<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Week 2 HW: DNA Design :: mario-nakahara</title><link>https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/mario-nakahara/week-02-hw-dna-design/index.html</link><description>HTBAA Homework #2 Due: Tuesday September 29, by 2:30p ET&#10;Designing with the objective of optimizing potatoes as a staple food for human habitation (a Mars colony) on Mars. Rapid urea recovery (DUR3) / Conversion of malodorous compounds into tryptophan (an amino acid) LED-specific artificial light-harvesting complex (LHC) / Constant release of tuber-formation signals (StSP6A) Accumulation of heme iron and calcium / Expression of potent antioxidant molecules (astaxanthin) Complete knockout of the solanine synthesis master gene (SSR2) ① 24-hour non-stop tuber formation circuit A circuit designed to induce ultra-fast tuber formation regardless of day length, even under continuous 24-hour LED illumination.</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://pages.htgaa.org/2026b/mario-nakahara/week-02-hw-dna-design/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/></channel></rss>