Burning coal gases may one day stop releasing nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere and instead produce essential fertilizer components thanks to research by a team of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Missouri S&T’s chapter of iGEM, the International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation, is preparing to present its research findings as part of the iGEM 2014 Giant Jamboree held Oct. 30-Nov. 3 in Boston. Missouri S&T’s iGEM team will compete with 245 other collegiate teams from around the world to earn a high certification ranking.
At the competition, the team will give an oral presentation of its research project to a panel of judges and exhibit a poster for review. Teams are then individually ranked based on their work. The competition is not head-to-head, so theoretically every team competing could earn the highest rating available.
The Missouri S&T project, titled “Clearing the Air: Using Synthetic Biology for Remediation of Coal Flue Gases,” proposes the use of genetically modified organisms to remove all forms of nitrogen oxides from coal exhaust.
Reviewed 2014-10-30