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==Synthetic Biology Working Group lunches==
==Synthetic Biology Working Group lunches==
===Overview===
Current information about SBWG Lunches is located at [[SBWGLunches]].
Synthetic Biology Working Group lunches are an opportunity for anyone in the Boston-area who is interested in synthetic biology to get together and discuss current issues and topics in the field.  Each lunch discussion is led by someone (selected at the end of lunch the previous week) and focuses on a particular topic.  The style of the lunch is really meant to be a ''discussion'' rather than a presentation.  Therefore, discussion leaders frequently give a chalk talk or only have a handful of slides to help structure discussion.


*New Program for Summer/Fall 2008: Within the context of the standard lunches we will invite a group of selected speakers to provide 30 minute talks/30 minute discussions, on areas of emerging or historical importance for Synthetic Biology as part of our Synthetic Biology Lecture Series.  To nominate a speaker for an invited talk, email Julie Norville (norville.at.obvious.edu.)
Information pre-2010 can be found at [[SynBERC:SBWGLunchesArchive]].
 
Announcements regarding Synthetic Biology Working Group lunches are sent to synthbio AT mit.  To join the mailing list, go [https://ca.mit.edu/moira/index.jhtml here] or contact [[Julie Norville]].  All are welcome to attend.
 
'''If you've previously led a discussion at SBWG lunch, please consider posting your slides or notes at the appropriate link below.'''
 
<font color=red>'''The spring schedule will likely be Wed at noon.  Usually in 32-D463'''</font>
 
===Next meeting===
Spring 2009 Schedule
Invited Speaker
Date: May 13, 12-1pm, Star (Stata D463)
Speaker: Ty Thomson
We will have lunch with Ty Thomson (a SynBERC alum) who will describe a computational
system for modeling BioBrick parts.
The BioBricks framework was designed to facilitate the easy construction of a diverse array of
synthetic systems by optimizing the modularity and reusability of functional DNA parts.  This is
made possible by a strong adherence to the principle of encapsulation in the design of the
individual BioBricks parts, wherein each component is meant to be functionally independent of the
system in which it is used.  However, there is currently no standard in silico framework for
modeling systems composed of BioBrick parts that also offers this same level of functional
reusability.  I will present a computational framework for modeling BioBrick parts that closely
mirrors the modularity of the parts themselves.  This framework allows for the rapid computational
prototyping of synthetic systems, even by non-modelers, enabling researchers to design, explore,
test and optimize the behavior of synthetic systems prior to their actual construction in the 
laboratory.
 
 
SynBERC Distinguished Lecture and Synthetic Biology Working Group Lunch Invited Speaker
Date: April 22, 12-1pm, Kiva (Stata 449)
Speaker: Ichiro Matsumura
We will have lunch with Ichiro Matsumura as he speaks about a new model organism for synthetic biology.
This talk will be webcast to the SynBERC research centers: Berkeley, Stanford, UCSF, and Harvard.
 
Talk: Registry Discussion
Date: February 4th and 11th, 12-1pm, Kiva (Stata 449)
Speakers: Reshma Shetty, Meagan Lizarazo, Barry Canton, and Randy Rettberg.
Abstract:
The Registry has been presented as a "catalog" of biological parts. It has also been referred to as
a collection of poor quality parts. For several months, Reshma and Barry have been converting the
Registry into a better catalog and have been curating the parts. They will present this work.
Spring is the time of the year when many changes are made to the Registry and the iGEM
infrastructure.
Randy will describe some of those changes and ask for comments.
Finally, we have described a hierarchy of Systems -> Devices -> Parts.  The Registry has Parts
but does not deal explicitly with Devices. We will present some of our thoughts on how devices
should be represented.
The presentations will be limited to allow for lots of discussion and suggestions.
 
