Week 1 HW: Principles and Practices

Your context:

Before Next Class

• Open a Personal Notion Page (as covered in Recitation) and submit public link to your notion page to this Google Form.
• Complete the Principles and Practices Assignment (as shown above)

Specifically for In-Person Students at MIT/Harvard

• Lab Training (Failure to do so will jeopardize your acceptance)
  • Complete Lab Specific Training in Person.
  • Complete Safety Training in Atlas
    • Navigate to atlas.mit.edu and on the right-hand side, click “Learning Center”
    • Head to the Course Catalog and find the following two courses:
      • General Biosafety for Researchers (EHS00260w)
      • Managing Hazardous Waste (EHS00501w)

Week 2 HW: DNA read/write/edit

SynBiont

QT45

QT45 is a 45-nucleotides RNA which can synthesize both a copy of itself and its complementary strand (in separate conditions), making RNA-based self-replication more plausible in early Earth scenarios. (DOI: 10.1126science.adt2760)

I want to read QT45-like things more, write QT45-like things in mammalian systems, and edit QT45-like things for various applications.

Ciao!

Week 1 Lab: Pipetting

Individual Final Project

Group Final Project

My Signed TA MoU

HTGAA Teaching Assistant (TA) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

By signing this form, I agree to fulfill the following responsibilities as a teaching assistant for How To Grow Almost Anything (HTGAA) 2026.

As an HTGAA Teaching Assistant, I agree to:

• Collaboration: Work with the instructor team at my node to carry out agreed-upon tasks throughout the semester and ensure students at my node understand all requirements for success.
• Safety: Adhere to all applicable local, regional, and national health and safety guidelines.
• Communication: Communicate clearly with students and instructors, raising any issues or concerns promptly.
• Respect: Promote a respectful, inclusive, and welcoming learning environment, encouraging curiosity and peer support.
• Integrity: Demonstrate integrity as a scientist and educator by keeping data accurate, complete, and truthful.
• Attribution: Grant HTGAA permission to share my work produced for the course, with appropriate attribution.
• Mentorship: Mentor students with a continuous learning mindset, supporting their curiosity, growth, and resilience, and celebrating their achievements.
• Initiative: Proactively contribute ideas and solutions to enhance the course, lab experiences, and student learning.
• Adaptability: Approach challenges with flexibility and problem-solving, modeling resilience in a dynamic learning environment.

Node-Specific Agreements

I also agree to carry out responsibilities assigned to support my node’s success, including:

• Engagement: Participate in required node meetings and coordinate with your node team to support planning, collaboration, and student success.
• Preparation: Preparing instructional materials ahead of classes and labs and running validation experiments to strengthen the learning experience.
• Support: Maintaining availability to support students through established communication channels (e.g., email, Discourse).
• Review: Reviewing student homework and providing regular, constructive feedback.
• Attendance: Tracking and maintaining accurate attendance records for students at my node.

Signed by committing this file in my repository,

Md Rasel Uddin

8.3.2026