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

Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Fall 20231161984%3.0
Spring 202411919100%0.0
Fall 20241111861%7.0
Spring 20251171894%1.0
Fall 202511919100%0.0
Spring 202623636100%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

Spring

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

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BIOE 5711

Courses that list BIOE 5710 in their prerequisites.

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