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Lauren Ramilo

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Oct 7, 2020

Delftia and E-Waste: Literature Findings

Our community of annotators had an interesting challenge these last few weeks. We asked you to scour scientific literature and discuss how Delftia and its ability to biomineralize gold could be applied to recover gold from e-waste. Thanks to our volunteer annotators, light has been shed on Delftia‘s ability to improve e-waste recycling. Here’s what we…

Oct 1, 2020

Presenting Delftia at the Sidewalk Symposium

Members of our research team had the opportunity to present their current research at the Sidewalk Symposium. Thanks to the Office of Undergraduate Research, NC State Libraries, and the Crafts Center for sponsoring this event!   Students were given paper, colored pencils, and a cell phone stand. They were tasked to create a visual representation…

Sep 16, 2020

Live Annotation: E-Waste

Join us on Wednesday, 9/16 from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM (EST). Zoom link Meeting ID: 970-0610-6944 To delve deeper into Delftia topics and foster our growing community of annotators, we will be presenting live annotation sessions! Take part in this event (and those in the future) to meet your peers, practice reading scientific literature, and learn about…

Sep 1, 2020

Annotation Focus: Recovering E-Waste

Every year up to 50 million tons of electronics are discarded. Only 12% are properly recycled (source). Although recycling is feasible, current methods are costly and energy-intensive. Lacking a proper way to dispose of electronics, we face an ever-growing mountain of e-waste associated problems.   The difficulty with recycling e-waste originates in the myriad of…

Aug 29, 2020

Analyzing the del Gene Cluster

Analyzing the del Gene Cluster for Gold Biomineralization across Delftia spp. Presenter: Rose Krebs NC State Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium   Abstract Delftia acidovorans produces delftibactin, a non-ribosomal peptide to protect itself from the toxic effects of gold ions in its environment. Delftibactin removes gold ions from solution and forms them into nontoxic gold nanoparticles. A series…

Aug 20, 2020

Findings: Iron Interactions

Join our discussions and help us discover more about Delftia! Instructions and invitation are available here. Iron is essential for bacterial survival–it is the most common redox active metal found in proteins. These proteins are needed for essential processes such as respiration, central metabolism, and DNA repair (Frawley 2015). This week, we investigated how iron affects…