BU06:Reading and Discussion 1
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; Reading 1 - [http://openwetware.org/wiki/BE.109:Systems_engineering/Tools_for_systems_engineering Tools for systems engingeering] | ; Reading 1 - [http://openwetware.org/wiki/BE.109:Systems_engineering/Tools_for_systems_engineering Tools for systems engingeering] | ||
: Register as a user on the Registry if you like, but DON'T SUBMIT ANY NEW PARTS! | : Register as a user on the Registry if you like, but DON'T SUBMIT ANY NEW PARTS! | ||
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: Try your best to understand the steps outlined in the experimental module, but don't stress. | : Try your best to understand the steps outlined in the experimental module, but don't stress. | ||
: Absolutely consider each of the bullet points under '''For next time'''. | : Absolutely consider each of the bullet points under '''For next time'''. | ||
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; Reading 2 - [http://mit.edu/endy/www/scraps/comic/AiSB.vol1.pdf Adventures in Synthetic Biology] | ; Reading 2 - [http://mit.edu/endy/www/scraps/comic/AiSB.vol1.pdf Adventures in Synthetic Biology] | ||
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* "BBa_I14032 works just like a battery" | * "BBa_I14032 works just like a battery" | ||
* "the closest part I can find to work like a wire is an ORF" | * "the closest part I can find to work like a wire is an ORF" | ||
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Revision as of 23:49, 9 June 2006
We've decided to meet at 4:30 in Ingell's on Thursday, June 15
Don't skim these readings - go in as deep as you can. Do the suggested excercises, because they are exactly what we will be doing for prepraration and in lab. Visit the Registry. Look up concepts that you don't understand and really try to understand the biology. That said, the readings web-labs from a class last semester at MIT, and 1) the Registry has gotten a layover, so some of the instructions concerning it don't make complete sense (they are indicated below), 2) don't worry about actually writing the term paper. DO imagine what it would take to do the lab, because it's closely related to what we will actually be working on in the laboratory.
Don't forget that these will be a great preparation for James Brown's talks on Monday.
- Reading 1 - Tools for systems engingeering
- Register as a user on the Registry if you like, but DON'T SUBMIT ANY NEW PARTS!
- Questions #7 & #8 are optional as they have become more confusing since the registry was updated
- The same goes for the Composite Parts section - instead, consider why BBa_F160 might be an interesting part for our team.
- Design your own part under the heading Specify a protein generator..., but don't worry about writing it down or anything.
- Try your best to understand the steps outlined in the experimental module, but don't stress.
- Absolutely consider each of the bullet points under For next time.
- Reading 2 - Adventures in Synthetic Biology
- Good thing you already read this while doing Reading 1. For thoroughness (you are rockstar synthetic biologists, and rockstars are always thorough), reconsider how PoPS, the common signal carrier described in the comic, can be applied to the parts you see at the registry. Specifically, use "PoPS" to justify or criticize the following statements:
- "a terminator is analogous to a grounding device in electrical engineering"
- "BBa_I14032 works just like a battery"
- "the closest part I can find to work like a wire is an ORF"
- Reading 3 - Basic bacterial photography: black and white
- Reading 4 - Advanced bacterial photography: 2 color