Invited Speaker: Peter Carr from MIT Media Lab (with Farren Isaacs, Bram Sterling, Harris Wang,
George Church, and Joseph Jacobson)
Talk: Genome Engineering and the Construction of New Genetic Codes
Date:  2/18/09, 12-1pm, G449
Abstract: Our capacity to engineer genetic material is moving beyond the level of single genes to
the scale of genomes. Still, our ability to paint effectively on a canvas as large as a genome is
modest, dwarfed by our growing ability to synthesize DNA, which is in turn dwarfed by our ability
to sequence.
We present the rE. coli project, a collaborative effort to re-engineer the genetic code of E.
coli strain MG1655. The goal of this work is to remove all instances of one type of codon (the
amber stop codon, i.e. TAG) from the genome, replacing them with a synonymous codon (ochre, TAA).
On a practical level, this strain will provide a plug-and-play opportunity for those advancing
work on non-natural amino acid incorporation. It will also be the first step towards generating
an "orthogonal" genetic code, i.e. defining an organism which is unable to make use of exogenous
genetic material. Microorganisms engineered with orthogonal genetic codes would be unable to
utilize antibiotic resistance genes from their environment. In a more distant envisioning, crops
with such a feature would be unable to cross with wild strains.
We will discuss current progress and challenges in engineering at this scale. In particular for
genome-scale design projects, one must consider the two broad categories of failure modes: the 
foreseeable and the unforeseen. Potentially complex interactions between components (some of 
questionable or unknown function) virtually guarantee that not all concerns can be accounted for
at the outset of a project. Robust design modules coupled with flexible troubleshooting
hierarchies are required—we will give examples of these principles applied to the rE. coli work.
 
Special section:
The SBWG is invited to watch: “Hypothetical Risks, The Cambridge City Council hearings on DNA
experimentation in Cambridge.” in room 26-152, on 3/3, from 11:30-1 pm.  Thanks to Natalie
Kuldell for arranging this.
 
Invited Speaker: Nils Gilman from Monitor 360
Date: 12-1pm, Grier Room (34-401), 3/4
Talk: Computer Hacking: What can Garage Biotechnology Learn? 
Abstract: The subject will be the diversity of computer hacking scenes today, how they got that
way, and what this may tell us about the possible futures of biohacking.  The DIYbio community
is also invited.
 
Summer/Fall 2008 Schedule: including the Synthetic Biology Lecture Series @ the Synthetic Biology Working Group Lunch
 
*Invited Speakers: Mikhail Shapiro (MIT,  Biological Engineering) and Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA (Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital)
 
Talk: Epernicus founders reveal a new social networking site for scientists
 
Abstract: *Epernicus** is a networking platform for scientists that was created by
researchers at MIT and Harvard.  It helps scientists search efficiently for
specific expertise and people in their real world scientific networks.
Epernicus also makes it easy for researchers to learn about their colleagues
and to stay connected with fellow scientists in their current and past labs,
departments, and institution.
 
Date: Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
 
Time: 1:00-2:00 pm
 
Location: 68-181
 
*Invited Speaker: Andres Leschziner, Ph.D. (Harvard University, Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Talk: Looking at chromatin remodeling using Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy
 
Abstract: Three-Dimensional Electron Microscopy (3D EM) has emerged as a
powerful technique for structural characterization. Near-atomic resolution
structures of macromolecular assemblies imaged as "single particles" (i.e.
in the absence of a crystalline array) are now being obtained. Arguably one
of 3D EM's most exciting prospects is its potential ability to visualize, at
high resolution and under physiological conditions, the conformational
flexibility central to the function of many macromolecules. I will discuss
the technique and some of the challenges we face to make this prospect a
reality and will illustrate this using examples from our work on the
ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling complex RSC.
 
Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
 
Time: 1:00-2:00 pm
 
Location:  68-121
 
*Invited Speaker: J. Keith Joung, M.D., Ph.D. (Harvard Medical School, Pathology; Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Cancer Research)
 
Talk: Engineering Zinc Finger Nucleases for Highly Efficient Genome Modification.
Abstract: Zinc finger nucleases are a critical technology for synthetic biology since they can cut,
splice, or tweak genes with high efficiency in a variety of cell types including Drosophila, C.
elegans, plants, and humans. A bottleneck in the application of ZFN technology has been the generation
of highly specific engineered zinc-finger arrays. Dr. Joung's lab has recently described OPEN
(Oligomerized Pool ENgineering), a rapid, publicly available strategy for constructing multifinger
arrays, which is more effective than the previously published modular assembly method. Using OPEN, Dr.
Joung and colleagues have constructed 37 highly active ZFN pairs which induced targeted alterations
with high efficiencies (1%-50%) at 11 different target sites located within three endogenous human
genes (VEGF-A, HoxB13, and CFTR), an endogenous plant gene (tobacco SuRA), and a chromosomally
integrated EGFP reporter gene. OPEN provides an "open-source" method for rapidly engineering highly
active zinc-finger arrays, thereby enabling broader practice, development, and application of ZFN
technology for biological research and gene therapy.
 
Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
 
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
 
Location:  Kiva Seminar Room 32-G449, Stata Center
*Invited Speaker: Edward Boyden, Ph.D.
 
Talk: Tools for Synthetic Neuroscience and Neurotechnology
 
Abstract: Our brains and nervous systems mediate everything we perceive, feel, decide, and do--and
act as our ultimate interface to the world. An outstanding challenge for humanity is to understand
these neuromedia interfaces at a level of abstraction that enables us to engineer their
functions--repairing pathology, augmenting cognition, and revealing insights into the human
condition. The Synthetic Neurobiology group invents and applies tools to analyze and engineer brain 
circuits in both humans and model systems. Our current neuroengineering focus is on devising
technologies for controlling the processing within specific neural circuit targets in the brain.
Many of these tools involve "optogenetic" components that sensitize neurons to being controlled
with light. We hope that this synthetic neurobiology approach to the brain will help us better
understand--and engineer improvements upon--the nature of human existence.
 
Date: Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
 
Time: 1:00-2:00 pm
 
Location: Kiva Seminar Room 32-G449, Stata Center
 
 
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Notes from prior Spring 2008 schedule:
 
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2008-4-2]]: 69th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 4/2 (1:00-2:00p EST), 32-D463, MIT
 
*3/26 - cancel, spring break?
*4/2 - Jake Beal, follow up on spatial computing
*4/9 - held for SynBERC seminar with Dan Gibson
*4/16 - Justin Buck
*4/23 - open
*4/30 - open
 
