Harvard:Biophysics 101/2009

Course overview

Focuses on modern technologies with exponential growth and their impact on global quality of life through weekly updated Wiki class project (in-depth case studies on synthetic biology applied to personal genomics). Integrating knowledge, tools for research, and commercial decision-making concerning new aspects of bioengineering, personalized medicine, genetically modified organisms, and stem cells. Interplays of biophysical, ecological, economic, and social/ethical modeling will be explored through multi-disciplinary teams of students, and individual brief reports.

This course can be cross-registered through MIT under HST.510

Potential course projects

Synthetic Biology for Personalized Medicine (H. sapiens 2.0)

• Diagnostics: Disease Risk Calculator web-tool that incorporates family history, lifestyle risk, and individual genotype, 2007 Course Project and PGP for more info.
• Prevention: Bioweather map. Collection and use of real-time assays to track virus outbreaks, etc.
• Treatment: Background Reading and Tumor Killing Bacteria for more info.

Logistics

• Meeting time: Wednesday, 12:00-1:30 pm
• First class Wed 28-Jan-2009.
• Location: TBD
• No exams
• No prerequisites
• Grading: TBD

Previous Course Links

• 2007
• 2005
• 2003 and earlier

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