Wet
- Construct plasmid
- Design primers for tRNA
- Construct the sequences of tRNA
- Construct the pSU-cysK plasmid
- Design primers for tRNASer, tRNASec, and tRNAUTuXconstruction
- Construct the sequences of tRNASer and tRNASec with T7 promoter into TA vector
Dry
- Hardware brainstorming
- Meet with experts
- Study the basic knowledge of modeling
- Hardware brainstorming
- Meet with experts to ask for advices on the hardware ideas
- Study the enzyme kinetics and other basic knowledge of modeling
HP
- Smart community workshop
- ARS preparation
- Fortnightly and talk show preparation
- Participate in Smart community workshop
- ARS preparation
- Prepare for the second episode of the fortnightly and the talk show
- Discuss collaboration details with NCHU
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Wet
- Construct plasmid
- Design primers for tRNA
- Construct the sequences
- Construct the pSU-cysK plasmid
- Design primers for tRNASer, tRNASec, and tRNAUTuX
- Construct the sequences of tRNASer and tRNASec with T7 promoter into TA vector
Dry
- Hardware brainstorming
- Meet with experts
- Search for information
- Hardware brainstorming
- Meet with experts to ask for advices on the hardware ideas
- Search for useful model information regarding our project
HP
- ARS preparation
- Fortnightly and talk show preparation
- Post team member introduction
- ARS preparation
- Prepare for the second episode of the fortnightly and the talk show
- Post team member introduction on Instagram
- Discuss collaboration details with NCHU
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Wet
- Construct plasmids
- Perform PCR to copy tRNA sequences and condense the PCR results
- Construct pSU-cysK-cysE* and pSU-cysE* plasmids
- Perform PCR to copy tRNASer, tRNASec, tRNAUTuX DNA sequences on TA vector and condense the PCR results
Dry
- Meet with experts
- Research
- Browse previous iGEM team Best Model
- Meet with experts
- Research on all kinds of microgravity simulators
- Browse previous iGEM team Best Model winner teams' wiki
- Learn wiki editting
HP
- Logo design
- Entrepreneurship design
- ARS and talk show preparation
- Logo design
- Entrepreneurship design
- ARS and talk show preparation
- Education kit design
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Wet
- Sequencing of cysE* and ydeD
- Check cysE* function
- Synthesize RNA
- Do sequencing to check the structures of cysE* and ydeD
- Check cysE* function by transforming pSU-cysE* into △cysE and measure the OD value
- Synthesize RNA in vitro
Dry
- Meet with experts
- Start building hardware
- Design Wiki page
- Meet with experts
- Start building UV stage and designing clinostat
- Determine the main colors of Wiki page
HP
- Promotion video preparation
- Logo design
- ARS and talk show preparation
- Promotion video preparation
- Logo design
- ARS and talk show preparation
- Education kit, literature, entrepreneurship, activity design
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Wet
- Purify SerRS, SelA and SelD
- Synthesize RNA
- Purify SerRS, SelA and SelD with His-tag
- Synthesize RNA
Dry
- Software idea discussion
- Building hardware
- Reading papers
- Software idea discussion
- Build the first prototype of UV stage
- Reading papers regarding the melanin pathway
- Determine the Wiki page structure and design the layout
HP
- Logo design
- Collaboration discussion
- Literature, activity design
- Logo design
- Collaboration discussion
- Literature, activity design
- Talk show preparation
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Wet
- Transform ydeD
- Measure the melanin production
- Construct backbones
- Transform ydeD into MG1655 and △iscS
- Measure the melanin production under different temperatures and mediums
- Construction of different backbone of plasmids
Dry
- Build clinostat
- Consult Landing AI
- Read papers for modeling
- Build clinostat
- Consult Landing AI about software design
- Read papers regarding the selenocysteine pathways
- Design Wiki layout
HP
- Audiobook design
- Discuss collaboration
- Visit National Academy of Taiwan
- Audiobook design
- Discuss the collaboration details with other schools
- Visit National Academy of Taiwan
- Discuss entrepreneurship details with Gran Systems
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Wet
- Transform pcysK-cysE*
- Reanneal the synthesized RNA
- Run SDS-PAGE
- Transform pcysK-cysE* into MG1655 and △iscS with and without ydeD
- Reanneal the synthesized RNA
- Run SDS-PAGE to analyze temperature effects on protein expression of melA
- Test the survival rate of the bacteria with melanin under UV radiation
Dry
- Build clinostat
- Software design
- Read papers
- Build clinostat and encounter some difficulties
- Software design
- Read papers regarding the selenocysteine pathway
- Start editing the Wiki templates
HP
- Audiobook design
- Find sponsorship
- Entrepreneurship, education kit design
- Audiobook design
- Find sponsorship
- Entrepreneurship, education kit design
- Talk show preparation
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Wet
- Compare the growth rate
- Condense SerRS, SelA and SelD
- Compare the growth rate of MG1655 and △iscS with constructed plasmids
- Condense SerRS, SelA and SelD; run SDS-PAGE with Western blotting and coomassie blue staining
Dry
- Discuss about microfluidic chip
- Start constructing the software
- Modeling the melanin pathway
- Discussion about the idea of microfluidic chip
- Start constructing the software
- Modeling the melanin pathway
- Wiki page editing and art design
HP
- Promotion video preparation
- Discuss the collaboration details with other schools
- Literature, slides and activity design
- Promotion video preparation
- Discuss the collaboration details with other schools
- Literature, slides and activity design
- Talk show 2.0 preparation
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Wet
- Aminoacylation of tRNA and serine
- Conversion of seryl-tRNA
- Compare the function
- Aminoacylation of tRNA and serine
- Conversion of seryl-tRNA to selenocysteinyl-tRNA
- Compare the function among pSB4KI-Ptrc-melA and pSB4KI-Ptrc-melA-B001
Dry
- Learn basic knowledge and visit NHRI
- Present our modeling idea to professors
- Use AI platform for software model training
- Learn the basic knowledge of microfluidic chip and visit NHRI to fabricate our first version of microfluidic chips
- Present our modeling idea to professors and discover some problems to be solved
- Use AI platform for software model training
- Wiki page editing and art design
HP
- Audiobook recording
- Promotion video preparation
- Wiki page, IHP content discussion
- Audiobook recording
- Promotion video preparation
- Wiki page, IHP content discussion
- Talk show 2.0 preparation
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Wet
- Test different sodium selenite concentrations
- Deacylate selenocysteine
- Transform gadB
- Culture pcysK-cysE*, pPompA-ydeD/MG1655 in different sodium selenite concentrations.
