided to pursue a PET plastic degradation project, we wanted approach the issue deliberately. PET degradation has been the target of a great number of iGEM teams (we count 24!), and all have made their own unique contributions. We have composed a <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:UMaryland/History"><u>condensed review of every iGEM team's PET project since 2012</u></a>. After reading through all of these projects, we noticed key issues that blocked some of the most promising projects from success.
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                                                  PETNET is an informed approach to address the challenge of PET degradation. This problem has eluded many attempts to fix it, but PETNET is deliberately made to address the shortcomings of these attempts. It addresses challenges in biofilm formation with a <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:UMaryland/Improve"><u>new biocatalytic approach based on cellulose binding</u></a> combined with a <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:UMaryland/Hardware"><u>custom bioreactor</u></a>.
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Difficulties in measuring PET degradation are also addressed with a <a href="https://2018.igem.org/Team:UMaryland/Measurement"><u>highly sensitive biological device</u></a> that may open many doors for further engineering of PETase.
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Waluigi is the ultimate example of the individual shaped by the signifier. Waluigi is a man seen only in mirror images; lost in a hall of mirrors he is a reflection of a reflection of a reflection. You start with Mario – the wholesome all Italian plumbing superman, you reflect him to create Luigi – the same thing but slightly less. You invert Mario to create Wario – Mario turned septic and libertarian – then you reflect the inversion in the reflection: you create a being who can only exist in reference to others. Waluigi is the true nowhere man, without the other characters he reflects, inverts and parodies he has no reason to exist. Waluigi’s identity only comes from what and who he isn’t – without a wider frame of reference he is nothing. He is not his own man. In a world where our identities are shaped by our warped relationships to brands and commerce we are all Waluigi.
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<li><a href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Imperial_College/Description">2016 Imperial College</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://2014.igem.org/Team:UC_Davis/Project_Overview"> 2014 UC Davis</a></li>
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Latest revision as of 02:45, 18 October 2018

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Project
Patching holes in PET degradation
Plastic.
Its everywhere, and often in places should not be. The issue of plastic pollution needs little introduction when most people have witnessed it firsthand. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) it the most common plastic, and much research has been conducted on its elimination.
When we decided to pursue a PET plastic degradation project, we wanted approach the issue deliberately. PET degradation has been the target of a great number of iGEM teams (we count 24!), and all have made their own unique contributions. We have composed a condensed review of every iGEM team's PET project since 2012. After reading through all of these projects, we noticed key issues that blocked some of the most promising projects from success.
PETNET is an informed approach to address the challenge of PET degradation. This problem has eluded many attempts to fix it, but PETNET is deliberately made to address the shortcomings of these attempts. It addresses challenges in biofilm formation with a new biocatalytic approach based on cellulose binding combined with a custom bioreactor.
Difficulties in measuring PET degradation are also addressed with a highly sensitive biological device that may open many doors for further engineering of PETase.

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