The Power of Small
The Power of Small The Bio-NEMS drill *Patent pending Resonator - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Power of Small The Bio-NEMS drill *Patent pending Resonator - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Power of Small The Bio-NEMS drill *Patent pending Resonator Image obtained from MEMS & Nanotechnology Exchange. <https://www.mems-exchange.org/MEMS/what-is.html> *Patent pending DNA Coiling *Patent pending Biological
The Bio-NEMS drill
*Patent pending
Resonator
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DNA Coiling
*Patent pending
Biological Resonator?
*Patent pending
IDEA: Mimic the chromatin’s nucleosome
*Patent pending
Survey
What is a Microelectromechanical System (MEMS)? NEMS
28.77 71.23
Know what a MEMS is Do NOT know what a MEMs is
*Patent pending Fedder, G.K. ; Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh ; Howe, R.T. ; Tsu-Jae King Liu ; Quevy, E.P.
Movie Projection
Disseminate Nanotechnology and its contribution to Synthetic Biology
*Patent pending
Some assumptions were made:
- All NPs are monocrystalline and equal
(Fe3O4, r=11nm and Fe3O4@SiO2, r= 21nm)
- The DNA coiled around acts as a rigid body.
- The force to unbind DNA from the protein is
about 6.3 pN.
6.3 pN
*Patent pending
Some assumptions were made:
- All NPs are monocrystalline and equal
(Fe3O4, r=11nm and Fe3O4@SiO2, r= 21nm)
- The DNA coiled around acts as a rigid body.
- The force to unbind DNA from the protein is
about 6.3 pN.
- DNA mass is insignificant compared to the
NP’s.
- All drags are the same
- Homogeneous medium
- The system can be reduced to a single mass
and drag
6.3 pN
*Patent pending
Bio – NEMS Drill
Lorentz force equation Drag force equation The amount of Bohr magnetons per unit cell Number of paired electrons Charge Total magnetic force Total force Amount of Nanoparticles
*Patent pending
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The Bio-NEMS drill
- Individual Components:
- Magnetic Nanoparticles
- Peptide
- Cross-linking agent
- DNA strand
*Patent pending
Nanoparticle Synthesis
- Co-precipitation
Method
- More tan 50 trials
- Functionalization
- Biocompatible
*Patent pending
Magnetite
- Superparamagnetic
- 22 nm monodisperse
*Patent pending
Peptide Assembly
- Trial 1: SASP
- Trial 2: HU
- DNA – binding
- Electrophoresis
*Patent pending
The Bio-NEMS drill
*Patent pending
Law Initiative
Difficulties with the importation of reactants and biological agents!
A law initiative came to be as a collaboration with the Tec Monterrey team.
*Patent pending
Is this real?
*Patent pending
Characterization
UV Spectroscopy 260 nm Blue: Np + DNA Green: Nanoparticles
Use of plasmids for characterization
- f the device
*Patent pending
Bio-NEMS Drill as a cloning vector
Improve genetic transformation
*Patent pending
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And the Brainstorm came…
*Patent pending
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The Test
Does it Work?
*Patent pending
Results
BBa_K737051 Used as control and DNA in our system for a traditional transformation and a Electroporation Method 60 to 80 Colonies in our Control against 80 to 100 in the enhanced electroporation
*Patent pending
The Joy of Sharing
*Patent pending
Achievements
Research fund for students’ projects!!! Deeper understanding
- f Synthetic
Biology!!!
*Patent pending
Low Budget project with great results!!!
*Patent pending
What’s next?
*Patent pending
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IT IS THE REAL DRILL!!
*Patent pending
iGEM Berlin
*Patent pending
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Marvellous doesn’t always come from complexity