COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BMT 0604 SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR E. ESIN HAMEŞ KOCABAŞ

Offered to

Industrial Ph.D. Program In Advanced Biomedical Technologies

Course Objective

Understanding or mimic the nature synthetically in whole or parts of living systems


Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand synthetic biology research
2   To understand the research for mimicking biological systems
3   Understanding the biology of the system modifications
4   Understanding the importance of synthetic biology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Overview of Synthetic Biology
2 Overview of Synthetic Biology
3 Basics for synthetic biology
4 Basics for synthetic biology
5 Basics for synthetic biology
6 Basics for synthetic biology
7 Synthetic biology researchs
8 Midterm exam
9 Synthetic biology researchs
10 Synthetic biology researchs
11 Synthetic biology researchs
12 Homework presentation
13 Homework presentation
14 Homework presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Benner, S.A., Sismour A.M. 2005. Synthetic biology Nature rewievs/genetics 6; 533.
Szostak, JW, Bartel DP, Luisi PL. 2001. Synthesizing life. Nature vol 409
Isaacs, FJ, Dwyer, DJ, Collins JJ. 2006. RNA synthetic biology. Nature biotechnpology 24;5.
Drubin,DA., Way, J.C.,Silver, P.A. 2007.Designing biological systems Genes Dev. 21:242-254.
Extreme genetic engineering an introduction to synthetic biology, etc group 2007
Canton, B., Labno A., Endy, D. 2008. Refinement and standardization of synthetic biological parts and devices. Nature biotechnology 26;7.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Exams and assignments

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG 1 ASSIGNMENT 1
3 ASG 2 ASSIGNMENT 2
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG 1 + ASG 2/2 * 0.20 + FIN * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Reading 2 13 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 2 15 30
Preparing assignments 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1251
LO.221
LO.33
LO.412