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Course description

This course will introduce the principles that underpin the development and implementation of synthetic biology approaches to address problems in industry, medicine, agriculture and other fields. We will explore how natural biological systems can be re-engineered by using biological molecules as `biobricks¿ in modular arrangements of parts assembled into functional synbio `devices¿ such as biocatalysts, novel metabolic pathways, genetic circuits, engineered organisms and DNA-scaffolded arrays. At the end of the course you will have a deep understanding of how the design-build-test-learn paradigm is used to develop innovative solutions to challenging global problems, such as in making processes environmentally friendly and sustainable, more effectively diagnosing and treating disease, enhancing food production and analysing and remediating pollution in the environment.

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