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ABE 54000 - Principles Of Systems & Synthetic Biology


Credit Hours: 3.00.  Synthetic biology harnesses the power and adaptability of biology to engineer living systems that address grand societal challenges. This course introduces students to fundamental concepts and techniques in this interdisciplinary discipline, and studies state-of-the-art techniques from the primary literature. The course follows the standard Design-Build-Test-Learn (DBTL) cycle of contemporary practice and includes topics such as biological circuit design, advanced DNA assembly techniques, genome editing technologies, next generation sequencing, and directed evolution. Typically offered Fall.Credits: 3.00