Stemloop is building simple paper-based tests to detect lead, copper, and other contaminants in water samples. These tests exploit molecules first found in microbes that sense and respond to chemicals in the environment.
Biology as technology
Microorganisms are masters of muck. They spend their whole lives swimming through chemical soups, whether deep in the ocean or in stagnant ponds. Microbes have therefore evolved to “see” the invisible chemicals around them. “One of our goals,” says Alam, “is to catalog all the different ways that microorganisms detect the molecules around them. We want to create the world’s largest toolbox. That way, if somebody someday wants to detect a certain chemical, we can say, ‘Oh, we have a tool that does just that.’”
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