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We are designing an enzyme-based filter which aims to capture and degrade PET microplastic fibres released during the washing of synthetic clothing🧬

University of Exeter, UK
Joined January 2020
Fantastic news for our @UniofExeter team finalists who both secured top spots in the #EIBCGrandFinal 2020! Congratulations to @petexeuk, winner of the Start-up category and BioSmart, runner up in the Big Ideas category. An incredible achievement👏 #entrepreneurship
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The winner in Big Ideas category is team SimSurgeon from @UniOfSurrey and The winner in Start-Up category is team @petexeuk from @UniofExeter Congratulations! 🏆🎉 #EIBCGrandFinal
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Vote now for two amazing @UniofExeter student-led businesses through to @EngineersnBiz Champion of Champions Final. @petexeuk and Biosmart from @enactusexeter could win a share of £10k for their fledgling businesses: eibc.org.uk/finalists #engineersinbusiness #EIBC
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Exciting news- we are now published authors! Take a look at our think piece, entitled “Why is it so hard to enact responsible change?” published in Embo Journals. embopress.org/doi/10.15252/e…
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PETexe retweeted
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Our Diversity & Inclusion Committee initiatives actively encourage female representation in the iGEM Competition and the synbio community. See their story: 2020.igem.org/Diversity #WomenInScience #WomeninScienceDay
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Thinking about starting an iGEM team in 2020? It can seem daunting at first. Here are some guidelines to help! 2020.igem.org/Resources/Star… #iGEM2020 #iGEM #syntheticbiology
High praise for our amazing multi award winning iGem team who designed a filtration system to remove polyester micro plastics from washing machine waste water. @UofE_Research @UoEBiosciences @CollegeofEMPS @ExeterMarine @UniofExeterNews @UniofExeterNews @Exeter_Students
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Excited to see your after iGEM journey ;)
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It was great to present to the Vice Chancellor of University of Exeter, Sir Steve Smith, and receive our iGEM certificates last Monday. We are now looking forwards to the future of PETexe and can’t wait to see what happens next! (Follow @petexeuk for our next steps)
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