Lec # | Topics | key dates |
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1 | Introduction | |
2 | Adleman and his Techniques | |
3 | Self-assembly for Fun and Profit | Abstract-less paper for writing assignment 1 out |
4 | More Self-assembly - Any Logic to it? | |
5 | Self-assembly - The Way of a Million Wires? | Sample abstract (writing assignment 1) due |
6 | Nanodevices | |
7 | Quorum Sensing - Keeping an Eye on Your Neighbor | |
8 | The World's Smallest Biological Computational Device | Writing assignment 2 due |
9 | Engineered and Naturally-occurring Molecular Switches | Edited drafts for writing assignment 2 handed back to students |
10 | Ciliates - Do They Compute? |
Final draft of writing assignment 2 due Students select papers for final oral presenation assignment |
11 | Molecular Gates and Circuits | |
12 | Student Presentations | |
13 | Bridging the Gap - From Building Networks to Deciphering Networks |