This course is conceived to provide the basis and instruments to explore the multifaceted field of Synthetic biology.
The first half of the course will cover the principle of synthetic biology: its history and applications, the engineering cycle, rational design approaches and the analysis of the most common genetic circuits and network motifs developed in literature.
In-silico instruments will also be introduced, to enable systems simulations and genetic network characterization.
A group project will be assigned to students, to stimulate a critical analysis of biotechnological problems to be faced through a synthetic biology approach.
The second half of the course will be organized as a series of 3 modules characterized by lectures on relevant case studies in the fields of plant synthetic biology and synthetic immunology.
Students will be asked to choose among a series of articles provided by the lecturers and group-organized journal club activities will be performed and evaluated at the end of each module.
The first half of the course will cover the principle of synthetic biology: its history and applications, the engineering cycle, rational design approaches and the analysis of the most common genetic circuits and network motifs developed in literature.
In-silico instruments will also be introduced, to enable systems simulations and genetic network characterization.
A group project will be assigned to students, to stimulate a critical analysis of biotechnological problems to be faced through a synthetic biology approach.
The second half of the course will be organized as a series of 3 modules characterized by lectures on relevant case studies in the fields of plant synthetic biology and synthetic immunology.
Students will be asked to choose among a series of articles provided by the lecturers and group-organized journal club activities will be performed and evaluated at the end of each module.
- Enseignant: Massimo Bellato