BioBits™ Explorer: A modular synthetic biology education kit.
BioBits™ Explorer: A modular synthetic biology education kit.
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BioBits™Explorer:模块化合成生物学教育套件。
DOI:
10.1126/sciadv.aat5105
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发表时间:
2018-08
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影响因子:
13.6
通讯作者:
Collins JJ
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文献类型:
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作者:
Huang A;Nguyen PQ;Stark JC;Takahashi MK;Donghia N;Ferrante T;Dy AJ;Hsu KJ;Dubner RS;Pardee K;Jewett MC;Collins JJ
We present a low-cost kit based on freeze-dried, cell-free reactions to illustrate synthetic and molecular biology concepts. Hands-on demonstrations greatly enhance the teaching of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) concepts and foster engagement and exploration in the sciences. While numerous chemistry and physics classroom demonstrations exist, few biology demonstrations are practical and accessible due to the challenges and concerns of growing living cells in classrooms. We introduce BioBits™ Explorer, a synthetic biology educational kit based on shelf-stable, freeze-dried, cell-free (FD-CF) reactions, which are activated by simply adding water. The FD-CF reactions engage the senses of sight, smell, and touch with outputs that produce fluorescence, fragrances, and hydrogels, respectively. We introduce components that can teach tunable protein expression, enzymatic reactions, biomaterial formation, and biosensors using RNA switches, some of which represent original FD-CF outputs that expand the toolbox of cell-free synthetic biology. The BioBits™ Explorer kit enables hands-on demonstrations of cutting-edge science that are inexpensive and easy to use, circumventing many current barriers for implementing exploratory biology experiments in classrooms.
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影响因子:
11.2
作者:
Clark DB;Tanner-Smith EE;Killingsworth SS
通讯作者:
Killingsworth SS
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Alieva NO;Konzen KA;Field SF;Meleshkevitch EA;Hunt ME;Beltran-Ramirez V;Miller DJ;Wiedenmann J;Salih A;Matz MV
通讯作者:
Matz MV
影响因子:
4.6
作者:
Kwon YC;Jewett MC
通讯作者:
Jewett MC
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作者:
Erard, Marie;Fredj, Asma;Merola, Fabienne
通讯作者:
Merola, Fabienne
影响因子:
48
作者:
Gibson, Daniel G.;Young, Lei;Smith, Hamilton O.
通讯作者:
Smith, Hamilton O.