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<br><mark>Thus, we explore suitable organisms for the tasks and develop the means to do genetic manipulation and create a collection of necessary parts library.</mark> <br>In the process, we realized that by domesticating new organisms as chassis, we open up new risks and safety challenges towards users and environment. | <br><mark>Thus, we explore suitable organisms for the tasks and develop the means to do genetic manipulation and create a collection of necessary parts library.</mark> <br>In the process, we realized that by domesticating new organisms as chassis, we open up new risks and safety challenges towards users and environment. | ||
<br><mark>Therefore, we also developed a tool (software) to screen for potential risk from the organism’s database of toxic secondary metabolites.</mark> | <br><mark>Therefore, we also developed a tool (software) to screen for potential risk from the organism’s database of toxic secondary metabolites.</mark> | ||
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<p><b>Rhodococcus jostii</b> is a gram positive bacteria with extensive catabolic pathway to degrade variety of chlorinated compounds, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). They are potential chassis for synthetic biology applications in bioremediation.</p> | <p><b>Rhodococcus jostii</b> is a gram positive bacteria with extensive catabolic pathway to degrade variety of chlorinated compounds, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). They are potential chassis for synthetic biology applications in bioremediation.</p> | ||
<p><b>Penicillium roqueforti</b> is a filamentous fungi used in the production of blue cheese. They are biotechnologically relevant for the industrial production of enzymes (cellulases, pectinases, lipases, proteases and amylases) and could be used to produce complex secondary metabolites.</p> | <p><b>Penicillium roqueforti</b> is a filamentous fungi used in the production of blue cheese. They are biotechnologically relevant for the industrial production of enzymes (cellulases, pectinases, lipases, proteases and amylases) and could be used to produce complex secondary metabolites.</p> | ||
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<br><br>To utilise MoClo, a set of destination vectors need to be developed to accommodate assembly in different levels. Unfortunately, the chassis we were working on (R. jostii) cannot utilise the origin of replication from available destination vectors, which are designed for Eschericia coli. Therefore, we developed a set of MoClo destination vectors for assembly and transformation to R. jostii. We have shown that our destination vectors can be used for combinatorial assembly and transformed to the host organism. | <br><br>To utilise MoClo, a set of destination vectors need to be developed to accommodate assembly in different levels. Unfortunately, the chassis we were working on (R. jostii) cannot utilise the origin of replication from available destination vectors, which are designed for Eschericia coli. Therefore, we developed a set of MoClo destination vectors for assembly and transformation to R. jostii. We have shown that our destination vectors can be used for combinatorial assembly and transformed to the host organism. | ||
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<p class="text-faded" style="font-size: 15px">To utilise synthetic biology, a working parts (promoters, RBS, coding sequences) need to be developed as not all of them works orthogonally. We have developed a set of useful parts for expression in our chassis. | <p class="text-faded" style="font-size: 15px">To utilise synthetic biology, a working parts (promoters, RBS, coding sequences) need to be developed as not all of them works orthogonally. We have developed a set of useful parts for expression in our chassis. | ||
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<p class="text-faded" style="font-size: 15px">The domestication of non-model organisms raises both biosafety and biosecurity challenges (e.g. unknown pathogenicity and toxicity). Such issues, if are not properly addressed, can be a risk for both users and their surroundings. The Edinburgh OG team worked to develop an accessible, easy-to-use program to evaluate the toxicity of curated secondary metabolites from organisms used as chassis. We have incorporate this aspect in our project and communicate with other teams in order to give contribution towards current risk assessment procedures and as precautionary step for both experienced and non-experienced users. | <p class="text-faded" style="font-size: 15px">The domestication of non-model organisms raises both biosafety and biosecurity challenges (e.g. unknown pathogenicity and toxicity). Such issues, if are not properly addressed, can be a risk for both users and their surroundings. The Edinburgh OG team worked to develop an accessible, easy-to-use program to evaluate the toxicity of curated secondary metabolites from organisms used as chassis. We have incorporate this aspect in our project and communicate with other teams in order to give contribution towards current risk assessment procedures and as precautionary step for both experienced and non-experienced users. | ||
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