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2018

Principles and practices, Hardware

Ethics and safety are essential considerations throughout (and beyond!) this class. We also look at hardware for biology, and how to build it.

2018

Next generation syntesis

Synthetic oligonucleotides (oligos) enable us to assemble novel DNA sequences or create copies of existing genes.

2018

Bio Design

DNA modification is fundamental to design in synthetic biology. For this week's assignment, you will learn to read DNA sequence files and see physical changes you will make to DNA molecules.

2018

Bio Production

How does engineering in biology differ from engineering in other fields? Learn what design principles can be applied to microbes, which are products of evolution.

2018

Synthetic minimal cells

In this class we will discuss what is a synthetic cell, what are they good for, and how to make them.

2018

Bio molecule sensors

Create and use biological sensors and look at computational protein modeling.

2018

3D Bioprinting

In the biofabrication and additive manufacturing module we will discuss how we can use naturally derived materials for making and building.

2018

Gut Microbiome

Design and build devices to simulate part of the human microbiome.

2018

FISSEQ and Expansion Microscopy

In this class, we will discuss the rationale for developing measurement technologies ("read") to complement these engineering tools ("write")

2018

Synthetic Development Biology

In this class we will discuss the biomimetic paradigm for tissue engineering (i.e. how to mimic developmental biology so as to grow tissues in the laboratory).

2018

Gene drives

Learn about human-designed technologies minimize interactions to enable modularity; genetic circuits evolved to promote a complex web of interactions that inhibit modular design.

2018

DNA paint

Follding DNA into whatever shape you like? Learn how to use caDNAno and in this class about DNA nanostructures.

2018

Genome engineering

Genome Design. Challenges of making multiple changes at once. Safety and containment considerations.