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A University of Rochester team harnessed bacteria to capture carbon dioxide and generate energy.<\/h2>\n

Rising carbon dioxide levels are exacerbating the effects of climate change, highlighting the need for solutions that balance energy demands with environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n

What if there were a way to turn carbon dioxide itself into a resource\u2014producing energy while reducing harmful emissions at the same time?<\/p>\n

A team of 11 undergraduate students at the University of Rochester<\/a> has done just that. The team created a carbon-negative energy source that uses bacteria to generate energy while simultaneously capturing and storing carbon dioxide. Their innovative approach not only addresses energy needs but also produces ethanol as a sustainable biofuel.<\/p>\n

In October, the team\u2014called Team CyanoVolt\u2014submitted their research to the 2024 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM)\u00a0competition,<\/a> where student-led teams from around the globe compete to tackle real-world challenges using synthetic biology. Synthetic biology leverages engineering principles to create biological components inspired by nature.<\/p>\n

The Rochester team competed against more than 400 teams from around the world and was awarded a gold medal for their project.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea of a carbon-negative energy technology was exciting to the team because it can clean the atmosphere while also creating clean energy,\u201d says Anne S. Meyer<\/a>, an associate professor in the Department of Biology<\/a> and one of the advisors of Rochester\u2019s iGEM team. \u201cI was incredibly impressed by the students\u2019 smart project\u00a0design and their dedication to keep trying to get their experiments to work over many, many rounds of optimization and improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harnessing energy from bacteria<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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As part of iGEM<\/a>, undergraduate students from a variety of majors design and build engineered biological systems using DNA technologies. Students lead every aspect of the project, including selecting the topic, conducting experiments, managing budgets, raising funds, and handling social media.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s iGEM team began brainstorming project ideas in the spring, spent the summer and early fall developing and conducting experiments, and submitted their project for judging in the iGEM competition in late fall. The idea for Team CyanoVolt\u2019s project was inspired by a challenge posed by one of the team member\u2019s high school teachers.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur teacher challenged us to think of ways to reuse food waste,\u201d recalls Grace Widjaja \u201926, a biochemistry and music double major. The task opened Widjaja\u2019s eyes to the idea of finding power sources in unexpected places.<\/p>\n

Later, when she joined iGEM in her sophomore year of college, she remembered that challenge and thought, \u201cIf we can get energy from food, why not from other sources, like bacteria?\u201d<\/p>\n

Building on this idea, the Rochester team settled on a project that combined three key goals: capturing carbon dioxide, producing electricity, and generating ethanol, by genetically engineering bacteria and designing specialized biophotovoltaic cells.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy accomplishing these three goals, we hoped to propose a solution to alleviate our climate crisis,\u201d Widjaja says. \u201cI learned about synthetic biology for the first time in my freshman year of college. I had always heard of GMOs as being these terrible things, but iGEM showed me how to find ways to genetically modify organisms to produce products that help the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The power of photosynthesis<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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IT\u2019S NOT EASY BEING GREEN:<\/strong> The iGem team worked together to overcome challenges in their research, including growing their cyanobacteria. \u201cnow we have all these samples that are super vibrant and green and it\u2019s the most exciting thing,\u201d says team member Claire English \u201926. (University of Rochester photo \/ Michelle Kleinhammer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To capture carbon dioxide, the team genetically engineered cyanobacteria\u2014a type of bacteria that naturally carries out photosynthesis\u2014to optimize the bacteria\u2019s ability to absorb light and carbon dioxide. The modified bacteria operate like a tiny energy factory: when exposed to light, the bacteria capture carbon dioxide and transform it into energy-rich molecules. However, instead of just storing this energy for their own use, the engineered cyanobacteria release some of the energy as free electrons.<\/p>\n

To harness the energy from the electrons, the team designed specialized biophotovoltaic cells. These devices function like solar cells but generate electricity using biological materials and processes\u2014in this case, the cyanobacteria undergoing photosynthesis. The biophotovoltaic cells capture electrons and direct them into a circuit, producing electricity.<\/p>\n

The team also developed a novel screen printer that prints customized structures within the biophotovoltaic cells to ensure the cyanobacteria are optimally placed and distributed, as well as to facilitate efficient flow of electrons.<\/p>\n

Fueling the future<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The team took the project a step further by genetically engineering the cyanobacteria to produce ethanol\u2014a useful biofuel\u2014as a byproduct while they carry out photosynthesis. The unique process of producing both power and biofuel simultaneously makes Team CyanoVolt\u2019s project both environmentally friendly and efficient. The result is a renewable system that is carbon-negative; instead of just reducing emissions, it actively decreases the total amount of carbon dioxide in the environment by absorbing the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really novel to see bacteria being used in this way and to understand that cyanobacteria has much more capability than is often discussed in literature,\u201d says Seeya Khattar \u201926, a molecular genetics major. \u201cAs the bacteria generate power, they help lower greenhouse gas levels, offsetting any emissions they might produce and ultimately creating a net reduction in atmospheric carbon dioxide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Powering through challenges<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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A DOUBLE WIN<\/strong>: Weronika Kierzenka \u201926 and Claire English \u201926 at work in the wet lab. Their team project used a genetically modified bacteria to both remove carbon dioxide from the air and to generate electricity. (University of Rochester photo \/ Michelle Kleinhammer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although the team faced challenges\u2014most notably, they initially had a difficult time growing cyanobacteria in the lab\u2014iGEM offered a unique experience to not only lead a research project from start to finish but to solve problems that led to meaningful results.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn research, there are a lot of problems that come up,\u201d says Claire English \u201926, a computational biology and statistics double major. \u201cWe had the hardest time growing our cyanobacteria, and now we have all these samples that are super vibrant and green and it\u2019s the most exciting thing. Sometimes in research you question whether this is what you should be doing, but then there are these experiences, like when we finally made electricity for the first time, that are just so rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Team CyanoVolt\u2019s project is documented on its\u00a0Wiki page<\/a>, offering a resource for future students or developers to refine and expand upon the ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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