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+ | <li><a href="https://www.neb.com/student-services/educational-course-support">New England BioLabs</a> - Educational Course Support program provides reagents to educational groups! Contact their customer service department for more information.</li> | ||
<li><a href="http://www.fishersci.com/">Fisher Scientific</a> offers a wide array of common laboratory materials and reagents</li> | <li><a href="http://www.fishersci.com/">Fisher Scientific</a> offers a wide array of common laboratory materials and reagents</li> | ||
<li><a href="http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/united-states.html">Sigma Aldrich</a> offers many chemical compounds, including antibiotics</li> | <li><a href="http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/united-states.html">Sigma Aldrich</a> offers many chemical compounds, including antibiotics</li> | ||
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<li><a href="http://partsregistry.org/Help">Parts Registry Help page</a> is where you can find information about BioBrick Parts and how to use them</li> | <li><a href="http://partsregistry.org/Help">Parts Registry Help page</a> is where you can find information about BioBrick Parts and how to use them</li> | ||
<li><a href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Virginia/High_School_Education_Series">Team Virginia 2013</a> developed a high school education series including slides, lab exercises, and readings</li> | <li><a href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Virginia/High_School_Education_Series">Team Virginia 2013</a> developed a high school education series including slides, lab exercises, and readings</li> | ||
- | <li><a href=" | + | <li><a href="http://biobuilder.org/">BioBuilder</a> has a series of synthetic biology laboratory exercises</li> |
+ | <li><a href="http://www.labster.com/">Labster</a> provides exercises in an interactive virtual learning environment</li> | ||
<li><a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page">OpenWetWare</a> is a source for protocols and other lab-related information</li> | <li><a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page">OpenWetWare</a> is a source for protocols and other lab-related information</li> | ||
<li><a href="http://compubiotic.sysdiag.cnrs.fr/CompubioticDB/">CompuBioTicDB</a> is a database of biological components for synthetic biology</li> | <li><a href="http://compubiotic.sysdiag.cnrs.fr/CompubioticDB/">CompuBioTicDB</a> is a database of biological components for synthetic biology</li> |
Latest revision as of 16:42, 19 February 2014
Below are some resources that may come in handy as you're working on your projects for iGEM 2014 High School!
Wiki editing
- MediaWiki has detailed instructions for wiki editing, including the following:
Purchasing laboratory reagents and materials
- New England BioLabs - Educational Course Support program provides reagents to educational groups! Contact their customer service department for more information.
- Fisher Scientific offers a wide array of common laboratory materials and reagents
- Sigma Aldrich offers many chemical compounds, including antibiotics
Databases and websites to explain concepts:
- Parts Registry Help page is where you can find information about BioBrick Parts and how to use them
- Team Virginia 2013 developed a high school education series including slides, lab exercises, and readings
- BioBuilder has a series of synthetic biology laboratory exercises
- Labster provides exercises in an interactive virtual learning environment
- OpenWetWare is a source for protocols and other lab-related information
- CompuBioTicDB is a database of biological components for synthetic biology
Tutorials:
- Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (University of Utah)
- Primer design and ordering (OpenWetWare)
- Ligation and plasmid construction (BioBuilder)
Software tools:
- FAQ section on iGEM.org answers questions about wiki-editing
- TinkerCell is a free "Computer-Aided Design software tool for Synthetic Biology"
- GENtle is free software that allows users to edit DNA sequences, generate plasmid maps, and more
Protocols:
- Making competent cells (Registry)
- Competent cell transformation (Registry)
- Ligation (Registry)
- Restriction digest (Registry)
- Ligation and Transformation module (Bio-Rad)
- Yeast transformation (University of Manitoba)