How to Assemble and Test A Genetically Engineered Machine In Six Weeks iGEM Jamboree November 3rd and 4th, 2007 Cambridge MA Kiran, Krishna, Mukund, Navneet, Nilesh, Senthil, Shashanka, Sugat, Sushant, Varun, Vini, Vivek National Centre for Biological Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Bangalore, India Countdown to iGEM An all-undergraduate team, with members from around the country, bringing together skills from biology, physics, chemistry, computer science, and engineering Only 6 weeks to get something done! -100 04.05 - 04.15 Constructs designed -90 04.15 - 06.10 Constructs synthesized -44 -40 -20 0 06.01 06.05 - 06.24 06.25 - 07.12 Team assembles Preliminary measurements Final measurements 07.14 07.15 Showtime! Back to school Nilesh Shashanka 11.03 iGEM, Cambridge MA Navneet Vivek Krishna Vini Mukund Varun Sushant Senthil Synthetic Biology: Bottom-Up Engineering of Living Systems Complex devices Simple parts Our Goal: To Understand a Complex Device By Characterizing its Simple Parts Simple Parts: Open Loops Complex Device: Closed Loops Loop Theory input param output Open loop p1 output Open loop characteristic input Equivalence p1 state param Closed loop Closed loop response state parameter D Angeli, JD Ferrell & ED Sontag (2004) Loop Theory input EQ param output Open loop p1 output Open loop characteristic input Equivalence p1 state param Closed loop Closed loop response state parameter D Angeli, JD Ferrell & ED Sontag (2004) Loop Theory input EQ param output Open loop p1 output Open loop characteristic input Equivalence p1 state param Closed loop Closed loop response state parameter D Angeli, JD Ferrell & ED Sontag (2004) Loop Theory input EQ param output Open loop p2 output Open loop characteristic input Equivalence p2 state param Closed loop Closed loop response state parameter D Angeli, JD Ferrell & ED Sontag (2004) Loop Theory input EQ param p3 output Open loop output Open loop characteristic input Equivalence p3 state param Closed loop Closed loop response state parameter D Angeli, JD Ferrell & ED Sontag (2004) The Parts-List tet regulatory module lac regulatory module Inducer: IPTG Inducer: aTc lac repressor: lacI tet repressor: tetR lac promoter: pL tet promoter: pT lux regulatory module fluorescent reporters lux gene 1: luxI Inducer: AI cfp reporter: C lux gene 2: luxR yfp reporter: Y lux promoter: pR The Parts-List lac regulatory module tet regulatory module IPTG aTc reporter reporter LacI TetR pLac pTet lux regulatory module AI LuxI pX LuxR reporter pR The Main Constructs Host Strain Ecoli K12Z1 Sender Closed-loop receiver Open-loop receiver p1.lacI::p2.tetR pT.luxI.C pR.luxR.Y pL.luxR.Y::pR.C K12Z1 generated b y S. Dab holkar from DH5αZ1 (Lutz & Bujard 1997) Plasmid cloning b y C hromous Biotech Genetic Implementation of Loops Open loop Closed loop Equivalence Experimental Protocol S (sender) R (receiver) aTc S AI accumulates ~12h Harvest at OD600 = 0.2 S +R S (sender) -S Imaging R (receiver) IPTG R Equilib ration ~12h Harvest at OD600 < 0.1 R Imaging Fluorescence Imaging cfp filter yfp filter LuxI.C aTc pT LuxI.C aTc (ng/ml) IPTG pL yfp filter LuxR.Y cfp filter LuxR.Y IPTG (uM) LuxI.C LuxR.Y Open-Loop Characteristic IPTG (uM) C IPTG (uM) aTc (ng/ml) 0 aTc (ng/ml) 6x7x2 = 84 full-day experimental runs! LuxI.C LuxR.Y Open-Loop Characteristic IPTG (uM) pR.C pL.luxR.Y aTc (ng/ml) pT.luxI.C Equivalences C IPTG pL LuxR.Y IPTG LuxR.Y pL C C IPTG pL LuxI.C IPTG (uM) LuxI.C LuxR in Closed Loop parameter input output parameter state LuxR in Closed Loop parameter input C OL (50 aTc) OL (0 aTc) Open loop characteristic output LuxR.Y C IPTG (uM) parameter 0 state aTc (ng/ml) LuxR in Closed Loop parameter EQ input C OL (50 aTc) OL (0 aTc) Open loop characteristic output LuxR.Y parameter LuxR.Y predicted observed Closed loop response state Closed-loop data is preliminary, analyzed at midnight, July 14th! LuxI.C It worked! Same Parts, Many Networks LuxI in Closed Loop input parameter output parameter state LuxI in Closed Loop parameter C OL (1000 IPTG) OL (100 IPTG) OL (10 IPTG) Open loop characteristic output parameter LuxI.C C IPTG (uM) input 0 state aTc (ng/ml) LuxI in Closed Loop EQ parameter OL (1000 IPTG) OL (100 IPTG) C input OL (10 IPTG) Open loop characteristic output LuxI.C parameter LuxI.C predicted Closed loop response state Experiments ongoing to validate these predictions! LuxR.Y Bistable response! Pr oo fo fp rin ci pl e! Same Parts, Many Responses! Monostable Gradual response Bistable Sharp response Same Parts, Many Responses! Parts Datasheets The Team Instructor: Mukund Thattai, Physics (NCBS Bangalore) Advisors: Sugat Dabholkar, Biology (graduate student, NCBS) Navneet Rai, Biological Sciences (graduate student, IIT Bombay) Nilesh Aghera, Biochemistry (graduate student, NCBS) Vivek Raj, Biology (Technician, NCBS) Kiran Hegde (Chromous Biotech) Student members: Krishna Ramkumar, Chemistry (IIT Bombay) Varun Sreenivasan, Biological Sciences (St. Xavier’s Bombay) Sushant More, Mathematics (IISER Pune) Shashanka Kundu, Computer Science (St. Stephen’s Delhi) Vini Gautam, Physics (Delhi University) Senthil Kumar, Bioinformatics (PSG Coimbatore) Supported by: www.ncbs.res.in Mukund conceived the experiments Mukund & Sugat designed the constructs Kiran synthesized the constructs at Chromous Biotech The entire team designed the experimental protocols Krishna & Varun performed the measurements Sushant and Shashanka worked on computational modeling Sushant, Shashanka, Vini & Senthil analyzed the data The entire team updated the wiki Mukund designed the parts data-sheets
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