Research ArticleSYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
BioBits™ Explorer: A modular synthetic biology education kit
- Ally Huang1,2,3,*,
- Peter Q. Nguyen3,4,*,
- Jessica C. Stark5,6,7,*,
- Melissa K. Takahashi2,
- Nina Donghia3,
- Tom Ferrante3,
- Aaron J. Dy1,2,8,9,
- Karen J. Hsu10,
- Rachel S. Dubner11,
- Keith Pardee12,
- Michael C. Jewett5,6,7,13,14,† and
- James J. Collins1,2,3,8,9,15,†
- 1Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- 2Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- 3Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
- 4School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
- 5Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
- 6Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
- 7Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
- 8Synthetic Biology Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- 9Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
- 10Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
- 11Department of Biological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
- 12Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3M2, Canada.
- 13Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, 676 North Saint Clair Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
- 14Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
- 15Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- ↵†Corresponding author. Email: jimjc{at}mit.edu (J.J.C.); m-jewett{at}northwestern.edu (M.C.J.)
↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Science Advances 01 Aug 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 8, eaat5105
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat5105
Vol. 4, no. 8, eaat5105
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aat5105
Ally Huang
Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Peter Q. Nguyen
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Jessica C. Stark
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Melissa K. Takahashi
Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Nina Donghia
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Tom Ferrante
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Aaron J. Dy
Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.Synthetic Biology Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Karen J. Hsu
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Rachel S. Dubner
Department of Biological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Keith Pardee
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3M2, Canada.
Michael C. Jewett
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, 676 North Saint Clair Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.Simpson Querrey Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
James J. Collins
Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.Synthetic Biology Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
