6.971 Analysis, Design, and Synthesis of Simple Living Systems (H)

L MWF11, Room 2-132
Dr. Thomas Knight, tk@csail.mit.edu
Prereq.: permission of instructor
3-0-9

This subject qualifies as a Bioelectrical Engineering Concentration subject.

Analysis of simple prokaryotic living systems: sequence analysis & annotation, replication techniques, metabolic pathway reconstruction, energetics and thermodynamics, structural control. Design: identification of optional components, refactoring & simplification, alternative coding strategies, CAD tools. Synthesis: PCR stitching, solid phase synthesis, arrays, error control, bootstrap procedures. Safety and societal impacts. Applications.