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Spring 2008 3-3-3
Instructors: Drew Endy and Natalie Kuldell
- Lecture: T/R 11:30-1 (26-152)
- Studio: W 2-5 (26-152)
Welcome to 20.020! A project-based introduction to the engineering of synthetic biological systems. In this subject, you will have an opportunity to develop projects that are responsive to real-world problems, using solutions that depend on biological technologies. Through interactive lectures and studio time, you will be introduced to
- (1) components and control of cellular behavior, in particular energy, modularity and heredity through time and space
- (2) DNA synthesis, standards, and abstraction in biological engineering
- (3) issues of human practice, including (a) biological safety, (b)security, (c) ownership, sharing, & innovation, and (d) ethics
We hope this subject will provide an engaging introduction for would-be biological engineers as well as a foundational framework for anyone interested in the responsible and reliable programming of genetic material.
Throughout the term we use challenges and puzzles to ask
- How can biology be made easier to engineer?
- What are the consequences of success?
- What clever ways has nature found to solve physical challenges?
- In what ways does nature innovate?
Your answers to these questions will provide useful tools, strategies and vocabulary to engineer your synthetic biological system
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