Bioprimer #4

Activities / Bioprimer #4

Cloning A Gene

Always wondered how to clone a gene? Enter here.

Animations for this Bioprimer

Open Reading Frames

It’s not easy being green. It’s also not easy to figure out why Buddy is green, but Sally explains how open reading frames help.

Part

Dude cops an attitude. If we know the parts of a biological system, why can’t we design them to snap together like pieces from a model robot kit?

Abstraction

iGEM team member Izzy tells Dude how her team’s project to detect arsenic in well water used the process of abstraction.

Inverter

Green light, go. Red light, stop. A transcriptional inverter may not work as fast as a traffic light, but Izzy helps Dude understand how this type of device can help him solve Buddy’s overgrowth.

iGEM

Dude’s got the iGEM competition in the bag. At least that’s what he thinks.

Biosafety Levels

Dude’s plan to make viral cocoa beans using a BL4 virus gets Sally’s attention fast. Time to school Dude on the biosafety issues of synthetic biology.