McGill University 2006

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= News =
 
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* '''2006-04-14''' Discussion page created
 
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* '''2006-03-16''' First kick-off meeting and team selection
 
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If there is a specific task that we need the bacteria to do (e.g. change colour on cue, aggregate...) list it here.
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'''Welcome to the McGill Wiki!'''
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We have a TON of composite bricks, and can plan custom ones.
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Basically, we're a team of 12 undergrads, 1 grad student, and 1 professor who like to have fun and clone things in our spare time. McGill University is located in Montreal, Quebec, which has given us wonderful opportunities to balance lab work with festivals and general craziness. iGEM has been a great opportunity to get lab experience while having the freedom to be creative, and we look forward to meeting the other teams at the jamboree!
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BUT I need to know what U want...
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= Organisation =
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[[Image:Clip_image002.jpg]][[Image:Good_2.jpg]]
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== People ==
 
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=== Students ===
 
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|[[Catie Lichten (Center for Nonlinear Dynamics)]]
 
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|[[Octavio Mondragon (Physics)]]
 
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|[[Belinda Kong (Microbiology and Immunology)]]
 
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|[[Adrian Kaats (Biomedical Engineering)]]
 
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|[[Jamie Schafer (Microbiology and Immunology)]]
 
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|[[Horia Vulpe (Physiology)]]
 
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|[[Ashwini Bapat (Biochemistry)]]
 
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|[[Aaron Lapierre (Anatomy & Cell Biology)]]
 
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|[[Josh Wright (Chemistry)]]
 
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|[[Jieun Kim(Biology)]]
 
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=== Supervisors ===
 
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|[[Jay Nadeau]]
 
