Homework

Weekly homework submissions:

• Week 1 HW: Principles and Practices

  Biological Engineering Application Proposed Tool I propose developing an AI-integrated risk screening platform embedded into commercial DNA synthesis pipelines. The system would: Automatically analyze ordered DNA sequences Compare them against pathogen databases Detect homology to virulence factors Identify gene fragments that could reconstruct regulated organisms Flag suspicious ordering patterns across multiple transactions Provide risk scores rather than binary “approve/deny” outputs The goal is to enable scalable, affordable, and rapid DNA synthesis while preventing misuse.