IBMS 6310 Genetic Manipulation and Gene Editing

This course will give the students a detailed overview of the methodologies and techniques of molecular biology that allow genetic manipulation and genome editing to obtain genetically modified proteins or alter the genome of cells or organisms. In addition, students will explore the principles, methodologies, and applications of emerging gene engineering technologies, such as ZFNs, TALENs and CRISPR-Cas, and CAR-T cell technologies. The discussion of potential ethical concerns of genome manipulations will also be included in this course.