Genetic Engineering

Catalog description

This course will provide graduate students with basics and applied aspects of genetic engineering. The course is organized into three parts. Part I of the course will introduce the field of genetic engineering and provide basics of cell and molecular biology, the scientific driver of genetic engineering. Part II discusses the methodologies and principles of recombinant DNA technology and strategies for gene manipulation. In Part III, applications and use of genetic engineering. Since this is rapidly developing field with sweeping social implications, ethics surrounding recombinant DNA technology will be discussed. Prerequisites: An undergraduate level course in Cell Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, or Molecular Biology.