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Course description

BIOL3903 is focused on teaching students advanced and contemporary genetics through the lens of genomics and associated technologies. The course content is framed around outstanding challenges in genetics and the genomics discoveries and approaches that can help solve them. The course lecturers will take an active learning approach to engage students in the theoretical and applied components of Genomics, using examples from genetic model and non-model organisms, including humans, fruit flies, plants, and vertebrates. Through a mixture of problem-based learning and practical activities, students will learn about the structural and functional aspects of genomes composition, function, regulation, variation and evolution. Students in the course will also learn about gene and genome editing methods and the ethical and legal frameworks underlying issues like precision genome engineering and personalised genomics. Students will have an opportunity to practice scientific communication and entrepreneurship skills.

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