- Deacylate selenocysteine from tRNA
- Transform gadB to E. coli to produce GABA
- Compare the function of melanin production between DH5a, MG1655, BL21, and W3310
Dry
- Design the second prototype of UV stage
- Software model training
- Learn Copasi and MATLAB
- Design the second prototype of UV stage
- Continue with software model training
- Learn how to use Copasi and MATLAB for pathway simulation
- Build our melanin pathway model
- Discuss hanging drop simulation
- Wiki page editing and art design
HP
- Audiobook recording
- Promotion video preparation
- Wiki page, IHP content discussion
- Audiobook recording
- Promotion video preparation
- Wiki page, IHP content discussion
- Literature design
- Talk show 2.0 preparation
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Wet
- Compare melanin production
- Test different substrates for GABA production
- Conversion of seryl-tRNA
- Compare melanin production with and without TyrP between DH5a, MG1655, and BL21
- Measure the production of GABA under different substrates.
- Conversion of seryl-tRNA to selenocysteyl-tRNA
Dry
- Microfluidic chip fabrication
- Software coding
- Selenocysteine pathway model
- Visit NHRI to fabricate the microfluidic chip with different well diameter for future testing and improvement
- Start coding for our software
- Build our two selenocysteine pathway model
- Finish the art design of the Wiki main page, Team page
HP
- Audiobook recording
- Promotion video preparation
- Wiki page, IHP content discussion
- Audiobook recording
- Promotion video preparation
- Wiki page, IHP content discussion
- Literature design
- SDG poster design
- Talk show 2.0 preparation
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Wet
- UV experiments
- Construction terminator and promoter
- Remove KmR
- Test the melanin function by UV experiments
- Constuction of rrnC terminator and lpp promoter
- Remove KmR from ΔtyrA
Dry
- Survival rate experiment
- Taguchi experiments
- Medium exchange model
- Survival rate experiment in MerStage
- Finish Taguchi experiments
- Learn how to use Ansys Fluent to simulate medium exchange in the microfluidic chip
- Wiki animation coding
HP
- Talk show 2.0
- Discuss with companies
- Collaboration with other schools
- Talk show 2.0
- Discuss with companies
- Collaboration with other schools
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Wet
- Dual plasmids GABA production
- Deacylation
- Amino acid purification
- Measure the production of GABA from dual plasmids
- Deacylation with nuclease S1 and Tris-HCl
- Amino acid purification
- Confirm the production of selenocysteine by HPLC
Dry
- Survival rate experiment
- Confirmation experiments
- Cell aggregation model discussion with experts
- Survival rate experiment in MerStage
- Finish confirmation experiments for Taguchi methods
- Discussion with Prof. Wei about nutrient consumption rate calculation and cell aggregation model
- Wiki animation coding
HP
- Promotion video
- Discuss with companies
- Collaboration with other schools
- Finich making promotion video
- Discuss with companies
- Collaboration with other schools
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Wet
- Protocol adjustment
- Urea PAGE
- Confirm YdeD function
- Adjustment of digestion and ligation protocol
- Apply Urea PAGE
- Use CFU to confirm YdeD function
- Confirm the production of selenocysteine by HPLC
Dry
- Discuss different fabrication methods
- Survival rate experiment
- Cell aggregation model
- Discussion with Prof. Juang about different chip fabrication methods
- Survival rate experiment in MerStage
- Finish construction of cell aggregation model
- Wiki debug
HP
- Workshop preparation
- Wiki page writing
- Wiki page adjustments
- Workshop preparation
- Wiki page writing
- Wiki page adjustments
- Literature design
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Wet
- Produce selenomelanin
- Urea PAGE
- Start to produce selenomelanin and compare it with melanin
- Urea PAGE method adjustment
Dry
- Survival rate experiment
- MerStage optimization
- Melanin pathway model
- Survival rate experiment in MerStage
- MerStage optimization
- Finish melanin pathway experiments and model
- Wiki page content writing and coding
HP
- Workshop preparation
- Wiki page writing
- Wiki page adjustments
- Workshop preparation
- Wiki page writing
- Wiki page adjustments
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Wet
- Test selenomelanin function
- Wiki page writing
- Test the function of selenomelanin
- Wiki page writing
Dry
- Wiki page writing
- Wiki page writing
HP
- Workshop
- Wiki page writing
- Wiki page adjustments
- Workshop
- Wiki page writing
- Wiki page adjustments
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Wet
- Wiki page writing
- Wiki page adjustments
- Wiki page writing
- Wiki page adjustments
Dry
- Wiki page writing
- Wiki page adjustments
- Wiki debug
- Wiki page writing
- Wiki page adjustments
- Wiki debug
HP
- Wiki page writing
- Wiki page adjustments
- Wiki page writing
- Wiki page adjustments
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