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<p>Our project intends to create a generation counter in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The yeast cell would express fluorescent proteins of different colors according to the number of daughter cells spawn. Nowadays, the replicative age of a yeast cell is determined by counting the budding scars with the help of a microscope. This process is time-consuming and not automated. Once our idea is implemented, it would be possible to use a flow cytometric device to sort the cells according to their color and, consequently, generation number. To achieve that, we are building genetic circuits with a logical AND gate ensuring generation specific expression of different fluorescent proteins.
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Our project intends to create a generation counter in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.  
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This process is time-consuming and not automated. Once our idea is implemented,
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to their color and, consequently, generation number. To achieve that, we are  
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Nowadays the determination of replicative age of yeast cells is done by
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counting the budding scars of each cell in a microscope, a process time consuming
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and not effective. Our team goal with the iGEM project is to construct a yeast
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generation counter. The idea is that each time the cell divides a different
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florescent protein [1, 2] is produced. Therefore by examining the cell under a
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divided. This would be achieved by constructing a logical AND gate in the cell [3]
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dCas9-VP64 is an engineered turntable transcription factor only active when dimerized
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with an interchangeable gRNA molecule. The gRNA also determines the specificity of
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produced in the G1 phase. When the Cas9 and gRNA dimerize and the transcription factor
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a new gRNA molecule to act as a memory for the next cycle. Once this age counter is
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<h4>References</h4>
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<li>Hackett, E.A., et al., A family of destabilized cyan fluorescent proteins as
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transcriptional reporters in S. cerevisiae. Yeast, 2006. 23(5): p. 333-349.</li>
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<li>Andersen, J.B., et al., New unstable variants of green fluorescent protein for
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studies of transient gene expression in bacteria. Applied and environmental microbiology,
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1998. 64(6): p. 2240-2246.</li>
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<li>Moon, T.S., et al., Genetic programs constructed from layered logic gates in single
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cells. Nature, 2012. 491(7423): p. 249-253.</li>
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<li>Farzadfard, F., S.D. Perli, and T.K. Lu, Tunable and multifunctional eukaryotic
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transcription factors based on CRISPR/Cas. ACS synthetic biology, 2013. 2(10): p.
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604-613.</li>
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<li>Nasmyth, K., At the heart of the budding yeast cell cycle. Trends in Genetics,
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Introduction

Our project intends to create a generation counter in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The yeast cell would express fluorescent proteins of different colors according to the number of daughter cells spawn. Nowadays, the replicative age of a yeast cell is determined by counting the budding scars with the help of a microscope. This process is time-consuming and not automated. Once our idea is implemented, it would be possible to use a flow cytometric device to sort the cells according to their color and, consequently, generation number. To achieve that, we are building genetic circuits with a logical AND gate ensuring generation specific expression of different fluorescent proteins.


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