Course Description
Advanced concepts and techniques of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology that enable the fast development of microbial cell factories.
Athena Title
Adv Metabol Engr Synth Biol
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will be exposed to the advanced concepts of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology. Students will gain deep understanding of the mechanisms and implementation of cutting- edge metabolic engineering and synthetic biology techniques. Students will be capable of applying the advanced concepts and techniques of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology or developing new ones to address a broad range of current topics in biological, biochemical, and biomedical-related Engineering disciplines. The course will provide interdisciplinary training to the students from both biological sciences and engineering.
Topical Outline
The topics that will be covered include: 1) Concepts and techniques related to synthesis and assembly of large DNA fragments 2) Concepts and techniques related to static and dynamic control of metabolic pathways 3) Concepts and techniques related to genome editing 4) Concepts and techniques related to evolutionary and genome engineering The topics are expected to be enriched and updated periodically by emerging concepts and techniques.
Syllabus
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