Synthetic Biology

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Synthetic Biology is
A) the design and construction of new biological parts, devices, and systems, and
B) the re-design of existing, natural biological systems for useful purposes.

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Community news

• Arti Rai & James Boyle of Duke Law discuss tension between intellectual property rights and public domain in synthetic biology.
• Bio-era releases Genome Synthesis and Design Futures report. (free pdf - reg req'd)
• Synthetic Biology workshop, 27-8 Aug 2007, Chalmers Biocenter, Göteborg University, Sweden
• NCCUSA Biotechnology and National Security declaration.
• US HSPD-18. Guidance on openness and international transparency in biodefense work still needed.
• 02/07/07 PNAS paper, Synthetic ecology, A model system for cooperation
• BP announces support for Energy Biosciences Institute
• Protocols and Standards workshop for synthetic biology & internet II
• Synthetic Biology 3.0 conference website springs to life.
• Chris Voigt publishes beautiful introductory review entitled "Genetic parts to program bacteria." PDF, PubMed
• ETC group publishes an introduction to synthetic biology.
• Roger Brent has published two commentaries discussing future biological security, and issues of responsibility within the synthetic biology community.
• Ljubljana, Slovenia wins iGEM 2006 Grand Prize & takes home the coveted BioBrick, MIT earns Best System, full details coming online.

Community news archive

Discussions Applications Abstraction hierarchy Semantic web ontology Error detection & correction in replicating machines Publishing Standardization Synthetic Society SB2.0 proposed biosecurity resolutions If you'd like to contribute, join OpenWetWare!	Resources Mailing lists Conferences LBL's Synthetic Biology Lecture Series archive Documents Graduate Programs Faculty Positions Online tools Press articles Recent Synthetic Biology papers: PubMed, Cite-U-Like Related links
Initiatives The BioBricks Foundation OpenWetWare Registry of Standard Biological Parts Synthetic Genomics Study	Projects Collaborative Projects BioBricks (help wanted!) Team Synthetic on Rosetta@Home (add your cycles) Engineering the Host/System Interface Rebuilding T7 SortoStat TABASCO
Outreach Information About us FAQ Competitions iGEM (wiki) 2004 Synthetic Biology Competition Courses 20.109 or BE.109 (MIT) BE.180 (MIT) Synbio 2007 or Implications and Applications of Synthetic Biology (UC Berkeley) MIT IAP 2003 and IAP 2004 projects	Contributors See the list of members. Labs Collins Lab Ellington Lab Endy Lab Keasling Lab Knight Lab Silver Lab iGEM teams on OpenWetWare If you'd like to contribute, join OpenWetWare!

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