Come up with two ideas for starting a biotech company Your task is to come up with two ideas for starting a biotechnology company that uses CRISPR-Cas or another technology to

produce something that will sell. You can choose to modify any gene in any species except humans. In humans you can only modify blood cells. 14% of each student's grade will be from the Long-Term Project (LTP), except for students that choose to opt out. You should browse the internet looking for ideas. You should consider the competitive nature of commercialization and choose a gene to edit that could make a whole lot of money. I used to recommend Googling as well as searches on Google Scholar and Pubmed. However, I have found that using Google is so effective that Google Scholar and Pubmed searches are rarely needed. Your task will be to submit two gene ideas in 400 words in the following format: (1) Explain the problem, need, or expected demand (2) Explain what the gene does and the species of organism you want to modify (3) Explain what you want to do with the gene (4) Explain why this would sell (5) Explain why this is doable Feel free to run your idea by me. I will give you feedback on whether the idea is realistic or not and original/innovative or not. If it isn't realistic you will be asked to find another gene.