Resources

On this page you will find links to articles, videos and websites that will help you learn about genetic engineering and synthetic biology. I've tried to set up an organization so when you add links, try to fit it to the best category.

Basic Genetics
[|DNA structure] [|Griffeth and Avery experiments (and other material on discovery of DNA)] [|Hershey-Chase Experiment] [|Watson, Crick, Chargraff, Franklin, and Wilkins contributions] [|DNA Replication does not fully work but good animations on DNA structure and lagging strand] [|Another DNA Replication animation] [|Replication video] [|Another Replication animation] [|Meselson and Stahl experiment] [|Protein Synthesis] [|Transcription] [|Regulated transcription] [|Translation] [|Video of Transcription and Translation] [|Another on Protein Synthesis] [|tryptophan repressor] [|lac operon] [|Telomere Replication] [|DNA Interactive] [|DNA from the Beginning] [|Learn Genetics]

Medical Genetics:
[|Genetics Home reference] [|NIH Genes and diseases] [|Genome.org scroll down for links on diseases and genetic counseling] [|Human Genome] [|Genetic disorders with different ethnic group frequencies] [|National Genetic Counselor Organization] [|Mayo Clinic Disease Index] [|Family Doctor.org] [|Medline Plus] [|Your Genes, Your Health]

Genetic Engineering
GMO Foods Scientific American Genetic Engineering Articles UNL AgBiosafety [|Genetic Engineering Chestnut trees] GE eHow video channel Yale lecture series on biomedical engineering (#4) YouTube excerpt of MIT GE lecture

Bioinformatics
[|Bioinformatics tools] [|Sanger Method tutorial video]

Engineering Principles
[|Video on design and synthetic biology by James King (Hastings Center)] [|Explanation of the Engineering Design Process] [|Design criteria] [|Teacher's Domain video and essay on the Engineering Design Process] [|A comparison of Science, Engineering and Technology]

Synthetic Biology
Hacking genomes and synthetic biology (1 hour talk) [|Decoding Synthetic Biology (YouTube)] [|What is synthetic biology?]([| pdf]) [|A Life of Its Own] ([| pdf]) [|Our Synthetic Futures] [|Synthetic Biology: Tools to Design, Build, and Optimize Cellular Processes] [|Synthetic Biology Explained on YouTube] [|Synthetic Kingdom on YouTube] [|Decoding Synthetic Biology (YouTube)] [|BioBricks Foundation] [|Registry of Standard Biological Parts] [|iGEM] [|iGEM High School Division] By controlling living systems synthetic biology will change the world SynBio and de-extinction TED talk Why Synthetic Biology Is the Field of the Future Factory of Life

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Synbio and logic circuits
Mining logic gates in prokaryotic transcriptional regulation networks Bacteria that can take pictures and invade tumors Bacterial transistor devices Biological Circuits for Synthetic Biology

Synbio and computers/transistors (see also logic gates) Turning bacteria into computers Article on using logic gate in bacterial computing Scientists create transistor-like biological device Tiny DNA Switches Aim To Revolutionize 'Cellular' Computing How to turn living cells into computers Amplifying Genetic Logic Gates DNA Inside Cells Can Serve As Rewritable Data Storage Totally RAD: Bioengineers create rewritable digital data storage in DNA

Synbio and bacterial photographs
Bacterial photography TED talk Jaff Tabor paper on bacterial photos with multiple frequencies

Synbio and quorum sensing
Quorum sensing: How bacteria talk TED talk. Quorum sensing paper

Synbio and synthetic fuels
Jay D Keasling: Synthetic Biology Towards Biofuels (YouTube) Synthetic biology approaches to biofuel production New Synthetic Biology Technique Boosts Microbial Production of Diesel Fuel Petroleum replicas Can Synthetic Biology Produce Cheaper Biofuel? Should It?

Synbio and therapeutics
The Clinical Potential of Synthetic Biology "Synthetic Biology" Yields Bacteria That Take Pictures and Target Tumors Scientists engineer suicide bacterial bombers Beta-lactams and bacterial pharmacology

Synbio and minimal cells/rewriting the genome/chassis design
Rewriting the genome [|Craig Venter unveils synthetic life Ted talk]

Interesting iGEM projects
Mini iGEMs [|2012 Penn bacterial therapeutics (cancer)] 2012 Colorodo quorum stopping [|2009 Calgary quorum sensing] 2008 Kyoto Raise the Titanic (bacterial gas) 2012 Groningen bacterial food preservation (also kill switch) 2011 St. Andrews kill switch 2009 Cambridge E chromi/environmental sensor 2011 Penn State radiation sensor 2010 Harvard iGarden

Ethics and Safety
[|The Promise and Perils of Synthetic Biology] [|"Four suggestions for addressing public concern regarding synthetic biology"] [|"Mapping the moral boundaries of biological engineering"] [|"Synthetic biology: enormous possibility, exaggerated perils"]

Other resources
[|Many great biology animations] [|More great biology animations] [|Many great A&P animations] [|Harvard HHMI outreach (animations)] [|AP Bio animations] [|Bozeman Science web casts (explaining A&P systems and AP Bio labs)] [|Rediscovering Biology] [|BioCoach] [|AP Bio virtual labs] [|Biology Glossary] [|Another biology glossary] [|Suffixes and Prefixes]