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Revealing the dark side of nano-particles with glowing bacteria | Olesja Bondarenko | TEDxLasnamäe


Hello

I’m a big fan

doctor sholdona

Cooper

A theoretical physicist from

series theory

big bang

doctor shudonu

Cooper needed

only 1 series

to design

these

wonderful

luminous fisherman to me

unlike him

it took two years

that

construct

similar to them

luminous bacteria

but now with the help of

of these bacteria

I study another very

interesting object a

namely nanoparticles

nanoparticles

are so interesting

that at the dismount of the Cooper

there is a T-shirt with their

image

specifically here

depicted

nanotubes on it like

and the name itself

says this something

very small and

happiness for me is our

previous speaker

maxim and not too much

very good already

told that

what is it

represents here

such on the structure

nanometer specifically

here is one connection

denotes one atom

that is, nanoparticles

are just

of several hundred

atoms scientists

have learned

produce such

small particles do not

so long ago

only 30 years ago

and they immediately became

very popular

because they were

very useful and

nicknamed this

a real revolution with

they help scientists

have learned to create

different

Interesting

unique materials

with absolutely new

properties let’s

let’s see what the

I’m here a little

a selection of such

materials with them

maybe you

touched in

estonia somewhere

everyday life

such as boeing aircraft

787 dreamliner and sometimes

can be seen in

Tallinn

airport

it is half composed

from nanocomposites in

mostly it consists of

of nanotubes

which makes it

strong and at the same time

time is very easy and

Estonian start-up

very successful

skeleton technology

he produces ultra

capacitors based on

known on

material graph

on coming to more

everyday things

maybe a doctor

wrote you drops

from the common cold

protargol or

collargol and they

contain nanoparticles

of pure silver

it is also possible for

you have us cues on

silver thread and

there again

is contained in

silver or you even

sometimes used

nanoparticles food

for example a kind of a shish kebab

Sarama and here

nanoparticles can

hide under code

e100 7 st1

it is titanium dioxide and

he does well, for example

the same shish kebab more

white is the same

substance you can

buy under the pier and

nanoparticles more

pure militia under

brand name with

kill and

manufacturer

promises that the super

makes a cream or

marzipan your

baking more white a

means more

appetizing and with

Dmitriy Ulyanenko

will be said and more

sold that is

you see that

nanoparticles very

I have a lot here

only very

small say

examples are they

different and most likely

you used to be

have benefited from

or even constantly

use on

products but itself

interesting that often

you do not even

know because by

current law

producers do not

must mark

on to

products that is

for example you have

some bank

sunscreen

cream on it indicated

what is there

titanium dioxide and

zinc oxide such

sun protection

substance but not

indicated that they

contains the form

nanoparticles

it happened because

that the nanoparticle is

stuff is pretty

new and earlier when

they did not exist

pharmaceuticals and

industry

very thoroughly

studied the properties of these

substances

let’s say when they were

a larger

size

and identical in

chemical composition and

came cool that they

absolutely safe

for good health

they can

use and when

appeared

nanoparticles are the same

rule was applied to

him that is decided once

chemical composition

the same means

nanoparticles too

safe for us but

later it turned out that

this unfortunately does not

always and

it turned out on

example of nanotubes

scientists first physicians

noticed that people

which deal with

production

nanomaterials

specifically nanotubes

very often eat

certain disease

specifically

respiratory

and diseases such

pathology of the lungs

which very often

even lead to cancer

lungs

scientists have become

do this

question

find out what is all about

same problem and

found that

milling of substance

given on the state

not only changes it

physics

physico-chemical

properties such

positive

the side gives us

new wonderful

materials

but also changes it

biological

properties that is

does this substance

we are sometimes more

dangerous for the living

organisms

sometimes for us

that a nanoparticle can

do in our

organism

let us assume this is our

cell first they

can contribute to

the formation of

oxygen radicals

here is an example

red carrying out the

contribution of oxygen

oxygen radicals

there is a constant

our cage well

small

they

the process

breathing and when their

few normal

conditions the cell is very