*Barry on Registry of Standard Biological Models
 
===Previous meetings===
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*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2008-6-18]]: ??th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 6/18 (2:00-2:00p EST), 32-D463, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2008-3-26]]: 69th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 3/26 (4:00-5:00p EST), 32-D463, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2008-3-19]]: 68th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 3/19 (12:00-1:00p EST), 32-D463, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2008-3-12]]: 67th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 3/12 (1:00-2:00p EST), 32-D463, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2008-2-27]]: 66th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 2/27 (1:00-2:00p EST), 32-D463, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2008-2-20]]: 65th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 2/20 (1:00-2:00p EST), 32-D463, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2008-2-14]]: 64th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Thursday 2/14 (1:00-2:00p EST), 68-180, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2008-2-6]]: 63th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 2/6 (3:00-4:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4G/G449.gif G449], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2008-1-23]]: 62th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 1/23 (1:00-2:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4G/G449.gif G449], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-1-16]]: 61th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 1/16 (1:00-2:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4G/G449.gif G449], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-1-9]]: 60th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 1/9 (11:00a-12:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-12-19]]: 59th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 12/19 (11:00a-12:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-12-12]]: 58th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 12/12 (11:00a-12:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-12-5]]: 57th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 11/28 (11:00a-12:00p EST), 68-181, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-11-28]]: 56th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 11/28 (11:00a-12:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-11-14]]: 55th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 11/14 (11:00a-12:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-11-7]]: 54th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 11/7 (11:00a-12:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-10-31]]: 53th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 10/31 (11:00a-12:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-10-24]]: 52th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 10/24 (11:00a-12:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-10-17]]: 51th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 10/17 (11:00a-12:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-10-10]]: 50th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 10/10 (11:00-12:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-10-3]]: 49th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 10/3 (11:00-12:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-9-26]]: 48th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 9/26 (12:00-1:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-9-19]]: 47th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 9/19 (12:00-1:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-9-12]]: 46th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 9/12 (12:00-1:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-9-5]]: 45th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 9/5 (12:00-1:00p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-8-29]]: 44th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 8/29 (12:30-1:30p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-8-22]]: 43th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 8/22 (12:30-1:30p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-8-15]]: 42th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 8/15 (12:30-1:30p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-8-8]]: 41th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 8/8 (12:30-1:30p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
**'''Contains notes and references for the BioBricks parts wanted list'''
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-8-1]]: 40th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 8/1 (12:30-1:30p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-7-25]]: 39th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 7/25 (12:30-1:30p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
**'''Contains notes and references from the BioBricks tutorial'''
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-7-18]]: 38th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 7/18 (12:30-1:30p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-7-11]]: 37th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 7/11 (12:30-1:30p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4G/G449.gif G449], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-6-20]]: 36th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 6/20 (12:30-1:30p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-6-13]]: 35th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 6/13 (12:30-1:30p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-6-6]]: 34th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 6/6 (12:30-1:30p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4G/G449.gif G449], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-5-30]]: 33th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 5/30 (12:30-1:30p EST), 68-181, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-5-22]]: 32th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Tuesday 5/22 (12-1p EST), 56-614, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-5-15]]: 31th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Tuesday 5/15 (12-1p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4G/G449.gif G449], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-5-8]]: 30th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Tuesday 5/8 (12-1p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4D/D463.gif D463], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-5-1]]: 29th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Tuesday 5/1 (12-1p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4G/G449.gif G449], MIT
*[[SynBERC:Seminar series/Remy Chait]]: 28th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Tuesday 4/24 (12-1p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=68&mapsearch=go 68]-181, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-4-17]]: 27th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Tuesday 4/17 (12-1p EST), Meet at [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=320+Charles+St,+Cambridge,+Massachusetts+02141&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.638819,64.335938&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=42.368532,-71.0865&spn=0.008815,0.015707&om=1&iwloc=addr 320 Charles St Cambridge, MA 02141] at 12pm
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-4-10]]: 26th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Tuesday 4/10 (12-1p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4G/G449.gif G449], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-4-3]]: 25th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Tuesday 4/3 (12-1p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4G/G449.gif G449], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-3-28]]: 24th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 3/28 (12-1p EST), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4G/G449.gif G449], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-3-20]]: 23th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Tuesday 3/20 (12-1p), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4G/G449.gif G449], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-3-13]]: 22th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Tuesday 3/13 (12-1p), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4G/G449.gif G449], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-3-6]]: 21th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Tuesday 3/6 (12-1p), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4G/G449.gif G449], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-2-27]]: 20th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Tuesday 2/27 (12-1p), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4G/G449.gif G449], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-2-13]]: 19th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Tuesday 2/13 (12-1p), 68-181, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-2-6]]: 18th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Tuesday 2/6 (12-1p), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4G/G449.gif G449], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-1-31]]: 17th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 1/31 (1-2p), [http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32&mapsearch=go 32]-[http://www.csail.mit.edu/resources/maps/4G/G449.gif G449], MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-1-24]]: 16th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 1/24 (1-2p), 56-614, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-1-17]]: 15th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 1/17 (1-2p), 56-614, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-1-10]]: 14th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 1/10 (1-2p), 32-G449, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-12-20]]: 13th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 12/20 (1-2p), 68-180, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-12-13]]: 12th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 12/13 (1-2p), 68-180, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-12-6]]: 11th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 12/06 (1-2p), 68-180, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-11-29]]: 10th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 11/29 (1-2p), 68-180, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-11-15]]: 9th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 11/15 (1-2p), 68-180, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-11-08]]: 8th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 11/08 (1-2p), 68-180, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-11-01]]: 7th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 11/01 (1-2p), 32-G449, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-10-25]]: 6th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 10/25 (1-2p), 32-G449, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-10-18]]: 5th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 10/18 (1-2p), 68-180, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-10-11]]: 4th of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 10/11 (1-2p), 32-G449 (Kiva conference room), MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-10-4]]: 3rd of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 10/4 (1-2p), 68-180, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-9-27]]: 2nd of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 9/27 (1-2p), 32-D463, MIT
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-9-20]]: 1st of restarted MIT SBWG lunch
**Wednesday 9/20 (1-2p), 32-G449
**Please feel free to add yourself to the agenda.
*[[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-8-30]]: Kickoff Meeting @ MIT
**Wednesday 8/30 (4-5p), 68-574 or immediately local surrogate
}}
 
==Proposed topics==
Past and present research topics for synthetic biology working group lunches.  Please add to the list.
 
