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Utah State University is proud to be involved for the first time in the 2008 iGEM competition. The 2008 USU iGEM team consists of graduate and undergraduate students in Biological Engineering, as well as two high school students, working under the supervision of professors with backgrounds in Biological Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biology, and Microbiology. Prior to this project, none of the undergraduate or high school students had experience with genetic engineering or synthetic biology. This project provided a great opportunity for these students to learn about synthetic biology and its potential, as well as to gain a great deal of hands on experience with laboratory methods. Through team meetings and working closely together in the lab, team members were also provided with opportunities to get to know each other and the specific project material.

Though many project topics were discussed, the team chose the project for developing a method of monitoring polyhydroxybutyrate production in microorganisms by inserting a reporter in the PHB cassette. This project was selected because of its potential to make the PHB production process more efficient and cost effective by creating a simple system for determining the optimum time for PHB extraction. This project was carried out from May to October of 2008.

USU is located in Logan, Utah and is nestled in the beautiful mountains of Cache Valley. For those interested in a great education and are looking for amazing skiing and other outdoor adventures and recreation, USU is perfect!

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-The increasing cost and negative environmental effect of fossil hydrocarbon-derived conventional plastics has escalated the need for economically realistic alternatives.  Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are a class of microbially synthesized, biodegradable thermoplastics that exhibit material properties comparable to those of conventional plastics. The Utah State University IGEM team project is focused on creating an efficient system for monitoring PHA production in recombinant microorganisms.
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+Utah State University is proud to be involved for the first time in the 2008 iGEM competition. The 2008 USU iGEM team consists of graduate and undergraduate students in Biological Engineering, as well as two high school students, working under the supervision of professors with backgrounds in Biological Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biology, and Microbiology. Prior to this project, none of the undergraduate or high school students had experience with genetic engineering or synthetic biology. This project provided a great opportunity for these students to learn about synthetic biology and its potential, as well as to gain a great deal of hands on experience with laboratory methods. Through team meetings and working closely together in the lab, team members were also provided with opportunities to get to know each other and the specific project material.
-Utah State University is proud to be involved in the 2008 IGEM competition. This will be the first year that USU has participated. Most of the students on the USU team had little or no experience with genetic engineering or synthetic biology prior to this project. When first hearing about the competition, the team became very excited about joining the "playground" of genetic engineering! The team met several times over pizza to look at what had been done in the past to give them inspiration for their project. Though many project topics were seriously discussed, the team decided to look at a way to monitor Polyhydroxybutyrate production in microorganisms by inserting a reporter in the PHB cassette. This project was selected because of its potential to make the PHB production process more efficient and cost effective by creating a simple system for determining the optimum time for PHB extraction.
-USU is located in Logan UT and is nestled in the beautiful mountains of Cache Valley. For those interested in a great education and are looking for amazing outdoor adventures and recreation, USU is perfect!!
+Though many project topics were discussed, the team chose the project for developing a method of monitoring polyhydroxybutyrate production in microorganisms by inserting a reporter in the PHB cassette. This project was selected because of its potential to make the PHB production process more efficient and cost effective by creating a simple system for determining the optimum time for PHB extraction. This project was carried out from May to October of 2008.
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+USU is located in Logan, Utah and is nestled in the beautiful mountains of Cache Valley. For those interested in a great education and are looking for amazing skiing and other outdoor adventures and recreation, USU is perfect!
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