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*Ham Smith's group reports in PNAS on the [http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=16407165 essential genes of a minimal bacterium]. | *Ham Smith's group reports in PNAS on the [http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=16407165 essential genes of a minimal bacterium]. | ||
*The Scientist has an article on [http://www.the-scientist.com/2006/1/1/30/1/ Is this life?]. Check out the links to opinions on artificial life and the definition of synthetic biology from [[Drew Endy|Endy]], Venter, Keasling, Church, Noireaux, Holt, and Blattner. | *The Scientist has an article on [http://www.the-scientist.com/2006/1/1/30/1/ Is this life?]. Check out the links to opinions on artificial life and the definition of synthetic biology from [[Drew Endy|Endy]], Venter, Keasling, Church, Noireaux, Holt, and Blattner. | ||
*BioSpectrum Asia Edition has an article highlighting India's involvement in iGEM this year [http://www.biospectrumasia.com/content/270406IND636.asp Synthetic Biology] | |||
* [[Synthetic_Biology:Graduate | Graduate Program]] and [[Synthetic_Biology:Faculty | Open Faculty Positions]] pages started. See ''Resources'' section below. | * [[Synthetic_Biology:Graduate | Graduate Program]] and [[Synthetic_Biology:Faculty | Open Faculty Positions]] pages started. See ''Resources'' section below. | ||
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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
- Ongoing discussion of community self-governance issues; to be resolved by SB2.0. Please contribute!
- Pósfai's & Blattner's groups publish their reduction of E. coli's genome.
- Webcast of MIT "town hall" meeting on community self-governance options.
- Goldman School releases white paper on self-governance of DNA synthesis technology for community-wide discussion and comment.
- Jay Keasling's group publishes a paper about making a lot of artemisinic acid in yeast.
- Keith Joung's group publishes engineered protein-protein interaction paper.
- Registration for the Second International Conference on Synthetic Biology (SB2.0) is open.
- Beachhead has a market analysis for synthetic biology: Synthetic Biology, A New Paradigm for Biological Discovery
- NY Times has an article on Custom-Made Microbes, at Your Service.
- Ham Smith's group reports in PNAS on the essential genes of a minimal bacterium.
- The Scientist has an article on Is this life?. Check out the links to opinions on artificial life and the definition of synthetic biology from Endy, Venter, Keasling, Church, Noireaux, Holt, and Blattner.
- BioSpectrum Asia Edition has an article highlighting India's involvement in iGEM this year Synthetic Biology
- Graduate Program and Open Faculty Positions pages started. See Resources section below.
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