GBIO0016 & GBIO0019: Introduction to (Systems and) Synthetic Biology

Eric Bullinger & Bernard Joris

Academic year 2013-2014

Second quadrimestre -- Thursdays pm

The lectures are taught in English.

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Organisation

GBIO0016 (Introduction to systems and synthetic biology) and GBIO0019 (Introduction to synthetic biology) have 10h theory, 20h practicals in common. In addition, GBIO0016 has extra 20h theory, 10h practicals.

The lectures take place in the lecture hall 1.123, in the Montefiore Institute (B28).

Detailed Schedule

Week

Date

Time

GBIO016

GBIO019

Topic

06/02/14

14:00-17:00

X

X

  • Introduction to the module (eb)
  • Introduction to systems and synthetic biology (eb)
  • Modelling approaches(eb)

13/02/14

14:00-17:00

X

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  • Mathematical modelling (eb)

20/02/14

14:00-17:00

X

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  • Modules (eb)

27/02/14

14:00-17:00

X

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  • Networks (eb)

06/03/14

14:00-17:00

X

X

  • Recapitulation of molecular biology (bj):
    • organisation of genomes and genes
    • systems regulating gene expression
    both in Procaryotes and Eucaryotes

13/03/14

13:00-15:00

X

X

  • Recapitulation of molecular biology (bj):
    • tools of molecular biology

20/03/14

14:00-17:00

X

X

  • Designing biological systems (eb)
  • Ethical issues (eb)

27/03/14

13:00-15:00

X

X

  • Examen
    Methods for monitoring (bj): Microscopy, flow cytometry, proteomics, ...

03/04/14

14:00-17:00

X

X

  • Presentation of synthetic biology projects (bj&eb)

24/04/14

14:00-17:00

X

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  • Sensitivity and Robustness (eb)

08/05/14

14:00-18:00

X

X

  • Synthetic biology projects presentations (students)

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Exam:

The project counts 50% for GBIO0019 and for 25% for GBIO016 of the final mark. The oral exam takes place in June and counts for the remainder of the final mark.

The exam in the August/September session is an oral exam, too.

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