#Electronics device families (introduction by TK) - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-9-27]]
#Abstraction hierarchies
##Parts -> Devices -> Systems
##Biological layer model (AC)
#'''DEVICES''': Composability? Device family specification? Interfaces within families?  Interfaces across families?  Eventually parts datasheet?  Eventually standards?
##Transcriptional device families (RS and CAF) - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-10-4]], [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-10-11]]
##Post-translational device families  (SS) - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-2-13]]
##Biosynthetic device families (KJP lab) - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-10-18]], [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-10-25]]
##Ribozyme device families (AC) - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-1-10]], [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-1-17]] and [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-1-24]] and [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-3-28]]
##Translation device families?
#'''PARTS''': [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-2-6]]
##Terminators
##Coding regions
##RBSs
##Promoters
##Composability and characterization - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-11-01]]
#'''CHASSIS''': Why do we want different kinds?  What kinds?  What are the simplest systems that work?
##Minimal chassis
##Mesoplasma florum - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-12-13]]
##E. coli standard strain and rE. coli - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-12-6]]
##Yeast
##Power supply - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-11-15]]
##Vectors - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-1-31]]
#Synthesis technologies
##What is state of the art?
##What are the good ideas?
##How do we get more investment?
##Can the fabs constrain what people synthesize?
#What does the CAD tool look like? - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-7-18]], [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-8-1]]
#Human practice
#Differentiation and cell to cell communication.  Development.  Programmed pattern formation.  (Arthur Lander, Radhika)
#[[Synthetic Biology:BioBricks/Standardization|Standards]] (also see talk page)
#Load issues
#*What demands on the chassis are of most concern to us? Replication, transcription, [[Endy:Translation demand|translation]], Enzyme activity?
#**Are we regularly placing high demands on the chassis with our existing systems?
#*What chassis responses to an applied demand are of relevance? Growth rate, protein synthesis capacity?
#**Can we specify a threshold demand level above which the chassis response is so severe as to render the our engineered systems inoperable? 
#Selection against our systems [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-12-20]]
##e.g. IS elements are showing up in our devices!
#Statistics of codon pairs (UC Irvine folks)
#iGEM 2010 - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2006-11-08]]
#Registry 2.0 - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-6-20]]
#Publishing (with CS on Oct 20) - held separately
#Controlled transcriptional termination as an implementation for logic - Chris Anderson
#Designing enzymatic reactions by splitting catalytic activity and substrate specificity potentially by scaffolds - John Dueber? ask Adam Arkin for someone to talk about this
#What is the obvious list of things to do?
##Parts characterization
##How do we get basic tasks done?
#Experience with different parts: RBSs, promoters, terminators - Jen? Chris Anderson? Curt and Hal Alper
#Web of registries - Randy
#Repetitive sequences and potential for recombination - ask Graham Walker, someone in Philadelphia
#Registry of models - Barry and Vincent
#Bacterial counter and how you implement it - Tom or Gerry - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-5-30]]
#How do I get a computer inside my cell? - Tom
#Human practices - Michael Rossi
#Writing DNA - Maia, Farren?, Church lab, Adam Arkin, Sasha and polony sequencing - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-4-3]]
#Noncoding RNAs - Ron Breaker
#Materials - Angie Belcher, Julie Norville - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-5-8]]
#Education in SB - Natalie and Scot and Austin and Michael and Shawn? - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-3-20]], [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-5-22]]
##Curriculum
##Workshop implementation
##Materials
##Bootcamp
#Security - are we ok with the current investments in biotechnology? - Drew, Gautam? Phil Sharp and Gerry Fink and Jonathan King and Noam Chomsky and Ed Hammond - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-6-6]], [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-6-13]]
#*Must act in the absence of perfect knowledge
#Impact of big pharma and big ag and big energy on our field
#Inteins and Fran Perler from NEB - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-4-10]]
#Brian Baynes and Codon Devices - future of DNA synthesis technology
#Ownership, sharing and innovation - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-5-1]], [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-9-26]]
##IP around DNA fabrication technology (synthesis and automated assembly)
##How do we incent contributions?  i.e. documentation of parts in the Registry
##Historical examples around IP
##SynBERC OSI model
##BBF work
#Bioenergy - [[SynBERC:MIT/Calendar/2007-5-15]]
#Please add your topic to the list.
 
==Room locations for Spring==
Usually 32-D463 except for the following dates
 
*May 7 - 68-180
*May 28 - no room booked

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