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Building a Sweet Cyan Below is the content for our final project for the SPring 2013 Introduction to Synthetic BIology Class at Arizona State University. Overview & Purpose Sarah What this can be used for Sensing something Basic Components of a Lac Operon Background Natural Lac Operon Parts/DNA Schematic The lac operon itself is a set of genes found in certain bacterias' DNA that is required for the transport and metabolism of lactose. Most commonly found in Escherichia coli, the operon was the first example of a group of genes under the control of an operator region to which a lactose repressor binds. The lac operon functions as a single transcription unit and is comprised of an operator, a promoter, and on or more structural genes such as a regulator or terminator that are transcribed into one polycistronic mRNA. When the bacteria are transferred to lactose-containing medium, allolactose (which forms when lactose is present in the cell) binds to the repressor, inhibits the binding of the repressor to the operator, and allows transcription of mRNA for enzymes involved in lactose metabolism and transport across the membrane. Design: Our genetic circuit Julia OUR GENE SWITCH: THE PARTS <tab>pSB1A3-1 is a high copy number plasmid. The replication origin is a pUC19-derived pMB1 (copy number of 100-300 per cell). The terminators bracketing pSB1A3 MCS are designed to prevent transcription from inside the MCS from reading out into the vector. Building: Assembly Scheme Emily Testing: Modeling and GFP Imaging graphical model (Julia) A LAC SWITCH MODEL Emily We used a previously published synthetic switch, developed by Ceroni et al., to understand how our system could potentially be modeled and simulated. AN INTERACTIVE MODEL Someone We used a model of the natural Lac operon to understand how changing the parameter values changes the behavior of the system. COLLECTING IMPERICAL VALUES TO IMPROVE THE MODEL Someone We explored how one technique, imaging via microscopy could be used to determine the production rate of an output protein, in this case GFP in yeast, could be used to determine a "real" value for maximum GFP production rate under our own laboratory conditions. - show plot of data and discuss outcome. - include some of the pictures of the raw data - wrap up section to explain how the curves could be improved Ideally, the GFP production rate measured by this method could be entered as a value for [which parameter] in the Ceroni et al. model. Human Practices Danger of Chemicals in Farmlands Our Team Your Name My name is Emily Byrne, and I am a student majoring in biomedical engineering. I am taking BME 494 because ###. An interesting fact about me is that ###. Sarah K. Halls My name is Sarah K. Halls, and I am a student majoring in Biomedical Engineering. I am taking BME 494 because I enjoy cell and tissue Engineering work and hope to start my career in this field of study. An interesting fact about me is that I did an internship at Harvard University working on cell patterning. Sean Hector My name is Edgil Hector (Sean), and I am a student majoring in biomedical engineering. I am taking BME 494 because the subject is relevant to my interests, and the class counts as a required technical elective. An interesting fact about me is that I am the most indecisive human being on the planet. Julia Smith My name is Julia Smith, and I am a senior majoring in Biomedical Engineering. I am taking BME 494 because I am extremely interested in synthetic biology. An interesting fact about me is that in addition to my nerdy side and love of accademic learning, I train reining horses. Works Cited [1] Full reference. [2] Full reference. [3] Full reference.