Over 200 million people worldwide rely on water sources that are contaminated with arsenic, which is detrimental to human health. We designed two simple genetic circuits to detect and bioremediate arsenic in a cheap and effective manner. When these genetic circuits are incorporated into a S. epidermidis biofilm to form a filter, the biofilm will fluoresce in the presence of arsenic and chelate arsenic ions to remove them from water, thereby improving human health.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Marvasti-Sitterly, Mitra
• DeSanty, Kayla Marie

Contributors

• Buckholt, Michael
• Farny, Natalie

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042816-110650

Advisor

• Farny, Natalie
• Buckholt, Michael Allan

Year

• 2016

Date created

• 2016-04-28

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Interdisciplinary
• Biochemistry

Rights statement

• In Copyright