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                                 We reached out to Team Northwestern to establish a collaboration that would allow us to test our homemade Gibson Assembly recipe on Northwestern’s construct. We received the backbone BBa_J32015, the PelB insert, and the associated PCR primers to test out our method and assemble the PelB-saCas9-His construct. The expected workflow involved designing Gibson assembly primers specific to the vector and insert, assembling the construct, transforming the assembled construct into DH5α cells, and verifying the assembly success via colony PCR and sequencing. </p>
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                                 Genome Day is an event hosted by the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign for community members to engage with researchers and learn about genomes, genes, and DNA. This event is held yearly at the local Orpheum Children’s Science Museum. Each year over 100 researchers create exhibits and activities designed to teach K-8 students about energy, the environment, health, food production, behavior, evolution and fundamental research at the IGB (read more here:<a href="https://www.igb.illinois.edu/acquainted/genome-day"> https://www.igb.illinois.edu/acquainted/genome-day</a>)</p>
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                                <p id="homeP">Once testing proved successful, Northwestern would have received the DNA polymerase and DNA ligase lysate to assemble their PelB-saCas9-His construct using optimal ratios that we established. The success of the assembly would be verified via colony PCR and sequencing. </p>
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                                <p id="homeP"> Unfortunately, we faced unforeseen delays in the verification of our construct and in successful assembly of our test devices. Although we were in communication throughout the project, we were not able to pursue this plan completely.</p>
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<p id="homeP">This year, the UIUC iGEM team is managing an activity about genetic engineering for the Genome Day on November 4, 2017. The UIUC iGEM team presented the NSF funded Building with Biology Super Organisms activity to educate visitors about designing genetically engineered organisms. Building with Biology is a group of tested activities used to introduce synthetic biology to the public. Last year, our UIUC iGEM team tested the activities with the Children’s Orpheum Museum and this year we decided to bring them back for a larger group. To read more about Building with Biology visit: <a href="http://buildingwithbiology.org/">http://buildingwithbiology.org/</a>. </p>
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Latest revision as of 21:03, 1 November 2017

Outreach


Genome Day is an event hosted by the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign for community members to engage with researchers and learn about genomes, genes, and DNA. This event is held yearly at the local Orpheum Children’s Science Museum. Each year over 100 researchers create exhibits and activities designed to teach K-8 students about energy, the environment, health, food production, behavior, evolution and fundamental research at the IGB (read more here: https://www.igb.illinois.edu/acquainted/genome-day)

This year, the UIUC iGEM team is managing an activity about genetic engineering for the Genome Day on November 4, 2017. The UIUC iGEM team presented the NSF funded Building with Biology Super Organisms activity to educate visitors about designing genetically engineered organisms. Building with Biology is a group of tested activities used to introduce synthetic biology to the public. Last year, our UIUC iGEM team tested the activities with the Children’s Orpheum Museum and this year we decided to bring them back for a larger group. To read more about Building with Biology visit: http://buildingwithbiology.org/.




Scientists (in green) working with children and families on activities to educate the public about DNA, genomes, and IGB research.

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