Virtual Lab on Synthetic Biology

Participate in innovative research at MIT and engineer a biological circuit capable of detecting and eliminating cancer cells.

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Learning Objectives

At the end of this simulation, you will be able to:

Manipulate natural systems for targeted functions through engineering.
Outline the core principles of the Gateway cloning method and devise a customized biological circuit.
Demonstrate the procedures for bacterial transformation, antibiotic selection, and plasmid purification.
Describe and execute a restriction digest of your cloning product.

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