Schedule*:
*Subject to change
| Class Activity | Assignment Due | |
|---|---|---|
| Week 1 -- Jan 26th | Part 1: Student and Instructor Introductions Part 2: Lecture - Bio 101 (Elizabeth) |
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| Week 2 -- Feb 2nd | Part 1: Lecture - Synthetic Biology (Elizabeth) Part 2: Workshop - Synthetic Biology Inspired Design (Chris) Part 3: Guest Speaker - Devora Najjar, Synthetic Biologist, MIT |
Readings - synthetic biology |
| Week 3 -- Feb 9th | Part 1: Workshop - Sourcing biological information - How to read a scientific publication - How to design an experiment.(Elizabeth) Part 2: Lecture - Introduction to Environmental Microbiomes (Elizabeth) Part 3: Artist Talk - Daisy Ginsberg |
Readings - environmental microbiomes |
| Week 4 -- Feb 16th | Part 1: Lecture - Designing for biological systems -- bioremediation (Elizabeth) Part 2: Designing for biological systems (Chris) Part 3: Guest Speaker - Ian Quate, Landscape Architect, Nelson Byrd Woltz RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNED |
Readings - bioremediation |
| Week 5 -- Feb 23th | Part 1: Lecture - Perceiving environments - Metrics of microbiomes, DNA sequencing and visualization (Elizabeth) Part 2: Student Presentations on Paper Topic Part 3: Guest Speaker - Matthew Seibert, Landscape Metrics |
5 minute presentation on paper topic |
| Week 6 -- Mar 2nd | Workshop - Bioinformatics methods: analysis and visualization of large metagenomic datasets (Elizabeth) | Research paper outline and reference list due |
| Week 7 -- Mar 9th | Part 1: Lecture - Biodesign (Chris) Part 2: Design Sprint Workshop (Chris) Part 3: Introduction to Biodesign Challenge |
First draft research paper due |
| Week 8 -- Mar 16th | No class - spring break | Form groups for Biodesign Project |
| Week 9 -- Mar 23rd | Part 1: Field Trip with Bronwen Densmore from Public Lab (Meet in the Gowanus) Part 2: Group Project presentations (5 min) GROUPS MEET WITH INSTRUCTORS MON-TH by appointment |
5 min presentations of project idea Final draft research paper |
| Week 10 -- Mar 30th | Group Project presentations (20min) GROUPS MEET WITH INSTRUCTORS MON-TH by appointment |
10 min presentation of refined project idea: topic, references and Feasibility Written topic introduction. |
| Week 11 -- Apr 6th | Part 1: Workshop - Strategies for Communicating through Prototyping (Chris) Part 2: Project Implementation - Iteration 1 |
Set up project documentation website Documentation: weekly prototype progress + discuss Human Impact |
| Week 12 -- Apr 13th | Project Implementation - Iteration 2 | Documentation: weekly prototype progress + discuss Sustainability |
| Week 13 -- Apr 20th | Project Implementation - Iteration 3 | Short video pitch draft. Documentation: weekly prototype progress + discuss Risk |
| Week 14 -- Apr 27th | Crit with guest critics | Weekly Documentation |
| Week 15 -- May 4th | Refinement and Documentation | Weekly Documentation. Short video pitch final draft. |
| Week 16 -- May 11th | Exam week - Final Presentations | All Group Project Documentation |
| June 21st | Biodesign Challenge Presentations |