Synthetic Biology Lab: Engineered Genetic Blinkers
Drew Endy, Tom Knight, Gerald Sussman, Randy Rettberg
Mon-Fri, Jan 6-10, 13-17, 21-24, 27-31, 12-03:00pm, NE43-911
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 01-Dec-2002
Limited to 16 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Limited enrollment; contact instructors at email address below. Hands-on introduction to the design and fabrication of synthetic biological systems. Students will work together in small teams to specify and design engineered genetic networks that program cells to periodically emit light. Each team will have access to a "standard parts list" of pre-existing biological components and will also be provided a budget for de novo DNA synthesis. Class time will be spent discussing biological component device physics, system application specifications, biological systems analysis and fabrication, and principles of modern systems design. Final system designs will be shipped for off-site fabrication on 01/31/03 and will return for evaluation and debugging in April. Jointly sponsored by Course VI and the Biological Engineering Division.
Contact: Drew Endy, Tom Knight, Gerald Sussman, Randy Rettberg, wetware@mit.edu
Sponsor: Biology
Latest update: 05-Dec-2002
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