VCU/Courses/Synthetic Biology Fundamentals: Difference between revisions

From OpenWetWare
Jump to navigationJump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 6: Line 6:
==Course Overview==
==Course Overview==
<br />
<br />
This seminar course aims to provide an introduction to the field of synthetic biology, a survey of current synthetic biology research and a conceptual foundation for synthetic biological system design and construction.
This seminar course aims to introduce foundational concepts in synthetic biology and survey current synthetic biology research.
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Synthetic biology is emerging as a new engineering discipline, applying engineering principles such as the standardization of modular components, the hierarchical abstraction of complex systems, and the characterization of both components and systems to biology, allowing the decoupling of construction from design.  Novel biological systems may be engineered to solve industrial, medical and environmental engineering problems such as the bioremediation of toxic waste, the microbial production of the anti-malarial drug artemisinin, and the biosynthesis of hydrogen or butanol as an alternative fuel source.
Synthetic biology is emerging as a rational, universal framework for designing and constructing biological systems by applying engineering principles such as standardization (e.g., of modular components) and abstraction (e.g., of complex systems) to biology with the aim of designing new biological components/systems or re-designing natural biological components/systems for novel purposes.  This concept of synthetic biology is not a new one, but has recently been enabled by de novo DNA synthesis technology, the streamlined practice of recombinant DNA technology (i.e., genetic "engineering") and the knowledge generated by both molecular and systems biology.  Novel biological systems may be engineered to solve industrial, medical and environmental engineering problems such as the biosensing and bioremediation of toxins, the microbial production of vaccines and drugs, and the biosynthesis of future transportation fuels.  
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />

Revision as of 12:33, 26 February 2009

Synthetic Biology Fundamentals

Home        Schedule        Assignments        Labs        Projects       

Course Overview


This seminar course aims to introduce foundational concepts in synthetic biology and survey current synthetic biology research.

Synthetic biology is emerging as a rational, universal framework for designing and constructing biological systems by applying engineering principles such as standardization (e.g., of modular components) and abstraction (e.g., of complex systems) to biology with the aim of designing new biological components/systems or re-designing natural biological components/systems for novel purposes. This concept of synthetic biology is not a new one, but has recently been enabled by de novo DNA synthesis technology, the streamlined practice of recombinant DNA technology (i.e., genetic "engineering") and the knowledge generated by both molecular and systems biology. Novel biological systems may be engineered to solve industrial, medical and environmental engineering problems such as the biosensing and bioremediation of toxins, the microbial production of vaccines and drugs, and the biosynthesis of future transportation fuels.

Course designer: George McArthur
Faculty administrator: Dr. Stephen Fong
Meeting times: TBA
Questions? Contact George McArthur

Background

News

  • Under construction!


Retrieved from "https://openwetware.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=VCU/Courses/Synthetic_Biology_Fundamentals&oldid=289645"