Modern research in life science has proved that a multidisciplinary approach is required to understand complicated biological systems and accelerate applications in human therapeutics, chemicals, and genetically encoded materials.
In this course, the bioengineering faculty team at the CE department will discuss 3-4 core techniques and a wide variety of current research in biotechnology. These include applications in biotechnology such as genome engineering, biomolecule engineering, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, enzyme engineering, bioprocess, bio-based chemicals, computational biology and protein engineering.

Not mandatory, but recommended to take General Biology (일반생물학), General Chemistry (일반화학)

Attendance 20%, Final exam 80% (No Mid-term)

Biotechnology for Beginners by Renneberg
Biology by Campbell
Principles of Modern Chemistry by Oxtoby

[9/2] : Introduction

[9/4, 9/9] Genome engineering and applications: gene synthesis, gene editing, gene circuit, and devices
[9/11] Genome engineering and applications: PCR and molecular diagnostics (1)
[9/16, 9/18] No lecture
[9/23] Genome engineering and applications: PCR and molecular diagnostics (2)
[9/25, 9/30] Genome engineering and applications: CRISPR and its applications

[10/2, 10/7] Tissue engineering: Biomaterials, Scaffold, Fabrication, Tissue regeneration, Regenerative medicine
[10/9] No lecture
[10/14, 10/16] Biopharmaceuticals: Protein therapeutics, Vaccines, Gene therapy, Immune therapy, Cell therapy
[10/21, 10/23] Drug delivery: Administration route, Delivery carriers, Nanoparticles

[10/28, 10/30] Biomolecules and cell-free based techniques: peptides, lipids, and hydrocarbons
[11/4, 11/6] Biomolecules and cell-free based techniques: cell-free protein synthesis and its applications
[11/11, 11/13] Biomolecules and cell-free based techniques: biochip and DNA sequencing

[11/18, 11/20] Computational biology: Theory and simulations
[11/25, 11/27] Computational biology: AI in bioengineering
[12/2, 12/4] Computational biology: Protein design and engineering

[12/9, 12/11] No lecture
[12/16, 12/18] Final exam week

Students (sophomore, 2학년 2학기) who want to build fundamental knowledge in life science are highly recommended to take this lecture.