1 | 1/22 | Orienting Ourselves to the Challenge

In Class

Homework

  • reading: James Bridle, Ways of Being, Chapter 1
  • Research Assignment I: artist and designers using biology
    • using Will Meyer’s Biodesign and BioArt books, choose one artist that you find compelling and research their work beyond these texts
    • create 3-slide presentation on this person/group and add your slides to the group presentation
      • slide 1 – show a work that is representative of this artist (from the book or elsewhere)
      • slide 2 – present information/work/context about this artist not included in the book
      • slide 3 – give you own perspective/critique on the work (consider the BDC rubric where appropriate)
    • prepare to give a 5 minute talk to the class
  • research: begin thinking about and researching topics, processes, and/or materials you want to explore for the main projects

2 | 1/29 | Researching Across Disciplines

In Class

Homework

  • Research Assignment II: scientific journals
    • choose a topic of interest to you, related to our class
    • think about potential project topics, but you’re not getting married here, its just for this week
    • use google scholar to find 5-10 papers on this topic
    • skim the papers as described in the lecture
    • find one review paper and one original research paper that aligns with your interest and is most compatible with your comprehension level
    • read the two papers thoroughly and take notes
    • prepare to share a brief summary of the two papers in class
  • Read: James Bridle, Ways of Being, chapter 2

3 | 2/5 | Research Taking Form

In Class

Homework

  • Add your two research papers to the class drive
    • name the file: primary author Last name, First name – paper Title – Journal – Year (Your Name)
      • Doudna, Jennifer – The new frontier of genome engineering with CRISPR-Cas9 – Science – 2014 (Ryan Hoover)
  • Research Assignment III – potential non-human collaborators
    • find an organism you might want to collaborate with and create a 4-slide presentation
      • Introduce your organism and its natural context.
      • What interesting things can it do that you can’t?
      • What type of things might you do together?
      • What are challenges to working together?
  • Read: James Bridle, Ways of Being, chapter 3

4 | 2/12 | Frameworks for Collaboration

IN CLASS

HOMEWORK


5 | 2/19 | Focusing

IN CLASS

HOMEWORK

  • Collect, Read, Discuss, and Organize papers
  • Begin making a list of needed materials, with costs and links to suppliers

6 | 2/26 | Planning and Ordering


7 | 3/4 | Exploring


8 | 3/7 | Experimenting


9 | 3/14 | Breaking


10 | 3/21 | Formulating


11 | 3/28 | Accelerating


12 | 4/4 | Executing


13 | 4/11 | Exciting


14 | 4/18 | Refining


15 | 4/25 | Finalizing


16 | 5/2 | Delivering