CO2llectors
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Let's go on an adventure where we change the world, one cell at a time.
Carbon dioxide levels have surged past 420 ppm in 2024, the highest in human history.
Rising CO2 drives climate change, acidifies oceans, reduces global crop yields by up to 30%, and worsens human health through respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.
Current strategies — from afforestation to carbon capture — are too slow or too limited to meet the scale of the crisis.
We engineered cyanobacteria with an enhanced carbon concentrating mechanism (CCM).
Using a light-inducible promoter, the team created two fusion gene constructs that enhance the expression of a bicarbonate transporter in the CCM pathway, thereby increasing the CO2 uptake and sequestration efficiencies of cyanobacteria.
To support industrial applications, we encapsulated these cells in a carbon fixation chamber, creating a scalable, safe, and durable bio-capture system.
Through the construction of a mathematical model of the cyanobacterial photosynthetic pathway, our engineered cyanobacterial strain is predicted to show a visible increase in CO2 fixation rate compared to wild type.
The chamber maintained long-term cell activity and stability, highlighting its potential for industrial carbon capture.
Together, these results provide a foundation for sustainable, biology-driven solutions to the CO2 crisis.
- Harnessing the power of our ancient friend
- Cyanobacteria
- The Earth's first Oxygen-makers
- To build Innovative Solutions for a
- Sustainable Future