BIOHACKER MEETING WITH IGEM SYDNEY

Have you ever packed a banana for lunch but forgotten about it, later finding that it has coated your bag with a sticky, mushy mess? Have you ever ventured into the supermarket to seek out that perfect avocado, squeezing countless candidates but finding none that make the cut?

Ethylene is the major hormone involved in plant ripening. However, it is currently difficult to efficiently and cost-effectively measure the levels of this elusive gaseous hormone. Our iGEM project looks at developing a portable, convenient and cost-effective biosensor to measure ethylene concentrations in all sorts of situations.