The project will comprise of
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Demonstration that white ants can survive freezing
and thawing
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Demonstration of the principle of vitrification
with DMSO and Cool-Aid by using microscopy
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Extraction and separation of the vitrification
agent (ant-i-freeze) from white ants using countercurrent distribution
and testing
with microscopy
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Which other animals have ant-i-freeze properties?
Literature search.
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Innovation on how to exploit ant-i-freeze in
the bio-industry, eg. cryopreservation of embryos, ice-cream manufacture,
improving nutritiousness
of frozen food.
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Establishing the company "Ant-i-freeze" (trade mark)
and writing a business plan
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Publication in Archimedes: White Antifreeze: Survival of the fattest
Pleeze catch them ants (alive!!) when you see them
again and put them in the freezer for me (for a
demo next year)
:-)
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