CHE.496/2008/Schedule

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Module 1 - Fundamentals of synthetic biology

• Jan 17 - Course introduction
• Jan 22 - Synthetic biology overview
• Jan 24 - Foundational technologies
• Jan 29 - Engineering principles
• Jan 31 - Practical applications

Module 2 - Parts, devices & systems design

• Feb 5 - Biobricks and design overview
• Feb 7 - Genetic programming, Gene Designer, codon optimization
• Feb 12 - Synthetic genes, biological machines, and minimal genomes
• Feb 14 - Case studies in synthetic biology

Module 3 - Genetic circuit & metabolic pathway engineering

• Feb 19 - Final project discussion
• Feb 21 - Genetic circuit engineering
• Feb 26 - Metabolic pathway engineering
• Feb 28 - Protein engineering

Module 4 - Bioinformatics & systems biology

• Mar 4 - Spring break
• Mar 6 - Spring break
• Mar 11 - Oral presentations of literature research
• Mar 13 - Oral presentations of literature research
• Mar 18 - Bioinformatics and online databases
• Mar 20 - Systems biology and the omic sciences

Module 5 - Computational biology & system modeling

• Mar 25 - Mathematical biology
• Mar 27 - Genome-scale metabolic models
• Apr 1 - Modeling genetic regulatory networks
• Apr 3 - Systems biotechnology and CellDesigner

Module 6 - Social, legal and ethical implications

• Apr 8 - Biological safety and security
• Apr 10 - Bioethics
• Apr 15 - Ownership and sharing
• Apr 17 - Bio-business
• Apr 22 - Oral presentations of original project design
• Apr 24 - Oral presentations of original project design
• Apr 29 - Review of course