Week Three
Contents
May 30th
All DNA pictures have been uploaded. Take your pick here
1) Extracting DNA from Banana: <<Read here
2) Exracting DNA from Saliva:
Images of our DNA we extracted from saliva:
May 31st
Some interesting articles:
http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-promise-and-perils-of-synthetic-biology
http://www.nature.com/msb/journal/v2/n1/full/msb4100104.html
http://www.edgarlissel.de/data/mnemosyne_II_01e.html (The photosensitive stripes are made of bacteria)
June 3rd
Registry of Parts Exercise
Sanya: Bacteria that indicates rise in and regulates body temperature.Media:Light.jpg
June 5th
Beginning laboratory procedures: Introducing ourselves to understand working in a professional laboratory.
1) Bacterial Transformation : The Process | The Bacterial Transformation Gallery
2) Preparing the Plasmid (minprep)
3) Digesting the DNA
4) Running the gel (Gel Electrophoresis)
5) Elution