Basic Information
Can We Build a Cell. Can We Use Non-living Building Blocks Like Dna Molecules, Phospholipids, Macromolecules to Assemble an Autonomous Self-replicating System With Life Properties. Have We Reached A Sufficient Understanding of The Cell to Create Artificial Versions Of It and Can We Engineer Synthetic Systems Conserving The Features Of Life in Radically Different Architectures. These Are Questions at The Center of The Rapidly Evolving Field of Bottom-up Artificial Cell Assemblycan. Assemblycan We Build a Cell, Can We Use Non-living Building Blocks The Aim of The Course Is to Introduce This Effervescent Field. We Will Present The Essential Modules That Were Reconstituted On Synthetic Platforms, Such As Cell-free Gene Expression, Dna Replication, Membrane Encapsulation, Energy Production We Will Also Explore Imaginative Cell Designs, Challenging The Traditional Conception Of What Can Be Considered As a Cell . Communication Between Artificial Cells and Collective Behaviors On Synthetic Tissue Models Will Be Discussed As Well._ Learning Outcomes# By The End of The Course The Student Will# 1. Be Familiar With The Field of Bottom-up Artificial Cell Assembly, Understanding The Current State of The Field in Terms of Past Achievements. 2. Identify The Main Differences Between Current Artificial Cells And Natural Cells, Defining The Future Challenges in The Field._ 3. Be Familiar With The Experimental Techniques Used in The Field.
Faculty: Biotechnology and Food Engineering
|Graduate Studies
Pre-required courses
(54215 - Thermodynamics A and 54315 - Thermodynamics B and 134019 - Introduction to Biochemistry and Enzymology) or (64106 - Thermodynamics in Biotechnology and Food Engineering and 134019 - Introduction to Biochemistry and Enzymology) or (114036 - Statistical and Thermal Physics and 116029 - Introduction to Biophysics)