BIOE 5710 — Experimental Systems and Synthetic Bioengineering
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springBostonTraditional
Introduces experimental aspects of systems and synthetic bioengineering. Offers students an opportunity to learn how to plan and execute quantitative experiments, how to apply engineering principles to design laboratory research and to interpret data, and how to design and implement synthetic genetic or enzymatic circuits. Through team projects, explores techniques in nucleic acid, protein, and genetic engineering; quantitative measurements at the single-cell level and beyond; design and applications of synthetic circuits; and discusses ethical considerations.
Prerequisites
- one of:
- BIOE 2355 (min D-)
- graduate program admission
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 84% | 3.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 100% | 0.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 61% | 7.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 94% | 1.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 100% | 0.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 2 | 36 | 36 | 100% | 0.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 39% · T 14% · W 46% · Th 31% · F 0%
Common patterns: R (31% of sections), MW (30% of sections), W (16% of sections), T (14% of sections), M (9% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Lital Davidi (41% of students) · reviews
- Erel Levine (35% of students) · reviews
- Elizabeth Libby (24% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Elizabeth Libby (51% of students) · reviews
- Caroline Blassick (25% of students) · reviews
- Lei Wang (24% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
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Courses that list BIOE 5710 in their prerequisites.
Links
Official catalog (BIOE course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All BIOE courses · Plan it at numap.app