BioBuilding: Synthetic Biology for Students: Lab 3

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PDF of this page Lab 3: Picture this Explore an engineered biological system through a computer simulation, an electronics building kit, and a real-life example. Acknowledgments: This lab was developed with MIT's undergraduate lab subject 20.109, in collaboration with extraordinary biological engineers: Jeff Tabor, Deepak Chandran, Reshma Shetty, Steve Wasserman, & Kelly Drinkwater Objectives By the conclusion of this laboratory investigation, the student will be able to: Explain how synthetic biology as an engineering discipline differs from genetic engineering. Define and properly use synthetic biology terms: system, gain, tuning Define and properly use molecular genetics terms: two component system, transcriptional activation, phosphorylation Relate the bacterial photography system to the two component signaling system. Model a biological system using electronic parts and a computer program. Explain the role that modeling can play in design, and name some ways that models differ from reality. Introduction If you have not had a lesson on how the bacterial photography system works, go read the first half of the design assignment page. Part I: TinkerCell Part II. Electronic vs Biological Circuits Part III. U-do-it Bacterial Photograph Navigation BioBuilding: Synthetic Biology for Students BioBuilding: Synthetic Biology for Students: Lab 1 BioBuilding: Synthetic Biology for Students: Lab 2 BioBuilding: Synthetic Biology for Students: Lab 3 BioBuilding: Synthetic Biology for Students: Lab 4 BioBuilding: Synthetic Biology for Students: Essay BioBuilding: Synthetic Biology for Students: Design Assignment BioBuilding: Synthetic Biology for Students: Glossary [back to biobuilder]