Module: 2
Sponsoring Program: BMS
Administrator: Priscilla Pereira

STUDY LIST INFORMATION
Course Number: BMS 270
Course Name: Practical Synthetic Biology: A Survey of Molecular Cloning and its Applications
Units: 3
Grading Option: S/U
Course Director: Greg Allen
Co-Director: Cuyler Luck

MORE COURSE INFORMATION
Other Faculty: Torsten Wittmann, Luke Gilbert, Andrei Goga, Juha Klefstrom, Tippi Mackenzie

Dates: April 22, 2025 - May 9, 2025
Campus: PH
Location: CS-1109
Schedule: T/TH/F: 9:00am-11:00pm
Minimum Class Size: 4
Maximum Class Size: 12

This course will prepare students to apply molecular cloning and synthetic biology approaches to their own projects by discussing the how-to of cloning as well as its practical uses in a variety of synthetic biology techniques. Content will begin with the basics of plasmid anatomy (selection elements, reporters, tags, etc) before progressing to expression methods (transfection, transduction, etc), CRISPR and precision editing approaches, intra- and inter-cellular labelling, synthetic circuits, and in vivo engineering. Class sessions will consist of one hour of traditional lecture, followed most sessions by a guest speaking faculty member who will discuss how the relevant topic applies to their own research programs. Guest speakers include Torsten Wittmann, Luke Gilbert, Greg Allen, Andrei Goga, and Juha Klefstrom, with more to come. This course will be led by a senior BMS student (Cuyler Luck) with oversight from BMS faculty member Greg Allen.