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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2025/2026

SIJ3009 DESIGN THINKING AND SIJ3011 POST-GENOMIC TECHNOLOGIES
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AND BIOINFORMATICS

Competitive business and This course will introduce students to post-
entrepreneurship environments are genomic era technologies and how they
increasingly prioritising professionals are used in scientific research. The course
trained in Design Thinking and innovation. will focus on three main platforms –
The word ‘design’ has been traditionally transcriptomics, proteomics and
associated with visual aesthetics of objects metabolomics. Students will be exposed to
but increasingly since the last decades, the bioinformatics tools to allow them to
definition of design has expanded to understand, analyse, integrate and
include experiences, innovative services correlate data from the three platforms.
and systems. The use of these technologies in studying
As the challenges and opportunities facing biological systems will also be explored. A
businesses and societies grow brief introduction to other post-genomic
more complex with increasingly diverse technologies (e.g. lipidomics, glycomics,
stakeholders, Design Thinking is playing a etc) will also be included. Throughout the
greater role in finding meaningful paths course, students will also be introduced to
forward. Design Thinking is an action- Bioinformatics in data analysis and
oriented problem-solving methodology management.
that employs various design-based
techniques to gain insight and yield Assessment Methods:
creative solutions for complex challenges. Continuous Assessment: 40%
Methodologies are drawn from Summative Assessment: 60%
engineering and design, and combines
them with ideas from the arts, tools from
the social sciences as well as insights from SIJ3013 NATURAL PRODUCT
the business world. At the heart of this BIOCHEMISTRY AND DRUG DISCOVERY
approach is a deep sensitivity to the needs
of community. This course aims to offer an This course is designed to provide an
immersive experience in Design Thinking overview to the field of natural product
as a tool for innovative idea and strategy and drug discovery. This course covers the
development in Knowledge Transfer different types of natural product and their
processes. usages, positive/negative effects of its
In this course, students will be encouraged usage, important classes of chemical
to work with local businesses and develop compounds, mechanism of reaction,
continuing relationships with local methods and suitable experimental
community members, effectively techniques that can be applied to isolate
contributing to the Quadruple Helix model and identify bioactive/lead compound.
of university functions in society. Drug discovery component will emphasis
on how to bring a drug from concept to
Assessment Methods: market, introduction to drug approval
Continuous Assessment: 100% process, clinical trials, drug safety
guidelines, and ethical issues. Research
and development that will lead to the
invention of potentially commercial

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