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*'''Intro to OpenWetWare''' | *'''Intro to OpenWetWare''' | ||
*'''Intelligent Design [http://sciencereview.berkeley.edu/articles.php?issue=8&article=synthbio link] | *'''Intelligent Design [http://sciencereview.berkeley.edu/articles.php?issue=8&article=synthbio link] | ||
**Purpose: This articles provides an overview of synthetic biology including its roots, motivation, and safety concerns. | |||
**We already have a "parts-list" for the cell and are now able to begin to understand how these parts interact to form complex systems (living organisms). This is what synthetic biology does; it puts the pieces back together. So, the goal of synthetic biology is two-fold: to test our knowledge of biological systems by simply building these systems from the bottom-up ''and'' to create novel biological systems for practical purposes, to solve problems. | |||
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* '''Extreme genetic engineering: an introduction to synthetic biology [http://www.etcgroup.org/en/materials/publications.html?pub_id=602 link] | * '''Extreme genetic engineering: an introduction to synthetic biology [http://www.etcgroup.org/en/materials/publications.html?pub_id=602 link] | ||
**Purpose: This articles provides a wide-angle view of synthetic biology including each of its main project branches. | |||
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*'''Problem-based learning exercise''' | *'''Problem-based learning exercise''' | ||
**One of the major goals of this course is to stimulate the independent, critical thinking and problem-solving that is necessary to operate a student research group such as the Virginia Genetically Engineered Machine Team. To jump-start this, we will work together as a group to solve a problem. | |||
Revision as of 11:23, 16 January 2008
Synthetic biology overview
- Course overview
- Intro to OpenWetWare
- Intelligent Design link
- Purpose: This articles provides an overview of synthetic biology including its roots, motivation, and safety concerns.
- We already have a "parts-list" for the cell and are now able to begin to understand how these parts interact to form complex systems (living organisms). This is what synthetic biology does; it puts the pieces back together. So, the goal of synthetic biology is two-fold: to test our knowledge of biological systems by simply building these systems from the bottom-up and to create novel biological systems for practical purposes, to solve problems.
- Extreme genetic engineering: an introduction to synthetic biology link
- Purpose: This articles provides a wide-angle view of synthetic biology including each of its main project branches.
- Problem-based learning exercise
- One of the major goals of this course is to stimulate the independent, critical thinking and problem-solving that is necessary to operate a student research group such as the Virginia Genetically Engineered Machine Team. To jump-start this, we will work together as a group to solve a problem.
