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==materials for teaching undergrads==
Beyond iGEM, there are some initial teaching efforts from courses taught at <br> UC Berkeley [[http://openwetware.org/wiki/Keasling%3A_Synthetic_Biology_Class]] <br> and at MIT [[http://openwetware.org/wiki/BE.109]] and [[http://openwetware.org/wiki/BE.180]]. Some of the MIT material was adapted as iGEM 06 teaching material at BU [[http://parts.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/BU06%3AReading_and_Discussion_1]] so it didn't take long for the use of even a fledgling curriculum effort to spread.
Hopefully, as Synthetic Biology advances, the research will provide examples and technologies that capture the distinguishing aspects of the field. It would be great if teaching materials could be developed in parallel to rigorously educate a larger number students who might later do this work. Perhaps somewhere in your review there could be an explicit call for curriculum development as well. -[[User:Nkuldell | Natalie]]


==other ideas==
==other ideas==
*I think it would be nice to see where Systems Biology meets Synthetic Biology, e.g the use of modeling tools in synthetic biology.
*I think it would be nice to see where Systems Biology meets Synthetic Biology, e.g the use of modeling tools in synthetic biology.

Revision as of 10:28, 15 June 2006

David Drubin and Pam Silver are writing an in depth review article on Synthetic Biology for Genes and Development. We would very much like input from the community. Please post any suggestions or papers that you would like us to talk about here. Thanks!

artificial vesicle based biology

  1. Noireaux V, Bar-Ziv R, Godefroy J, Salman H, and Libchaber A. Toward an artificial cell based on gene expression in vesicles. Phys Biol. 2005 Sep 15;2(3):P1-8. DOI:10.1088/1478-3975/2/3/P01 | PubMed ID:16224117 | HubMed [lib1]
  2. Noireaux V and Libchaber A. A vesicle bioreactor as a step toward an artificial cell assembly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Dec 21;101(51):17669-74. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0408236101 | PubMed ID:15591347 | HubMed [lib2]
  3. Chen IA, Roberts RW, and Szostak JW. The emergence of competition between model protocells. Science. 2004 Sep 3;305(5689):1474-6. DOI:10.1126/science.1100757 | PubMed ID:15353806 | HubMed [szostak]

All Medline abstracts: PubMed | HubMed

Mathematical or Quantitative (Predictive) Models of Gene Networks

  1. Tuttle LM, Salis H, Tomshine J, and Kaznessis YN. Model-driven designs of an oscillating gene network. Biophys J. 2005 Dec;89(6):3873-83. DOI:10.1529/biophysj.105.064204 | PubMed ID:16183880 | HubMed [lib]

materials for teaching undergrads

Beyond iGEM, there are some initial teaching efforts from courses taught at
UC Berkeley [[1]]
and at MIT [[2]] and [[3]]. Some of the MIT material was adapted as iGEM 06 teaching material at BU [[4]] so it didn't take long for the use of even a fledgling curriculum effort to spread.

Hopefully, as Synthetic Biology advances, the research will provide examples and technologies that capture the distinguishing aspects of the field. It would be great if teaching materials could be developed in parallel to rigorously educate a larger number students who might later do this work. Perhaps somewhere in your review there could be an explicit call for curriculum development as well. - Natalie

other ideas

  • I think it would be nice to see where Systems Biology meets Synthetic Biology, e.g the use of modeling tools in synthetic biology.