CHE.496/2008/Schedule

Module 1 - Fundamentals of engineering biology

• Jan 17 - Introduction to the course and OpenWetWare
• 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 - Genetic programming and design overview
• Feb 7 - Foundational technologies
• Feb 12 - Biobricks
• Feb 14 - Synthetic biological systems (case studies)

Module 3 - Genetic circuit & metabolic pathway engineering

• Feb 19 - Genes and signals
• 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 the omic sciences
• Mar 20 - Online databases

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

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