Discover the first BioPad
Event details
| Date | 27.10.2014 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 12:45 |
| Speaker | Prof. Maerkl, Prof. Deplancke, Dr. Barbara Grisoni, and an interdisciplinary team of 14 undergrads (from Life Sciences, Microengineering, Physics, Computer Science) |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
The 2014 EPFL iGEM team has been working on showing that biologically engineered organisms can detect and process signals quickly and efficiently. With this in mind, our team brought forward a novel idea: combining Protein Complementation techniques with biosensors to achieve fast spatiotemporal analysis of bacterial response to stimuli.
As a proof-of-concept, we aimed to develop the first BioPad: a biological TouchPad made of touch- responsive bacteria in a microfluidic chip allowing the control of electronic devices. This was achieved by engineering the E.Coli Cpx Pathway– a two- component regulatory system that is responsive to periplasmic stress.
As a proof-of-concept, we aimed to develop the first BioPad: a biological TouchPad made of touch- responsive bacteria in a microfluidic chip allowing the control of electronic devices. This was achieved by engineering the E.Coli Cpx Pathway– a two- component regulatory system that is responsive to periplasmic stress.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Grisoni Barbara <[email protected]>
Contact
- Grisoni Barbara <[email protected]>