Postgraduate Course: Tools for Synthetic Biology (PGBI11092)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biological Sciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Tools for Synthetic Biology will teach the new tools and techniques being developed and employed in the rapidly expanding field of synthetic biology. The course will seek to teach students the theory behind the methods; encouraging understanding, which will allow new uses and application in alternative areas to become apparent. |
| Course description |
1 Introduction, engineering perspectives, grand challenges. Alistair Elfick (School of Engineering)
2 Standards and metrics, genetic logic and analog circuits. Baojun Wang (SBS)
3 Project development and assessment guidance. Elise Cachat (SBS)
4 Protein design and redesign. Lynne Regan (Yale)
5 DNA synthesis and assembly methods. Chris French (SBS)
6 Next generation sequencing. Sander Granneman (SBS)
7 Synthetic genomes. Patrick Cai (SBS)
8 Expanding the genetic code. Sebastian Greiss (SBMS)
9 CRISPR-Cas systems. Elise Cachat (SBS)
10 RNA switches. Sander Granneman (SBS)
11 Drop-in session for Design Project support. Elise Cachat (SBS)
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 35 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Formative Assessment Hours 4,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
74 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The course will be assessed by:
- A course blog which will require the students to report in 250 words (MAXIMUM) the key learning points from each week. (30%)
- A 2000 word design project to present the details of the discussed synthetic biology tool/approach and assess its application to address a new research question (for which a structured marking scheme will be provided) (70%) |
| Feedback |
- Design Project:
Written Feedback
- Blog:
Formative feedback will be in the form of comments added to the blog by Dr Elise Cachat, as required, over duration of the course. See LEARN for more details.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Analytical skills, ability to assess the pros and cons of new methods
- Capacity to recognise the opportunities presented by new biological discoveries
- Ability to look at pressing problems from the perspective that these may have an innovative bio-based solution
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Creative thinking
Individual initiative
Time and effort management
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| Keywords | TSB |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Elise Cachat
Tel: (0131 6)50 7780
Email: elise.cachat@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Jennifer Morris
Tel: (0131 6)50 5513
Email: jennie.morris@ed.ac.uk |
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