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Revision as of 03:14, 26 October 2010
TRY IT!
Head to genomikon.ca and start designing your own plasmids right away! Or, create an account and sign in to check out the lab manual.
Technology
To build our web app we implemented the following open source technologies:
- [http://rubyonrails.org/ Ruby on Rails]
- A web server back-end that uses the Ruby programming language. Implements a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93View%E2%80%93Controller MVC] framework, and is easily customizable and extendable.
- [http://jquery.com/ jQuery]
- A javascript library that eases user interface design.
- [http://git-scm.com/ git]
- A version control system that we used toa share and merge our code.
- [http://github.com/ gitHub]
- Free source code hosting that integrates with git. Github is also an online coding community and makes collaboration easy.
Genomikon - Companion Software
Our kit is accompanied by an online web app found at [http://www.genomikon.ca genomikon.ca]. A web based lab manual is an exciting replacement to the traditional paper based variety as it is a more interactive medium. Genomikon.ca has many interesting features designed to compliment the lab part of the kit. We hope that it will not only be informative but also empower the students to go beyond our pre-made experiments and begin creating there own.
The Lab Manual
Learn about the kit and synthetic biology
The lab manual is a set of experiments, selected with several criteria in mind:
- fun
- familiarize the student with the tools in the kit
- teach concepts inline with a high school biology curriculum
We used the province of Alberta's high school curriculum as a model, most high school curriculum's are somewhat similar. To see specific examples check out the experimentspage.
As the students progress through the experiments they can take notes and even upload images of their results. [Image:team-alberta-lab-manual-notes.jpg] IT!
Head to genomikon.ca and try it ou
Plasmid Design Tool
design your plasmid before you build
The most exciting feature of our kit is the plasmid design tool. It has an easy to use drag and drop interface, and has built in validation to catch your errors before your build in the lab.
Learn more about the plasmid designer here
Check out the screen cast or try it for yourself [http://www.genomikon.ca/sandbox here]
After you create a valid plasmid you can save it and a lab protocol will automatically be created. Then you can edit the instructions, add figures, images and a description. Once your ready click publish and share your cool experiment for others to try.
The Encyclopedia
Develop a deeper understanding
To offer some extra context to the experiments we have included a selection of articles about synthetic biology and various biology concepts relating to the kit and the high school curriculum. They are integrated with the experiments and also available separately for review. [Image:team-alberta-articles.jpg]
An Integrated Glossary
A definition is never further than your pointer
We have an integrated glossary throughout the website for easy access to definitions
File:Team-alberta-articles.jpg
Student Groups & Sharing Your Experiments
Teachers can create groups and have their students join it. This allows classes to communicate with each other
