Team:Newcastle/solution

Required BioBricks

• 1) Sequential Programming (Richard)
• 2) End of crack & signaling system
• 3) Non-target-environment kill switch inc. inducible lysis
• 4) Spider silk & filamentous cells
• 5) Glue & lysis
• 6) CaCO₃/Urease

Research teams

BioBrick 2 (End of crack & signaling system): Z.B.; P.H.; Y.E.; H.S.

BioBrick 3 (Non-target-environment kill switch): S.W.; A.L.; R.B.; J.S.; D.Y.

BioBrick 4 (Glue & lysis): J.S.; R.B.; S.W.; Y.E.; Z.B.

BioBrick 5 (CaCO₃/Urease): H.S.; A.L.; P.H.; D.Y.

Characteristics / Actions

• Alkaline resistant
• Motility
• Sense Oxygen (for cracks)
• Quorum Sensing
• UV Sensitivity
• Produce glue/Silk
• Produce product in response to signal

Products

• Spider silk
• Glue
• Amyloid Fiber (forms Beta-Sheet)
• Calcium Carbonate
• Quorum Sensing Peptides
• Surfactin

Priorities

• Filamentous cells
• CaCO₃
• Quorum Sensing
• Spider silk
• Glue
• Directed movement