The Department of Biological Sciences aims to provide students a multidisciplinary foundation and to establish a multi-level quantitative model of gene-cell-community and discover the universal laws of biological systems through mathematical logic and artificial intelligence methods, which will provide theoretical guidance for engineering and design of life systems. … 

Engineering biology utilizes the knowledge from molecular understanding of natural life systems, and the engineering principles to design, build, test, and also learn from, artificial life systems, for advanced therapies, advanced materials, green manufacturing processes for chemicals, and advanced storage solutions for information … 

The center focuses on key scientific and technical issues of artificial life design, such as the fundamental biological design principles, synthetic construction capabilities and engineering technology platforms of synthetic biology…