1. SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY (Spring 2012 )
M.Sc. level, 75h, 5 credit, course code: 040342209
Symbiosis School of Biomedical Sciences, SIU, Pune
Instructor: Pawan K. Dhar
- Fundamentals of engineering – parts, devices, circuits, Logic gates, Truth Table, digital and analog circuits, circuit design
- Synthetic Biology: Definition and scope, historical perspective, Natural v/s Engineering systems, Directed evolution
- MIT Registry of Standard Biological parts
- Writing DNA : DNA synthesis, artificial genes, never born proteins, non‐natural nucleic acids
- Devices and circuits: Bacterial camera, toggle switch, logic gates, oscillators, pulse generators, time delayed circuits,
Bioplastics, Artemisinin, DNA origami, RNA based designs, genome engineering, biofuel - microbial and minimal synthetic cell,
- Safety and Legal issues: Ethics, bio‐security, Bio‐safety
- Intellectual Property, major global events
2. SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY (Spring 2014)
Shiv Nadar University, G. Noida
M.Sc. level, 3 credit, course code: BIO 535
Instructors: Pawan K. Dhar, Shailja Singh
Theory: Introduction to logic gates, analog and digital systems, historical perspective of synthetic biology, biobricks, MIT Registry of standard Biological parts, gene truth table, synthetic genes and proteins, repressilator, bacterial camera, toggle switch, minimal synthetic cell, synthesizing genome, BioCAD platforms, iGEM, ethics, safety, applications.
Practicals: Making vector constructs, Cloning, Expression measurement, making parts datasheet, synthetic proteins, computational synthetic biology
3. SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY (Fall 2015)
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Pre PhD level, 3 credit, course code:
Instructor: Pawan K. Dhar
Theory: General introduction - the need and foundational concepts, From Chemistry to biology : the origin of life, Historical survey of major developments in synthetic biology, Building standards in biology and bioCAD tool DNA origami, Designing novel parts (genes, RNA and proteins), devices (toogle switch, logic gates and circuits (repressilator), organisms (synthetic cell), synthetic biology applications (plastics, rubber, ethanol, hydrogen, microbial fuel cell) Building the genome and Long DNA synthesis, Reconstructing viruses, 3D bioprinting, storing computer data in DNA , Biobricks and iGEM competition, ethics, legal, biosafety, biosecurity
M.Sc. level, 75h, 5 credit, course code: 040342209
Symbiosis School of Biomedical Sciences, SIU, Pune
Instructor: Pawan K. Dhar
- Fundamentals of engineering – parts, devices, circuits, Logic gates, Truth Table, digital and analog circuits, circuit design
- Synthetic Biology: Definition and scope, historical perspective, Natural v/s Engineering systems, Directed evolution
- MIT Registry of Standard Biological parts
- Writing DNA : DNA synthesis, artificial genes, never born proteins, non‐natural nucleic acids
- Devices and circuits: Bacterial camera, toggle switch, logic gates, oscillators, pulse generators, time delayed circuits,
Bioplastics, Artemisinin, DNA origami, RNA based designs, genome engineering, biofuel - microbial and minimal synthetic cell,
- Safety and Legal issues: Ethics, bio‐security, Bio‐safety
- Intellectual Property, major global events
2. SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY (Spring 2014)
Shiv Nadar University, G. Noida
M.Sc. level, 3 credit, course code: BIO 535
Instructors: Pawan K. Dhar, Shailja Singh
Theory: Introduction to logic gates, analog and digital systems, historical perspective of synthetic biology, biobricks, MIT Registry of standard Biological parts, gene truth table, synthetic genes and proteins, repressilator, bacterial camera, toggle switch, minimal synthetic cell, synthesizing genome, BioCAD platforms, iGEM, ethics, safety, applications.
Practicals: Making vector constructs, Cloning, Expression measurement, making parts datasheet, synthetic proteins, computational synthetic biology
3. SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY (Fall 2015)
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Pre PhD level, 3 credit, course code:
Instructor: Pawan K. Dhar
Theory: General introduction - the need and foundational concepts, From Chemistry to biology : the origin of life, Historical survey of major developments in synthetic biology, Building standards in biology and bioCAD tool DNA origami, Designing novel parts (genes, RNA and proteins), devices (toogle switch, logic gates and circuits (repressilator), organisms (synthetic cell), synthetic biology applications (plastics, rubber, ethanol, hydrogen, microbial fuel cell) Building the genome and Long DNA synthesis, Reconstructing viruses, 3D bioprinting, storing computer data in DNA , Biobricks and iGEM competition, ethics, legal, biosafety, biosecurity