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==Course overview== | ==Course overview== | ||
Focuses on modern technologies with exponential growth and their impact on global quality of life through weekly updated Wiki class project (in-depth case studies on personal genomics and/or biofuels). Integrating knowledge, tools for research, and commercial decision-making concerning new aspects of bioengineering, personalized medicine, genetically modified organisms, and stem cells. Interplays of biophysical, ecological, economic, and social/ethical modeling will be explored through multi-disciplinary teams of students, and individual brief reports. | Focuses on modern technologies with exponential growth and their impact on global quality of life through weekly updated Wiki class project (in-depth case studies on personal genomics and/or biofuels). Integrating knowledge, tools for research, and commercial decision-making concerning new aspects of bioengineering, personalized medicine, genetically modified organisms, and stem cells. Interplays of biophysical, ecological, economic, and social/ethical modeling will be explored through multi-disciplinary teams of students, and individual brief reports. | ||
==Potential course projects== | |||
'''Earth 2.0''' | |||
*Analytic | |||
**Bioweather map. Collection and use of real-time sequencing data to track spread of diseases, virus outbreaks, etc. | |||
*Synthetic | |||
**Bioenergy. Integrated metabolic, genetic, economic, process, environmental modeling. | |||
'''H. sapiens 2.0''' | |||
*Analytic | |||
**Personal Genome Project – What could we do with a ten (or a million) full genome (or exome) sequences? | |||
*Synthetic | |||
**Cell therapies – See http://www.synberc.org/ for more info | |||
==Logistics== | ==Logistics== | ||
Revision as of 13:54, 14 December 2006
Course overview
Focuses on modern technologies with exponential growth and their impact on global quality of life through weekly updated Wiki class project (in-depth case studies on personal genomics and/or biofuels). Integrating knowledge, tools for research, and commercial decision-making concerning new aspects of bioengineering, personalized medicine, genetically modified organisms, and stem cells. Interplays of biophysical, ecological, economic, and social/ethical modeling will be explored through multi-disciplinary teams of students, and individual brief reports.
Potential course projects
Earth 2.0
- Analytic
- Bioweather map. Collection and use of real-time sequencing data to track spread of diseases, virus outbreaks, etc.
- Synthetic
- Bioenergy. Integrated metabolic, genetic, economic, process, environmental modeling.
H. sapiens 2.0
- Analytic
- Personal Genome Project – What could we do with a ten (or a million) full genome (or exome) sequences?
- Synthetic
- Cell therapies – See http://www.synberc.org/ for more info
Logistics
- Meeting time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00—11:30 am
- Location: Cambridge campus, exact room to be determined
- No exams
- No prerequisites
- Grading
- 25% Participation
- 25% Personal wiki page (weekly assignments)
- 25% 5-minute presentations
- 25% Contribution to group project
Background Info and previous class projects
