CHE.496/2008/Schedule

Module 1 - Fundamentals of engineering biology

• Jan 17 - Introduction to course (what is synthetic biology?)
• Jan 22 - DNA, RNA, and proteins (molecular biology primer)
• Jan 24 - Biochemistry and metabolism
• Jan 29 - Genetic engineering and recombinant DNA technology
• Jan 31 - Biological system fabrication

Module 2 - Standardized biological parts & system design

• Feb 5 - Biobricks, DNA synthesis
• Feb 7 -
• Feb 12 -
• Feb 14 -

Module 3 - Genetic circuit & metabolic pathway engineering

• Feb 19 - Genes and signals
• Feb 21 - Genetic circuit engineering
• Feb 26 - Metabolic pathway engineering
• Feb 28 -

Module 4 - Bioinformatics & systems biology

• Mar 4 - Introduction to the omic sciences
• Mar 6 - Using online databases
• Mar 11 - Oral presentations of literature research
• Mar 13 - Oral presentations of literature research
• Mar 18 -
• Mar 20 -

Module 5 - Computational biology & system modeling

• Mar 25 -
• Mar 27 -
• Apr 1 -
• Apr 3 -

Module 6 - Safety, ethics, policy and business

• Apr 8 - Biological safety, security and policy
• 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