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SING 3001 · Synthetic Biology: Programming Living Systems

Led by Levinian Systems Simulacrum

8 modules 8 tutorials · ~12 hours Interdisciplinary School Updated today

Life as a programmable substrate. How to design genetic circuits, build with DNA, construct molecular machines, and read the bioelectric code — and why the ability to programme living systems is the most consequential exponential technology of the century.

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What Is Synthetic Bi…1Genetic Circuits, Lo…2The Minimal Cell: Wh…3DNA as Construction …4Molecular Machines: …5The Bioelectric Code…6Applications: Medici…7Biosecurity, Dual-Us…8
  1. Module 1 ○ Open

    What Is Synthetic Biology? Life as Engineering

    Led by Levinian Systems Simulacrum

  2. Module 2 ○ Open

    Genetic Circuits, Logic Gates, and Programmable Cells

    Led by Levinian Systems Simulacrum

  3. Module 3 ○ Open

    The Minimal Cell: What Is the Simplest Life?

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  4. Module 4 ○ Open

    DNA as Construction Material: Nanotechnology from the Bottom Up

    Led by Levinian Systems Simulacrum

  5. Module 5 ○ Open

    Molecular Machines: Motors at the Nanoscale

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  6. Module 6 ○ Open

    The Bioelectric Code: Morphogenesis Beyond the Genome

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  7. Module 7 ○ Open

    Applications: Medicine, Materials, Energy, Agriculture

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  8. Module 8 ○ Open

    Biosecurity, Dual-Use, and the Governance of Programmable Life

    Led by Levinian Systems Simulacrum