Week 1: May 23 - May 27

Wet Lab

• Training begins
• Grow Top 10 competent cells.

Dry Lab

• Brainstorm genetic circuits for a thallium sensor
• Lab safety training

Week 2: May 31 - June 3

Wet Lab

• Test efficiency of competent cells

Cell Free Extract

• Test cell free extract reaction with T7-GFP plasmid

Dry Lab

• Contact museums and summer programs for outreach opportunities
• Lab safety training

Week 3: June 6 - June 12

Wet Lab

Reporter

• Transform T7 promoter, amilCP, and terminator
• Begin assembly by ligating linearized T7 promoter and amilCP

Dry Lab

• Contact museums and summer programs for outreach opportunities

Week 4: June 13 - June 17

Wet Lab

Reporter

• Transform T7-GFP plasmid, lacZ alpha fragment, and eGFP
• Send promising T7 promoter -- amilCP ligations to be sequenced
• Perform double digest of T7 promoter and terminator from last week
• Ligate double-digested T7 promoter to new reporters (lacZ and eGFP)

Dry Lab

• TECBio, DiSCoBio, and Tissue Engineering Camp outreach opportunities set

Week 5: June 20 - June 26

Wet Lab

Reporter

• Ligate T7 promoter -- amilCP construct to terminator
• Extract successful ligations of T7 promoter to eGFP
• Ligate T7 promoter -- eGFP construct to terminator

Cell Free Extract

• Reaction volume can be reduced to 5 μL with 5 ng/μL of DNA

Toehold Switch

• Collins triggers activate the switches (both in plasmid form) to express LacZ

Dry Lab

• Reach out to teams to collaborate based on last year's projects