Synthetic Biology Presentation by Brown iGEM Team
Building Biotechnology
Bacterial Photography
E. Coli that smell!
Biofuel s GreenFuel Company
Invade Cancer Cells 1. Aerobic Conditions 2. Low Oxygen Detected! 3. INVASION!
How do we build these?
Parts Devices Systems
DNA: AATGAATATCCAGATCG
Biological Part: Promoter
Biological parts are building blocks made of genetic material
--- Different Parts connect together Promoter --- Gene Terminato r This is a device
MIT Parts Registry A database with standardized genes for easy assembly and reusability.
MIT Parts Registry From about 100 parts in 2004 to about 2000 parts in 2007 But still a lot of work to be done!
Characterization How does this part work? What does it do?
Recap A set of tools and parts to engineer biology
What is iGEM? Internationally Genetically Engineered Machines Competition Brown’s Team: 7 undergraduate students
Our Projects
Lead Sensor Lead contamination is health problem Expensive to sense lead We need cheap solution that doesn’t take long
Lead Sensor
Tri-Stable Switch
Turn on/off three different proteins in cell Differentiation of stem cells Tissue Engineering
Synthetic Biology at Brown University Synthetic Biological Systems Professor Wessel Biomechanics Professor Richardson Biomaterials Professor Webster
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