Class Outlines

• Homework Review (Paskorn – move to the next class)
• Presentation on Biomimicry, Biodesign, Bio-digital (Puey)

Lecture Materials

• Presentation by Dr. Puey Ounjai : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mNyua7rIdAfC21KnKhoavzW2nVg9Sdq0

• Related Resources
  • Hack Biodesign: An Integrative STEAM Education Platform for Biology, Engineering, and Design https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8615404
  • Humans are still evolving—and we can watch it happen https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/humans-are-still-evolving-and-we-can-watch-it-happen
  • Biomimicry Institue https://biomimicry.org/
  • Production of healthy cloned mice from bodies frozen at −20°C for 16 years https://www.pnas.org/content/105/45/17318
  • Sequence-programmable covalent bonding of designed DNA assemblies https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/8/eaau1157
  • Fold it https://fold.it/portal/
  • Customizing cell signaling using engineered genetic logic circuits https://www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/fulltext/S0966-842X(12)00082-0
  • Biodesign Challenge https://biodesignchallenge.org/
  • Backyard Brains https://backyardbrains.com/

Homeworks

Create a 2 minutes video pitch for Mars Colonization using Biomimicry, Synthetic Biology, Biodesign, and Bio-digital. In the video, please describe how do you plan to tackle the “Grand Challenges” using biotechnology using images, diagram, animation, and other digital media. Please post the video on youtube, and post the link down below.