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== Timeline ==
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== Tasks ==
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* [[Task Assignment]]
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== Parts shopping list==
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<h3><ul><li>'''Team 1: Split YFP'''</ul></h3>
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This project on fluorescence complementation involves the joining of two proteins, Jun and Fos, each fused to a half terminus of YFP. Both of these chimeric proteins were fused to a beta gene that codes for a membrane protein. Then, two cell populations - one expressing Jun-beta-YFPN and the other Fos-beta-YFPC - were combined, ideally resulting in the fusion of the Jun and Fos proteins on the cell membrane. The two halves of the YFP protein would bind as well, giving rise to fluorescence.
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Composite bricks - these are the best to use as less cloning is required.
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[[Background|Background]]
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'''All these bricks express YFP and downregulate it in response to a signal'''
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[[Methods and Materials|Methods and Materials]]
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YELLOW
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[[Results|Results]]
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ARABINOSE RESPONSE.
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[[Future Prospects|Conclusions and Future Work]]
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BBa_E0610: Arabinose turns on lac repressor which in turn shuts down Yellow fluorescent protein.
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BBa_E0600: like BBa_E0610 but YFP is destabilized - slow degradation. Not listed as available.
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<h3><ul><li>''' Team 2: Repressilator'''</ul></h3>
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BBa_E0611: Arabinose turns on destabilized TetR repressor which shuts down yellow fluorescent protein. Addition of Tetracyline blocks TetR repressor allowing yellow fluorescent protein to be turned back on.
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Our project is based on the repressilator system coupled to quorum sensing as described by Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo, Michael B. Elowitz and Steven H. Strogatz in "Modeling a synthetic multicellular clock: Repressilators coupled by quorum sensing" (PNAS). We attempt to visualize the synchronization of the oscillatory phase between cells by the addition of the CFP reporter gene. We expand on this theory by placing cI under the control of pLac, hoping that this would assist in synchronizing the oscillations.
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BBa_E0601: Like BBa_E0611 but YFP is destabilized - slow degradation. Not listed as available
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[[Theory Behind the Oscillator|Theory Behind the Oscillator]]
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BBa_E0613: Arabinose turns on destabilized lambda repressor which shuts down yellow fluorescent protein.
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[[McGill_Repressilator_M_and_M|Methods and Materials]]
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BBa_E0602: Like BBa_E0613 but YFP is destabilized - slow degradation. Not listed as available
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[[McGill_Repressilator_Results|Results]]
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BBa_E0603: Like BBa_E0602 but baseline expression of YFP is higher. Not listed as available
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BBa_E0604: Arabinose turns on destabilized 434 cl epressor which in turn shuts down destabilized (slow) Yellow fluorescent protein. Not listed as available
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* [[Protocols]]
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* [[Lab Notebook]]
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<td>[[Image:Test_tubes.jpg]]</td></tr></table>
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BBa_E0614: Like BBa_E0604 but YFP is not destabilized (hangs around forever). Not listed as available
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BBa_E0605: Arabinose turns on destabilized p22 epressor which in turn shuts down destabilized (slow) Yellow fluorescent protein. Not listed as available
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<center><h2><font face="broadway,verdana">Club</font></h2></center>
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* [[News]]
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* [[Team Members]]
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* [[Executive Council|Executive Council]]
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* [[Journal Club Meetings]]
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* [[Journal Club Papers]]
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<center><h2><font face="broadway,verdana">Just for Fun</font></h2></center>
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* [[iGEM Party Pictures]]
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* [[ahessel:montreal|Ambassador Visit]] [http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=igem+montreal&m=text Photos]
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* [[iGEM Soundtrack]]
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TET response
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BBa_I0401: Expresses CFP and lux from the Tet-OFF promoter. Neither is destabilized. Not listed as available
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BBa_I0402: Like BBa_I0401 but lux is destabilized (LVA, slow)
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BBa_I0404: Produces rhlR and CFP, downregulated by Tet. rhlR binds with N-butyryl-HSL, regulates transcription. rhlR but not CFP is destabilized.
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BBa_I0405: same as BBa_I0404, but produces rhIl which produces N-butyryl-HSL.
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BBa_I0406: produces CFP and lasR, which accepts chemical signal AI-1. Downregulated by Tet. LasR but not CFP are destabilized.
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BBa_I0408: produces CFP and CinR, repressed by Tetracycline. Cin R is LVA (slow) destabilized. Cin R binds O3-C14:1-HSL and activates the Cin promoter.
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BBa_I0403 Expresses CFP and aiiA from an arabinose promoter. aiiA degrades  N-acyl homoserine lactones (quorum sensing autoinducers). aiiA but not CFP is destabilized (LVA, slow).
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BBa_I0460 aiiA cassette. Produces enzyme which degrades N-acyl homoserine lactones (quorum sensing autoinducers. Destabilized with LVA (slow) B.Y.O.P (Bring your own promoter).
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BBa_I10100: Produces adhesin, makes bacteria stick to each other. B.Y.O.P (Bring your own promoter)
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BBa_I12002: Lambda promoter driving expression of 434 repressor. Not destabilized.
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=Introduction= Our brainstorming meeting on 3-16 gave us several preliminary ideas which we will explore via modeling and research
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Latest revision as of 20:19, 31 October 2006

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Welcome to the McGill Wiki! Basically, we're a team of 12 undergrads, 1 grad student, and 1 professor who like to have fun and clone things in our spare time. McGill University is located in Montreal, Quebec, which has given us wonderful opportunities to balance lab work with festivals and general craziness. iGEM has been a great opportunity to get lab experience while having the freedom to be creative, and we look forward to meeting the other teams at the jamboree!

Clip image002.jpgGood 2.jpg



Projects

  • Team 1: Split YFP

This project on fluorescence complementation involves the joining of two proteins, Jun and Fos, each fused to a half terminus of YFP. Both of these chimeric proteins were fused to a beta gene that codes for a membrane protein. Then, two cell populations - one expressing Jun-beta-YFPN and the other Fos-beta-YFPC - were combined, ideally resulting in the fusion of the Jun and Fos proteins on the cell membrane. The two halves of the YFP protein would bind as well, giving rise to fluorescence.

Background

Methods and Materials

Results

Conclusions and Future Work

  • Team 2: Repressilator

Our project is based on the repressilator system coupled to quorum sensing as described by Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo, Michael B. Elowitz and Steven H. Strogatz in "Modeling a synthetic multicellular clock: Repressilators coupled by quorum sensing" (PNAS). We attempt to visualize the synchronization of the oscillatory phase between cells by the addition of the CFP reporter gene. We expand on this theory by placing cI under the control of pLac, hoping that this would assist in synchronizing the oscillations.

Theory Behind the Oscillator

Methods and Materials

Results

Lab Procedures

Test tubes.jpg

Club

Just for Fun

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