Engineering Living Organisms

RBIO 4410

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Course Description

Powerful and rapidly evolving genome engineering technologies have revolutionized basic and applied research, ranging from agriculture to biomedicine. The goal of this course is to teach students about cutting-edge genome editing technologies in different organisms, focusing on the basic mechanisms and techniques for engineering living organisms, including Zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALEN), and CRISPR-Cas9 systems. Students will learn about current and emerging applications of genome editing in biomedical fields to treat diseases such as cancer, inherited blindness, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and many others. This course will also cover related ethical issues and regulations in both agricultural and biomedical fields.


Instructor:

Yao Yao PhD

Offered:

Every Fall; Tue/Thur

12:45-2:00pm

Prerequisites:

(BCMB 3100 or BCMB 3100E or BCMB 3100H) and (GENE 3200-3200D or GENE 3200H)