Difference between revisions of "An Introduction to BioBricks"

BioBricks are a set of interchangable parts, designed with a view to building biological systems in living cells. The picture to the left shows BioBrick part BBa_0034 within a plasmid. The yellow arrow represents the plasmid's antibiotic resistance gene and the green arrow, its origin of replication. For more information see:

• BioBrick Names
• Types of BioBrick
• Plasmids Introduction

BioBrick parts can be assembled to form useful devices, through a process often refeed to as 'Standard Assembly' This uses normal cloning techniques based on restriction enzymes, purification, ligation, and transformation. BioBrick parts are composable; allowing endless numbers of biobricks to be pieced together to form higher systems.

The assembly to the left shows 3 BioBricks assembled to create a simple device. You can learn more about this device by following the link to its associated page in the registry. You may like look into:

• Standard Assembly - The classical method of BioBrick assembly, done at the lab bench
• BioBrick Restriction Enzymes
• Rolling Assembly
• Automated assembly - currently in late stage development at iGEM labs