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'''Instructors:''' [http://be.mit.edu/directory/noreen-lyell Noreen Lyell], [http://be.mit.edu/directory/leslie-mcclain Leslie McClain] and [http://be.mit.edu/directory/maxine-jonas Maxine Jonas]
 
'''Instructors:''' [http://be.mit.edu/directory/noreen-lyell Noreen Lyell], [http://be.mit.edu/directory/leslie-mcclain Leslie McClain] and [http://be.mit.edu/directory/maxine-jonas Maxine Jonas]
  
'''TA:''' Molly Bird
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'''TA:''' Emily Clark <br>
 
'''Lab manager:''' Hsinhwa Lee <br>
 
'''Lab manager:''' Hsinhwa Lee <br>
  
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==Lab links: day by day==
 
==Lab links: day by day==
[[20.109(F16):Complete in silico cloning (Day1)| M2D1: Complete in silico cloning]]<br>
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[[20.109(F16):Complete in silico cloning (Day1)| M2D1: Complete ''in silico'' cloning]]<br>
 
[[20.109(F16):Design gRNA for CRISPRi (Day2)| M2D2: Design gRNA for CRISPRi]]<br>
 
[[20.109(F16):Design gRNA for CRISPRi (Day2)| M2D2: Design gRNA for CRISPRi]]<br>
 
[[20.109(F16):Generate gRNA plasmid (Day3)| M2D3: Generate gRNA plasmid]]<br>
 
[[20.109(F16):Generate gRNA plasmid (Day3)| M2D3: Generate gRNA plasmid]]<br>
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[[20.109(F16):Journal club II (Day 6) | M2D6: Journal club II]]<br>
 
[[20.109(F16):Journal club II (Day 6) | M2D6: Journal club II]]<br>
 
[[20.109(F16):Induce CRISPRi system (Day7)| M2D7: Induce CRISPRi system]]<br>
 
[[20.109(F16):Induce CRISPRi system (Day7)| M2D7: Induce CRISPRi system]]<br>
[http://openwetware.org/wiki/20.109(F16):Measure_fermentation_products_(Day8) | M2D8: Measure fermentation products]<br>
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[[20.109(F16)::Measure fermentation products (Day8)| M2D8: Measure fermentation products]]
  
 
==Assignments==
 
==Assignments==
  
[http://openwetware.org/wiki/20.109(F16):_Research_article | Research article]<br>
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[[20.109(F16): Research article | Research article]]<br>
 
[[20.109(F16):Journal club II (Day 6) | Journal club presentation]]
 
[[20.109(F16):Journal club II (Day 6) | Journal club presentation]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
  
[[Media:CRISPRi NatMeth2013.pdf| CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) for sequence-specific control of gene expression]], (2013) by Larson et al.
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[[Media:CRISPRi NatMeth2013.pdf| CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) for sequence-specific control of gene expression]], (2013) by Larson ''et al.''
  
 
==Notes for teaching faculty==
 
==Notes for teaching faculty==
[http://openwetware.org/wiki/20.109(F16):_Prep_notes_for_module_2 | Prep notes, M2(F16)]
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[[20.109(F16): TA notes for M2| F16 notes for M2]]

Latest revision as of 19:39, 3 November 2016

20.109(F16): Laboratory Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

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Schedule Fall 2016        Announcements        Assignments        Homework        Communication
       1. Measuring Genomic Instability        2. Manipulating Metabolism        3. Engineering Biomaterials              

Module 2

Lecturer: Noreen Lyell
Instructors: Noreen Lyell, Leslie McClain and Maxine Jonas

TA: Emily Clark
Lab manager: Hsinhwa Lee

Overview

In this module you will use a modified Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) system to modulate transcription in E. coli. Specifically, you will use a CRISPR-based interference system to target a gene within the fermentation pathway of E. coli such that either ethanol or lactate production is increased.


Experimental overview for Module 2


Lab links: day by day

M2D1: Complete in silico cloning
M2D2: Design gRNA for CRISPRi
M2D3: Generate gRNA plasmid
M2D4: Journal club I
M2D5: Confirm gRNA sequence
M2D6: Journal club II
M2D7: Induce CRISPRi system
M2D8: Measure fermentation products

Assignments

Research article
Journal club presentation

References

CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) for sequence-specific control of gene expression, (2013) by Larson et al.

Notes for teaching faculty

F16 notes for M2