The module aims to equip students with:

• The conceptual, theoretical and computational skills required for the analysis and engineering of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organelles and cells. Students will learn to solve scientific problems in this area by integrating concepts and approaches from different scientific disciplines, including biology, physics, chemistry and computing, with the underlying mathematics serving as a common language.
  
  
• The practical skills required for the analysis and engineering of organelles and cells, both eukaryotic and prokaryotic.

Blocks within this module

• Light
• BioElectricity
• Chemical Biology
• Synthetic Biology
• Cell Division

CATS
45

Assessment
5 x lab reports
90-minute written exam (taken at the end of the academic year)