VCU/Courses/Synthetic Biology Fundamentals/Schedule

Module 1 - Introduction

 * '''Aug 24 - Synthetic Biology Overview
 * '''Aug 26 - Enabling Technologies and Principles

Module 3 - Design

 * '''Aug 31 - Biological Systems
 * '''Sep 02 - Genetic Programming
 * '''Sep 07 - no class
 * '''Sep 09 - Standardized Parts and Higher-level Design
 * '''Sep 14 - Lab: Transformation - Purification I
 * '''Sep 16 - Lab: Transformation - Purification II

Module 2 - Synthesis

 * '''Sep 21 - Genetic Engineering Work Flow
 * '''Sep 23 - BioBrick Assembly
 * '''Sep 28 - Metabolic Pathways
 * '''Sep 30 - DNA Fabrication and Codon Optimization
 * '''Oct 05 - Genetic Circuits
 * '''Oct 07 - Presentation I: Review of a synthetic biology project
 * '''Oct 12 - Lab: Separation, Construction and Implementation I
 * '''Oct 14 - no class

Module 2 - Analysis

 * '''Oct 19 - Project discussion
 * '''Oct 21 - Lab: Separation, Construction and Implementation II
 * '''Oct 26 - Transcriptomics
 * '''Oct 28 - ??
 * '''Nov 02 - Proteomics
 * '''Nov 04 - Metabolomics
 * '''Nov 09 - Lab: Flow cytometry
 * '''Nov 11 - ??

Module 3 - Modeling

 * '''Nov 16 - Constraint-based modeling
 * '''Nov 18 - Dynamic modeling
 * '''Nov 23 - Lab: Bacterial photography
 * '''Nov 25 - No class (read instead)
 * '''Nov 30 - Presentation II: Design of a synthetic biological System
 * '''Dec 02 - Course Review