WEEK THREE (January 30 - February 3)

We have an X-prize type of challenge for you.

We are wondering if there are a set of type IIs restriction enzymes within which you could embed other type IIs restriction site(s) to do something useful or interesting. Perhaps you could improve upon Golden Gate assembly, or other methods in the paper reviewed by Becca Tom Ellis,*ab Tom Adieac and Geoff S. Baldwin. Or perhaps you can think of a way to represent a mathematical problem with combinations of sites.

You can work solo or in teams of your design. However, everyone must participate in this challenge.

Paper Presentations for Week Three:

Team 1 Monday = Duke, Alex, Ellen
Engineering bacteria to solve the Burnt Pancake Problem.
Haynes, Karmella, et al.
Journal of Biological Engineering. Vol. 2(8): 1 – 12.

Team 2 Tuesday = Dancho and Nishita
Solving a Hamiltonian Path Problem with a Bacterial Computer.
Baumgardner, Jordan et al.
Journal of Biological Engineering. Vol. 3:11

Team 3 Wednesday = Ben, Kirsten, Erich
Bacterial Hash Function Using DNA-Based XOR Logic Reveals Unexpected Behavior of the LuxR Promoter.
Brianna Pearson*, Kin H. Lau* et al.
Interdisciplinary Bio Central. Vol. 3, article no. 10.