Frontier Topics in Quantitative and Synthetic Biology
ENG-SCI 219
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Biology is undergoing an exciting transformation into a highly quantitative science. This quantitative and systems-level perspective underpins the emerging field of synthetic biology and efforts to design and engineer biological systems. Through close reading, critical discussion, and interrogation of landmark papers, students will gain an appreciation for the origins of quantitative reasoning and theory in biology and how these concepts and tools have driven modern developments in synthetic and systems biology. Topics can include fluctuations, cooperativity, genetic circuits and gene regulation, robust adaptation, kinetic proofreading, sequence analysis, protein modeling and design, and microbial ecology.
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