nanoHUB-U: Biological Engineering - Cellular Design Principles
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Unit 1: Introduction
Lectures
- L1.1: Cells by the Numbers
- L1.2: Cell as a Machine
- L1.3 Cell as a Machine: Power Consumption
- L1.4: Design of Photoreceptors as a Biosensor
Unit 2: Cell Architecture
Lectures
- L2.1: Design Principles of Organelle Size I
- L2.2: Design Principles of Organelle Size II
- L2.3: Design Principles of Organelle Number
- L2.4: Biologial Networks
Unit 3: Gene Circuits
Lectures
- L3.1: Introduction to Transcription Networks
- L3.2 Simple Model of Gene Expression
- L3.3 Protein Half Lives
- L3.4: Network Motif Negative Autoregulation
- L3.5 Feed-Forward Loops I
- L3.6: Feed-Forward Loops II
Unit 4: Cell Dynamics
Lectures
- L4.1: Biological Oscillations I
- L4.2: Biological Oscillations II
Unit 5: Cellular Devices
Lectures
- L5.1: Intro to Living Biohybrids
- L5.2: Cell Device Biointerface
- L5.3: Cells as Biosensors I
- L5.4: Cells as Biosensors II
Unit 6: The Future
Lectures
- L6.1: Synthetic Life
- L6.2: Ethics
- L6.3 Wrap Up