Sustainable performance wear

我们提出的解决方案是利用基因工程微生物来制造可再生弹性纤维。感兴趣的物质具有与luon相似的性质，并且可以容易地用E表示。杆菌虽然其他团体已经这样做了，但每公斤100美元的成本令人望而却步。我们的新奇之处在于开发了一种利用酵母表达和分泌这种蛋白质的方法，该方法利用了来自农业副产品的培养基配方。我们的流程是完全循环的，具有成本效益。通过以接近合成纤维的价格提供弹性纤维的绿色来源，我们将解决时装业的“绿色”困境。同样，由于我们材料的原料丰富，与碳氢化合物基材料相比，成本将保持不变，随着供应量的不断减少和碳税的进一步减少，成本将增加。最终，我们的纤维将取代休闲服装行业的现有材料。

Our proposed solution is to utilize genetically engineered microbes to manufacture renewable elastic fibres. The material of interest has similar properties to luon and can readily be expressed in E. coli. While this has been done by other groups, the cost is prohibitive at $100/kg. Our novelty is in developing a process utilizing yeasts to express and excrete this protein utilizing a media formulation derived from agricutlural by-products. Our process is fully circular and cost-effective. By supplying a green source of elastic fibre at close to the price of synthetic fibres we would solve the "green" dilemma of the fashion industry. Likewise, due to the abundant nature of the feedstock for our material, the cost will remain constant compared to hydrocarbon based materials which will increase as supply steadily becomes more depleted and as carbon taxation further discourages use. Ultimately our fibres would replace existing materials in the at-leisure wear industry.