<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Week 01 HW: Principles and Practices :: 2026a-tanishka-kumar</title><link>https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/tanishka-kumar/homework/week-01-hw-principles-and-practices/index.html</link><description>First, describe a biological engineering application or tool you want to develop and why. This could be inspired by an idea for your HTGAA class project and/or something for which you are already doing in your research, or something you are just curious about. As I have been thinking about the different ways synthetic biology can help with menstruation and its complexities (painful, irregular bleeding) when it comes to people with PCOS and endometriosis. I want to develop an autonomous endometrial gene circuit that senses estrogen or progesterone peaks and locally regulates endometrial growth. The goal is non-hormonal, reversible control of menstrual bleeding, which could prevent heavy bleeding or abnormal endometrial proliferation while minimizing systemic hormone exposure.</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/tanishka-kumar/homework/week-01-hw-principles-and-practices/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/></channel></rss>