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| Teaching Introduction to synthetic biology (EE400D/546A, CSE490V/599V, BioEn498D/599D) Synthetic biology is the application of engineering principles to biology with the dual goals of (i) building new functional biological systems (for example for the production of biofuels or drugs) and (ii) understanding biology by re-engineering it (“what I cannot create I do not understand”, R. Feynman). Intro to Synthetic Biology is an introduction to the theory and practice of building artificial biochemical reaction networks and devices. Presently artificial biochemical devices and circuits are difficult to design, behave unpredictably, and are difficult to analyze; however new tools and approaches are emerging rapidly and promise to make engineering living systems and components broadly useful. Many of these emerging tools are based on tools in computer science (digitial logic, automata theory) and electrical engineering (circuit theory, feedback control, signal processing, dynamical systems). Concepts from synthetic biology have applications in cell and tissue engineering, gene therapy, biologically derived drugs and materials, alternative fuels, biosensors, and much more. class web pageMolecular Programming CSE599X class web page
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