Description

KIVI Region Noord is organising a meeting in collaboration with the International Genetically Engineered Machine (IGEM) team Groningen on 15 September 2017. They will give a lecture on their project competing in the IGEM competition. The latter is a global competition in which students have to develop a bacterium or yeast for a new application.

At a major conference in November 2017, the team will finally present the project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. This year, they are focusing on developing a bacterium that uses CRISPR to detect phages, viruses that can infect bacteria, in a cheap and specific way without using expensive sequencing equipment. Because any unique specific DNA sequence could start to be implemented, the applications of this tool are endless.

They will mainly focus on the dairy industry, where a common problem is phage infections of bacterial cultures causing food waste.

After the lecture there will be room for discussion on this topic and we are invited to also review the literature below.

We will be welcomed in the central hall of the Linneausborg (Zernike Campus, Groningen).

Relevant literature:

- https://decorrespondent.nl/1889/hoe-genetische-manipulatie-voor-duurzame-landbouw-kan-zorgen/44638694540-4cada90c
- Garneau, J.E. and Moineau S. (2011). Bacteriophages of lactic acid bacteria and their impact on milk fermentations. Microb Cell Fact. 10 Suppl 1:S20. doi:10.1186/1475-2859- 10-S1- S20.
- Submit your own topic for discussion? Send us an email (igem.2017.groningen@gmail.com)

Location

Linnaeusborg (gathering in the hall)

Nijenborgh 7, 9749 AG Groningen

Organiser

Region North

Int. Genetically Engineered Machine