After receiving feedback from the tech spec, the team now has new direction: to find a new and improved chassis that won't die of malnutrition in the ocean waters.
We identified several candidates, but after much deliberation it was decided that cyanobacteria would, after all, probably make a better chassis than Lee would. So we've been looking into several strains that look promising. Exactly which strain will fit our needs best remains to be determined, and further researching that is our next step. After that is decided, it seems like we're just going to transfer the old device-level system onto the new chassis by looking for new parts that are compatible with the new strain of cyanobacteria. I find it pretty amazing that you can just transfer this kind of system, and here again the versatility of bioengineering, at least in theory, strikes me.
I kind of wish we could actually try this in a lab. It would be so cool.
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