Diatomics

Group 36: Philip Emmanuele, Karen Kim, Ricky Melendrez, Nithish Narasimman

Mentors: Austin Doughty, Joanna Zhang,  Chris Dupont

Problem Statement: There is no extensive tool kit available for engineering diatoms as a vessel for use in synthetic biology. Furthermore, there is a lack of available promoters which can be paired with diatoms in inducible promoter systems.

Approach: Using a duel approach of construct development through molecular cloning for the creation of an inducible promoter system combined with the use of new motifs found by searching through the diatom genome.

Unlocking the Potential of Diatoms: Diatomics

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