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'''April 11''': Jim Abshire (MIT BE): Synthetic receptors for facilitating in vitro propagation of malaria parasites
'''April 11''': Jim Abshire (MIT BE): Synthetic receptors for facilitating in vitro propagation of malaria parasites


Confirmed speakers for later this semester:
'''April 25''': Steve Goldfless (MIT BE): Molecular tools for genetic control of model and difficult organisms
 
* Steve Goldfless (MIT BE): Molecular tools for genetic control of model and difficult organisms


=== Fall 2010 ===
=== Fall 2010 ===

Revision as of 19:28, 14 February 2011

About SBWG Lunches

Synthetic Biology Working Group (SBWG) Lunches are an opportunity to meet faculty, students, research staff and others interested in the field of synthetic biology. These meetings usually feature one or more research presentations, with a focus on group discussion during and after. Areas of interest include:

  • Characterization and standardization of biological parts and systems
  • Metabolic engineering
  • Implementing logic in biological systems
  • Biosensors
  • New research tools
  • Nucleic acid synthesis and sequencing
  • Minimal organisms and genomes
  • Social and political impacts

Archived information from old lunches is at SynBERC:SBWGLunchesArchive.

Schedule

Spring 2011

For Spring 2011, SBWG lunches will be held on Mondays from 1-2pm in 56-614 (note the room change from last semester). Lunch will be served.

February 14: Barry Canton (Ginkgo Bioworks): Wetware, Hardware, and Smartware at Ginkgo Bioworks

February 28: Randy Rettberg (iGEM/Registry of Standard Biological Parts): What's new at the Registry

March 14: David Hagen (MIT BE): Mechanistic modeling of cell networks for designed systems

March 14: Evan Thompson (MIT Biology)

April 11: Jim Abshire (MIT BE): Synthetic receptors for facilitating in vitro propagation of malaria parasites

April 25: Steve Goldfless (MIT BE): Molecular tools for genetic control of model and difficult organisms

Fall 2010

During Fall 2010, SBWG lunches will be held every two weeks on Mondays, 1-2pm, in room 56-154. Lunch will be served. The first meeting of the 2010 academic year will be held on September 13.

September 13: Initial meeting. Discuss areas of interest for future seminars.

September 27:

  • Shawn Finney-Manchester (MIT ChemE): A Method for In Vivo Targeted Mutagenesis
  • Saurabh Gupta (MIT CSAIL/BE): Genetically Programmed Pathogen Sense & Destroy

October 11: NO MEETING. Columbus Day.

October 25:

  • MIT 2010 iGEM Team: Presentation of this year's project and results

November 22: Peter Carr (MIT Media Lab)

November 29: Jake Beal (BBN Technologies): High Level Languages for Synthetic Biology

December 6: Asst. Prof. Tim Lu (MIT EECS)

Coordinators

Steve Goldfless [sjg at mit] (PhD Candidate, MIT Dept. of Biological Engineering)

Brian Belmont [bbelmont at mit] (PhD Candidate, MIT Dept. of Biological Engineering)

Dr. Peter Carr [carr at media dot mit] (Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab)