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From 2010.igem.org

Today, we made E. coli cells competent and able to uptake DNA through the method involving CaCl₂. As well, we came up with several project ideas that we thought were feasible to attempt as a summer project. We narrowed the ideas down to

• Bacteria producing vanilla-flavoured alcohol
• Bacteria that detected vanilla in food products
• Bacteria producing hydrogen that could possibly power fuel cells
• Directed Evolution as a technique