Press Review: what you might have already heard about SB through the mainstream news.
Seminal papers (oscillator + toggle switch)
Overview of the current research work + areas of application
Let's try to define Synthetic Biology (special focus on how SB differs from traditional genetic engineering)
Overview on the Foundations for Synthetic Biology ( Abstraction / Modularity, Standardisation, and Characterisation / Quality Control) - concepts will be developed further in later lectures -