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| − | <p>We collaborated with three different teams in the 2016 iGEM season. We created a documentary for team Aix-Marseille focusing on the socio-economic and political issues facing the current platinum sector, including the Marikana strikes. We assisted | + | <p>We collaborated with three different teams in the 2016 iGEM season. We created a documentary for team Aix-Marseille focusing on the socio-economic and political issues facing the current platinum sector, including the Marikana strikes. We assisted team MacQuarrie by making a graphical user interface on MatLab showing how the concentration of various intermediates including ALA (Y-axis) changes over time (X-axis) in chlorophyll. |
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Revision as of 16:51, 16 October 2016
Collaborating with other teams We collaborated with three different teams in the 2016 iGEM season. We created a documentary for team Aix-Marseille focusing on the socio-economic and political issues facing the current platinum sector, including the Marikana strikes. We assisted team MacQuarrie by making a graphical user interface on MatLab showing how the concentration of various intermediates including ALA (Y-axis) changes over time (X-axis) in chlorophyll.
References
1. Study Ranger n.d., Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II, viewed 06 October 2016, available at https://www.studyranger.com/en/company/12004.
2. Universities Australia 2015, Macquarie University, viewed 06 October 2016, available at https://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/australias-universities/university-profiles/Macquarie-University#.V_ZvwOB97IU.
3. Beckendorf, J 2003, Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, viewed 06 October 2016, available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Heidelberg_Universit%C3%A4tsbibliothek_2003.jpg.
Collaboration with Aix-Marseille University South Africa is regarded as having the largest platinum reserves in the world. The Merensky Reef stretching from southern Zimbabwe through to Rustenburg and Pretoria is the centre of platinum mining in South Africa. AMPLATS is the leader in platinum mining in South Africa, producing 40% of the total group platinum group metals. The Aix-Marseille University iGEM team identified problems faced by the mining sector which include limited sources, the use of hazardous chemicals to eliminate impurities, the disregard of safety measures and the lack of methods to recycle platinum next to highways.The solutions they came up with are to concentrate the platinum accumulated from roadside soil by phytoremediation plants and to transform it into nanoparticles. We assisted them by creating a documentary focusing on the socio-economic and political issues facing the current platinum sector, including the Marikana strikes. We also looked at the possible implications of their 2016 project.
Collaboration with Macquarie University We assisted team MacQuarrie by helping them make a graphical user interface (GUI) on MatLab with specific characteristics. The GUI showcases a graph which illustrates how the concentration of various intermediates including ALA (on the Y-axis) changes over time (X-axis) in chlorophyll. Due to the nature of MacQuarrie`s experiments the graph was crucial to make an accurate conclusion about their results. We also helped them to solve coding problems on MatLab.
Collaboration with Heidelberg University
