Natural Product Biosynthesis and Synthetic Biology

3 credits

Origin and Biosynthesis of natural products used as flavors, commodities, and medicines. New approaches to identification, elucidation, characterization, and production of natural products, including: biological chemistry, omics, metabolic engineering, and synthetic biology. Credit will be granted for only one of BIOC_O 406, CHEM_O 485 or CHEM_O 585. [3-0-0] Prerequisites: CHEM_O 204 or 214, and all of BIOC_O 310, BIOL_O 319, BIOC_O 305.