Team:Missouri Miners/Safety

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"It is well known that microorganisms can produce fuels, such as ethanol, methane and hydrogen, from organic matter. It is less well known that microorganisms can also convert organic matter into electricity in devices known as microbial fuel cells."
~ Dr. Derek Lovley, 2006.


Missouri Miners and Safety

Our project requires only level 1 labs and general synthetic biology lab technique. The 2010 Microbial Fuel Cell project uses a non-pathogenic strain of Escherichia Coli as a chassis for our plasmids.

The Importance of Safety in Synthetic Biology

Important things

Ethics and Synthetic Biology

Ethical things.


Lots of neat ideas are brewing at S&T.
Wondering what we're up to this week? Check out our notebook!
Living Fuel: The wonderful world of microbial fuel cells.