Week of 5/31/2011

Summary BU/Wellesley Synthetic Biology Bootcamp

• 5/31-6/1: Team introductions; we learned the basics of CAD and basics of molecular biology and genetics.
• 6/2: We started learning the basics of Clotho, as well as more basic biology, focusing on the structure of a transcriptional unit. We split into teams and started exploring the format of Clotho.
• 6/3: Time to get into more details: How is TB involved in our research? Suma gave a brief powerpoint presentation on the global effects of TB, and an overview on the transcriptional regulation of TB. Also Traci talked to us more about the basics, such as the definition of a Biobrick, and objectives of the iGEM competition. Also, she gave an overview outline on wetlab protocol for this summer. Swapnil talked about how invertases work, and what would be a simple algorithm for computing potential permutations.

The comp team now has a good idea of what our goals are for the summer. Michelle and I will focus on observing the wet lab environment to see how a tangible user interface would potentially help research in a bioengineering lab. We may talk to more people later on in the summer about certain features to improve on G-nomeSurfer, and adjust our goals based on the needs of the wetlab.

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