Homework
Weekly homework submissions:
Week 1 HW: Principles and Practices
Class Assignment Question 1: Biological Engineering Application First, describe a biological engineering application or tool you want to develop and why.
Week 2 HW: DNA: Read, Write, and Edit
Class Assignment Part 1: Benchling & In-silico Gel Art Make a Benchling account. Import Lambda DNA. Simulate RE digestion using EcoRI, HindIII, BamHI, KpnI, EcoRV, SacI, and SalI. Create a Gel Art Pattern
Automation Art: https://opentrons-art.rcdonovan.com/?id=ipo5wv9ww1wwm0c Post-lab Questions 1. Find and describe a published paper that utilizes the Opentrons or an automation tool to achieve novel biological applications. I picked this paper by the Baker Lab because its definition of automation drew my attention. The paper developed what the authors refer to as a “partial automation instead of complex end-to-end robotics”, claiming that, although they did integrate robotic liquid handlers for some of the characterizations, the workflow should be widely adoptable to streamline workflows, even without the robotic liquid handlers. The argument that a many wet lab workflows are time, energy, and resource intensive resonated with my work.