Team:Alberta
From 2010.igem.org
GENOMIKON: An Educational Toolkit for the Rapid Genetic Construction.
GENOMIKON is a high school kit designed to bring synthetic biology into the classroom. By integrating the BioByte 2.0 Assembly Method and our innovative website GENOMIKON.ca, we are making Synthetic Biology accessible, reliable and easy to use. To learn more, click "start" to take the tour, or dive into the details with the other links.
Our Achievements
- Optimized and modeled the BioBytes v2 plasmid assembly technology.
- Created a teaching kit for high schools assembling synthetic plasmids compatible with the most basic lab equipment.
- Created an online interactive lab manual and teaching tool.
- Demonstrated that high school students can effectively use the kit.
THE SOFTWARE
Learn how to use the kit then, create and share your own designs!
Biobytes 2.0
Continually developing the Biobyte assembly technology created by the Alberta 2009 team, we were able to make this rapid plasmid assembly method amenable to a high school teaching kit.
The kit
Everything you need to put together a plasmid in an afternoon.