Homework

Weekly homework submissions:

  • Week 1 HW: Principles and Practices

    Table of Contents 1) Biological engineering application / tool 2) Governance / policy goals 3) Governance actions 4) Risk analysis 5) Scoring governance actions 6) Prioritization recommendation 7) Reflection 8) Project + governance overview Homework Questions from Professor Jacobson Homework Questions from Dr. LeProust Homework Question from George Church 1) Biological engineering application / tool I want to develop (and why) Application / tool: Growing interactive surfaces from bacterial cellulose I already know how to grow 3D artifacts in bacterial cellulose (BC). In this project, I want to develop a biological functionalization workflow that turns grown BC artifacts into interactive surfaces, measured through impedance-based sensing (e.g., tactile volumetric response, sensitivity to pressure), with minimal embedded electronics.

  • Week 02 HW: DNA Read, Write, & Edit

    Table of Contents 0. Basics of Gel Electrophoresis

  1. Benchling and In-silico Gel Art
  2. Gel Art Restriction Digests and Electrophoresis 3.1 Choose Your Protein Protein sequence (from Supplementary Data 1) Structural micro-analysis: copper coordination and catalysis Why this protein matters 3.2 Reverse translate 3.3 Codon optimization 3.4 You have a sequence now what

  • Week 03 HW lab-automation:

    table of matter Assignment: Python Script for Opentrons Artwork https://opentrons-art.rcdonovan.com/?id=sux110hip535fnx Statement of Intent — Why Reaction–Diffusion I have been playing with reaction–diffusion algorithms for a long time. I keep returning to them out of curiosity — both for their history (their direct link to Alan Turing’s work on emergent patterns) and for what they suggest in terms of morphogenesis.