ZOOL 490B Synthetic Biology

Media

• First Week
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD5uNAMbDaQ
  • https://www.ted.com/talks/neri_oxman_design_at_the_intersection_of_technology_and_biology
• Second Week
  • Hays, S. G., Patrick, W. G., Ziesack, M., Oxman, N., & Silver, P. A. (2015). Better together: engineering and application of microbial symbioses. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 36, 40-49.
  • Connell, J. L., Ritschdorff, E. T., Whiteley, M., & Shear, J. B. (2013). 3D printing of microscopic bacterial communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201309729.
• Third Week
  • https://www.ted.com/talks/craig_venter_unveils_synthetic_life
  • Hutchison, C. A., Chuang, R. Y., Noskov, V. N., Assad-Garcia, N., Deerinck, T. J., Ellisman, M. H., ... & Pelletier, J. F. (2016). Design and synthesis of a minimal bacterial genome. Science, 351(6280), aad6253.
• Fourth Week
  • Gould, F., Magori, K., & Huang, Y. (2006). Genetic Strategies for Controlling Mosquito-Borne Diseases: Engineered genes that block the transmission of malaria and dengue can hitch a ride on selfish DNA and spread into wild populations. American Scientist, 94(3), 238-246.
  • Chen, C. H., Huang, H., Ward, C. M., Su, J. T., Schaeffer, L. V., Guo, M., & Hay, B. A. (2007). A synthetic maternal-effect selfish genetic element drives population replacement in Drosophila. Science, 316(5824), 597-600.

Popular Media

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/health/synthetic-biology-pku.html