<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Week 1 HW: Principles and Practices :: 2026a-sheila-ramani</title><link>https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/sheila-ramani/homework/week-01-hw-principles-and-practices/index.html</link><description>1.Describe a biological engineering application or tool you want to develop and why.
I want to engineer a bacteria to produce enzymes to convert plastic wastes to a fertilizer. Microbes secrete extracellular enzymes—such as PETase, MHETase, cutinases, lipases, and esterases—to hydrolyze (break) the chemical bonds of plastics, releasing monomers (e.g., ethylene glycol, terephthalic acid) and oligomers.
I want to create a bacteria that can combine these two functions by engineering it to produce enzymes for break down of both plastics and glasses and convert to useful biofertilizers for plants. I want to develop such an organism because both plastic and seem to pose serious threats as being non biodegradable for ages.</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/sheila-ramani/homework/week-01-hw-principles-and-practices/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/></channel></rss>