This semester, Prof. Yomo will deliver a bachelor course on the topic: synthetic approaches to bio-complex systems in the latter 9 weeks. Welcome to listen.

Course abstract: 

Life is a chemical assemble which constitutes multi-hierarchical systems, such as proteins, genes, cells, bodies, and populations. Each system has specific functions that cannot be attributed to the function of its elements. To understand the inseparable functions, we will introduce synthetic approaches to construct functional bio-systems. Through the construction, we obtain the sufficient conditions for the targeted functional bio-systems.

The aim of this course to cultivate the ability of elucidating the bio-complex systems in an engineering mind, in addition to obtaining basic knowledge on molecular and cellular biology.

Reference book: 

Life: An Introduction to Complex Systems Biology written, Kunihiko Kaneko, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2006, 1, DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-32667-0

Class schedule

Week 10 

April 23 (Tuesday)  15:00 - 15:45 15:55 - 16:40 B222 Science Building

1) the introduction to bio-complex systems 

April 24 (Wednesday) 13:00 - 13:45 13:55 - 14:40 B222 Science Building 

2) the construction of protein function 

Week 12  

May 7 (Tuesday)  15:00 - 15:45 15:55 - 16:40 B222 Science Building

3) the construction of synthetic cell

Week 13  

May 14 (Tuesday)  15:00 - 15:45 15:55 - 16:40 B222 Science Building

4) the artificial gene circuit in a noisy environment

Week 14  

May 21 (Tuesday)  15:00 - 15:45 15:55 - 16:40 B222 Science Building

5) the attractor selection for the adaptation to unprecedented environment 

Week 15  

May 28 (Tuesday)  15:00 - 15:45 15:55 - 16:40 B222 Science Building

6) the fluctuation response theory and its application to the adaptive evolution

Week 16  

June 4 (Tuesday)  15:00 - 15:45 15:55 - 16:40 B222 Science Building

7) experimental evolution

Week 17  

June 11 (Tuesday)  15:00 - 15:45 15:55 - 16:40 B222 Science Building

8) the competitive coexistence

Week 18  

June 18 (Tuesday)  15:00 - 15:45 15:55 - 16:40 B222 Science Building

9) summary and discussion