Splash Biography
NORA VIVANCO, ESP Teacher
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Major: Biological Sciences College/Employer: UChicago Year of Graduation: 2014 |
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Brief Biographical Sketch:
Not Available. Past Classes(Clicking a class title will bring you to the course's section of the corresponding course catalog)A1250: Synthetic Biology: Hacking the Genome in Cascade! Fall 2013 (Oct. 22, 2013)
What do glow-in-the-dark rabbits and drought-resistant corn have in common? Both are the products of human technology, created by altering the genetic material of these organisms. Synthetic biology is the study of how to control the natural mechanisms that determine the characteristics of living things. The potential of synthetic biology is truly thrilling, and it enables us to come up with new perspectives on how to make biological research more efficient and useful to society.
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