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Team:Cooper Union/Outreach
From 2014.igem.org
In order to reach out to the local children, we prepared presentations about our projects for The Cooper Union Summer STEM iGEM children! YAY!
For De Novo Synthesizer project, we presented a brief introduction to our research, which is about creating a novel microfluidic platform for DNA synthesis that allows people to synthesize a personalized strand of DNA in lab without use of a template strand. Along with the timelines of experiments and research process, we also provided with background information about enzyme kinetics and activities. To help them understand the concepts better, we let them to mimic enzymatic activities by transferring small candies to a different container. Using different tools and methods that aids or prevents transferring, students were able to understand the concepts of enzyme kinematics including the characteristics of enzyme, conformational changes, and influence of inhibitors and activators. Students actively participated, came up with novel ideas of possible conformational changes, and asked interesting questions.