good with them

copes

using

certain

proteins for these purposes

but when these

oxygen radicals

becomes too

for example, for example

impact

some nanoparticles

the cell is no longer

copes and these

oxygen radicals

begin to react

with some of our and

biomolecules that

such as dnk

but such a reaction with DNA

it is fraught with mutations

which in a very

rare conditions even

leads to some kind of

forms of cancer, especially

potentially dangerous

metal

nanoparticles because

in addition to that

what can they

promotes

the formation of

oxygen radicals

can damage the dnk

they are evaporated and

release the metal a

excess metal it

also for the cell

harmful for example it

can somehow

react with proteins

and violate functions

proteins

what does all this mean

specifically for you and

here we say you have

cell

at the cell level

such

very nice things

they can lead

some changes

at the level of

organism

nanoparticles are not

kill but for example y

you may fall

liver function in

the long

perspective because

that nanoparticles, like

a lot others

chemicals

accumulate in the liver

or weaken

suppose the function

immune system or

for example some

cell populations or

even through the body

grow older

time because those

the same oxygen radicals

these are strong oxidants

they participate in

older in the process

aging cells then

there are all these moments

not very pleasant and

long-term

consumption

some on

products can

bring the same time

I would not like you

scare very much

because at the very

most of the

on

products

on the market

they are safe by

least so

scientists believe

among them there are

some share of dangerous

that is , the most

the main problem is

us to distinguish between dangerous

from safely that is

Here it is to find this

small share

potentially dangerous

and this is not so

easy because

products already on the market

there are about 2000 of them each

product requires

its type of tests

development of these tests

some

standardized

but that is all this is it

testing if we

will rule

products one at a time

it can test

stretch out

really at

tens of years for example

as a consumer in

this is not

interested and

because then with

me all this time

potentially

use

potentially dangerous

products that is to us

somehow we have to

everyone is interested

so that in order to both

somehow accelerate this

process that is us

need some new

fast tests that

would help

potentially dangerous

products very quickly

and concentrate

namely to study them

i.e

ignoring

are safe

when all these are the topics

testing

hazards of nanoparticles

became relevant

studied at

doctorate in

genetics and I

designed a

luminous bacteria

for absolutely others

goals but these

Problems

testing

nanoparticles, let’s say

potential

they

so much for me

intrigued that I

changed the subject

thesis and the beginning

design a new

type of bacteria

luminous

which help

quickly determine here

such

potentially dangerous

products and at the very

business

bacteria is excellent

suitable for these

goals because the tank

you cage bacteria

she is genetically

almost perfect

there is very little in it

information and easy

modify and

bacterium fast

reproduces that is

short interval

time we can

get a lot of

data

test

but a large number of

for example nanoparticles

or on the containing

products therefore

msp lab I

created such

bacteria that

start to glow

when nano particles or

on to

products

represent some

danger to the cell

specifically when they

begin to

let’s say

the formation of

oxygen radicals

whom I spoke of

damage the DNA or

dissolve that is

these bacteria in

some kind of

early indicators

potential

hazards of nanoparticles

and we call them beats

You can touch

call it sensors

how did I do such

bacteria

I used

natural

bacterial capacity

resist

negative conditions

the environment

feel them and

resist for

this in bacteria in the DNA

there is a definite

system is

perception protection

imagine that this

DNA is not a DNA

bacteria and each

such a protection system

consists at least

of two elements

The first element can be

call touch

it is he

perceive

information about some

negative factors

The second element can be

call structural

structural element

he gets

information from

sensory element and

he is responsible for

Protein production

which helps

bacteria

adapt to

negative invoice

if, for example,

cells appear already

known to us

oxygen radicals

touch element

accept this

information and submits

signal by structural

element activates

him that he started

synthesize a protein

which protects us

from radicals

oxygen or

bacteria in this

case we also have

such systems i

took advantage of this

structure

especially so that

touch element it

is universal and it

