Team:Cambridge/Tools/Lighting

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A tree in this position would be able to photosynthesise during the day, building up reserves of energy.  We then imagined it emitting light by night, using the bacterial luciferase system, under the control of the inherent circadian clock based gene regulation systems.
A tree in this position would be able to photosynthesise during the day, building up reserves of energy.  We then imagined it emitting light by night, using the bacterial luciferase system, under the control of the inherent circadian clock based gene regulation systems.
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We wanted to provide some proof of concept of these ideas.  We built the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUFscEVK5Ks bacterial bubble lamp] to investigate this, and also read the Jungle Book using a flask containing E. coli expressing our bacterial luciferase.
We wanted to provide some proof of concept of these ideas.  We built the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUFscEVK5Ks bacterial bubble lamp] to investigate this, and also read the Jungle Book using a flask containing E. coli expressing our bacterial luciferase.
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We had thought about bacteria being used for emergency lighting, and our advisor Fernan printed a fire exit sign, which was placed over a plate containing one of our strains of E. coli.  In a real system we would imagine using anhydrobiosis to create bacteria 'in hibernation' which could be activated when needed.
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<div style="margin-top:5px; font-size:12px; color:#6e6e6e; line-height:15px; text-align:center">Our <a href="https://2010.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Bioluminescence/G28"> LuxBrick</a> with an overlay to give a meaningful message</div>
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