BioBits Education Kits
https://www.mybiobits.org/
Inexpensive biology kits offer hands-on experience with DNA.
Using freeze-dried, shelf-stable cellular components, students can learn about key biological concepts.
http://news.mit.edu/2018/inexpensive-biology-kits-offer-hands-experience-dna-0801
In the BioBits Explorer kit, the researchers included DNA that encodes proteins with outputs other than fluorescence, helping to teach additional biological concepts such as reaction catalysis. One DNA sequence included in the kit codes for an enzyme that converts isoamyl alcohol into banana oil, producing a distinctive scent. Another DNA sequence produces an enzyme that can catalyze the formation of hydrogels. The kit also allows students to extract DNA from a fruit such as a banana or kiwi and then test it with a sensor that can distinguish between DNA sequences found in different types of fruit.
BioBits: Teaching synthetic biology to K-12 students
https://phys.org/news/2018-08-biobits-synthetic-biology-k-students.html
"...Now, a collaboration between the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, MIT, and Northwestern University has developed BioBits, new educational biology kits that use freeze-dried cell-free (FD-CF) reactions to enable students to perform a range of simple, hands-on biological experiments. The BioBits kits introduce molecular and synthetic biology concepts without the need for specialized lab equipment, at a fraction of the cost of current standard experimental designs. The kits are described in two papers published in Science Advances...."
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-08-biobits-synthetic-biology-k-students.html#jCp
Using freeze-dried, shelf-stable cellular components, students can learn about key biological concepts.
http://news.mit.edu/2018/inexpensive-biology-kits-offer-hands-experience-dna-0801
In the BioBits Explorer kit, the researchers included DNA that encodes proteins with outputs other than fluorescence, helping to teach additional biological concepts such as reaction catalysis. One DNA sequence included in the kit codes for an enzyme that converts isoamyl alcohol into banana oil, producing a distinctive scent. Another DNA sequence produces an enzyme that can catalyze the formation of hydrogels. The kit also allows students to extract DNA from a fruit such as a banana or kiwi and then test it with a sensor that can distinguish between DNA sequences found in different types of fruit.
BioBits: Teaching synthetic biology to K-12 students
https://phys.org/news/2018-08-biobits-synthetic-biology-k-students.html
"...Now, a collaboration between the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, MIT, and Northwestern University has developed BioBits, new educational biology kits that use freeze-dried cell-free (FD-CF) reactions to enable students to perform a range of simple, hands-on biological experiments. The BioBits kits introduce molecular and synthetic biology concepts without the need for specialized lab equipment, at a fraction of the cost of current standard experimental designs. The kits are described in two papers published in Science Advances...."
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-08-biobits-synthetic-biology-k-students.html#jCp