can activate

any element that

is in

direct

intimacy with him and

using different

genetic

engineering

I replaced

structural element

element for

production of light and

in fact this

stage which is now

for you looks

so very easy and

fast for me

occupied the largest

amount of time I

I can talk about it

infinitely so

better I will not

I will start to tell

you that I have

I got it

the

special bacteria

which begin

produce light

then when for example

in the cell appears

oxygen radicals

or the cell has

damage to DNA or

nanoparticles are permissible

these

bacteria

their light looks so

even

with the naked

glance and with the help of

they can be done

all kinds of funny things

for example we sometimes

make postcards

some New Year’s

write something on the cups

petri but they can be

use with

great mind

for example take

a large number of

nanoparticles and need

products to mix them

with these bacteria and

I will look for

bacteria glow

or not if they

glow and

intensity of light

suffice

more then

nanoparticle

potentially dangerous

if not then with a large

probability of

these nanoparticles are not

I’m dangerously

designed

about 10 sub species

such bacteria and

tested with their

using quite

a lot on products

and nanoparticles and

my results

showed that our

results from

colleagues

that the majority

nanoparticles

safely that is they

do nothing

bacteria did not shine

but among them there were

such nanoparticles

which were dangerous and

especially stood out

on for silver

silver nanoparticles

we with colleagues

written pair

articles on this topic on

that other scientists to us

said before your

bacteria are

wonderful

the system is very

original such

here was not yet for

testing

nanoparticles but that

your bacterium says

about our cage

is it really

shows the danger

nanoparticles on cells

say a man

how good is it

very good model

question and it

motivated me

initiate one

is very

large-scale

a study we with

colleagues gathered

a large number of

hazard information

nanoparticles for various

organisms for different

cells from

cells of bacteria and

ending with everyones

aquatic organisms and

human cells and

this study it

was very large

scale almost 100

pages there was

important information

but the results were

surprise simple ones

nanoparticles that

were dangerous for

they were bacteria

dangerous for others

organisms and

number for cells

person and again from

those nanoparticles

which we studied

the most dangerous were

silver nanoparticles

again and

this study

became very

popular others

scientists picked it up

he was often spoken about

at the conference and on

different and everyones

political

organization of policy

began to talk about

turns out

some

nanoparticles are dangerous

can what is

products are

ban and so 2014

the United States was the first

country that

banned

use is not

authorized

silver nanoparticles in

european law yet

laws also change

silver nanoparticles

It is not yet banned but

now all new

products with

nanoparticles

silver should be much

better test

before here than

bring them to market

we should sell them

OK

test

the results of this

legislation and in

including its

I sometimes see work and

in life for example

I was recently discharged

Ironically

protargol which I

just a lot

studied drops from

a cold and I noticed

that now they

sold in

prescription they used to

They sold without

prescription and before them

finally was

the maximum

a dose that is more than three

days can not be taken

that is, consumption

these are the

nanoparticles on the

products began to

more

safe more

regulated

and it seems to me that with

nanoparticles all

will resolve well we

took steps

to take them under

control to

Now we reached

legislation but

what scares me

think about what

nanoparticles were on

market for 30 years and in

all this

time no one even

asked if they could

there must be some

implications for

health is dangerous

they are all just

tried somehow

used in

some

remarkable goals and

so often happens with

many new

technologies we

admired we

we use them

we think that you are such

new with their help

create but we do not

ask ourselves to

what can it all do

bring a lead then

there is now past

maybe even 150 years

warming up so

quickly that we

invent things

faster than we can

understand

what are we

nevertheless they invented me

we all seem

professionals

enthusiasts of their

business does not matter who

scientists and technologists and

engineers we can

make the world much

safer

if we keep

critical thinking

and think about how

consequences

bring new things and

new technology

which we with such

enthusiasm

break thank you for

Attention

[applause]

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