Homework

Weekly homework submissions:

• Week 1 HW: LungLite — Principles, Practices, and Governance

  Principles, practices, and governance for the LungLite concept. Along with week 2 lecture prep

• Week 2 HW: DNA Read, Write, Edit — SOD1 Molecular Journey

  A documented journey through gel electrophoresis, SOD1 DNA design, codon optimization, plasmid construction, and DNA read/write/edit technologies.

• Week 3 HW: Lab Automation — Opentrons Artwork

  Opentrons scripting, lab automation exploration, and final project ideation.

• Week 4 HW: Protein Design Part I

  This week focuses on how sequence, structure, and energetics can be modeled and manipulated to create or optimize proteins with specified functions.

• Week 5 HW: Protein Design Part II

  This week we learn how cutting-edge AI and protein language models are used to design functional proteins and peptides “in silico”.

• Week 6 HW: Genetic Circuits Part I: Assembly Technologies

  This week we learn core molecular biology tools and techniques for processing and assembling DNA, including PCR and Gibson Assembly.

• Week 7 HW: Genetic Circuits Part II: Neuromorphic Circuits

  This week covers neuromorphic genetic circuits, showing how engineered gene networks can implement neural-network “perceptron”-like computation and learning.

• Week 9 — Cell-Free Systems

  This week introduces synthesis of proteins using cellular machinery outside of a cell.

• Week 10 — Advanced Imaging & Measurement Technology

  This lecture presents a range of advanced technologies to do precision measurement of proteins at atomic scales, characterizing chemical composition, and detecting protein sequence and structure.

• Week 11 — Bioproduction & Cloud Labs

  Cloud Labs and Cell free extract