https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/dakota-hamill/week-01-hw-project-ideas/index.html(1) WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BIOMANUFACTURE AND WHY? Project Proposal: Towards New Pickaxes - Improving rare earth element (REE) capture in biomining I want to create a library of molecular “pickaxes and shovels” that are proteins with ultra-high specificity for capturing valuable rare Earth elements. This project will expand upon the current knowledge of Lanmodulin (LanM), a Methylobacterium extorquens metal binding protein with 100 million fold specificity for Ln3+ (Lanthanides) ions over Ca2+ ions.Hugoen