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 - Genetic programming
• Feb 05 - Biobricks and design overview
• Feb 07 - Practical applications
• Feb 12 - Biological safety and security
• Feb 14 - Ownership and sharing

Module 2 - Engineered biological systems

• Feb 19 - Synthetic genes, biological machines, and minimal genomes
• Feb 21 - Case studies in synthetic biology
• Feb 26 - Oral presentations of literature research
• Feb 28 - Oral presentations of literature research
• Mar 04 - Spring break
• Mar 06 - Spring break
• Mar 11 - Genetic circuit engineering
• Mar 13 - Genetic circuit engineering
• Mar 18 - Metabolic pathway engineering
• Mar 20 - Metabolic pathway engineering
• Mar 25 - Biological network engineering

Module 3 - Systems biology and modeling

• Mar 27 - Bioinformatics and online databases
• Apr 01 - Systems biology and the 'omic sciences
• Apr 03 - Mathematical biology
• Apr 08 - Mathematical biology
• Apr 10 - Genome-scale metabolic models
• Apr 15 - Modeling genetic regulatory networks
• Apr 17 - Systems biotechnology
• Apr 22 - Oral presentations of original project design
• Apr 24 - Oral presentations of original project design
• Apr 29 - Review of course