Frontier Topics in Quantitative and Synthetic Biology

Harvard FAS

Biology is undergoing an exciting transformation into a highly quantitative science. This quantitative and systems-level perspective underpins the emerging field of synthetic biology and efforts to design and engineer biological systems. Through close reading, critical discussion, and interrogation of landmark papers, students will gain an appreciation for the origins of quantitative reasoning and theory in biology and how these concepts and tools have driven modern developments in synthetic…