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<h3>'''Making life better, one part at a time.''' </h3><br>
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== About Us ==
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This site is sponsored & maintained by members of the MIT Synthetic Biology Working Group. Please see our [[SB:FAQ|FAQ]] if you've questions about what we do.
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<big>'''Making life better, one part at a time.''' </big><br>
Current members are associated with the [[Endy Lab]], the [[Knight Lab]], [http://www.csail.mit.edu/index.php Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory], the [http://web.mit.edu/biology Department of Biology], the [http://web.mit.edu/be Biological Engineering Division], and the [http://www.eecs.mit.edu/ Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science] at [http://web.mit.edu MIT].
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MIT folks can add/remove themselves to the "synthbio" mailing list [https://ca.mit.edu/moira/index.jhtml here].
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== Classes/Competitions ==
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*[[iGEM2005:Main Page|iGEM competitions site]] -- [[iGEM2005.MIT:Main Page|2005 iGEM MIT team]]
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*[http://rosalind.csail.mit.edu/r/parts/htdocs/SBC04/index.cgi 2004 Synthetic Biology Competition]
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*[http://polkadots.mit.edu/ IAP 2004 class]
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*[http://rosalind.csail.mit.edu/projects/index.cgi IAP 2003 and IAP 2004 projects]
'''<big>Synthetic biology</big> refers to '''<br>
 
'''1. the design and fabrication of biological components and systems that do not already exist in the natural world'''<br>
== Projects ==
'''2. the re-design and fabrication of existing biological systems.'''
*[[The BioBricks Foundation]]
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*[http://parts.mit.edu Registry of Standard Biological Parts]
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**[[Registry Wish List]]
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*[[Synthetic Genomics Study]]
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*[[Standard E. coli Strain for BioBricks]]
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*[[BioBrick Parts for Plasmid Engineering]]
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**[[BioBricks construction tutorial]]
<h3>Contributors</h3>
*[[SortoStat]]
'''Labs'''<br>
*[[Library-based Construction]]
• [[Endy Lab]]<br>
*[[Receiver Definition]]
• [[Knight Lab]]<br>
*[[Error Detection & Correction in Replicating Machines]]
'''Teams'''<br>
 
• [[iGEM2005.MIT:Main Page|2005 iGEM MIT team]]<br>
== Docs ==
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'''See the [https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/18185 Synthetic Biology community] on [http://dspace.mit.edu/ MIT's DSpace] for more publications.'''
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<h3>Classes/Competitions</h3>
===Papers===
• [[iGEM2005:Main Page|iGEM 2005]]<br>
*[http://www.nature.com/msb/journal/v1/n1/full/msb4100025.html Refactoring bacteriophage T7] by [[Leon Chan]], [[Sriram Kosuri]] and [[Drew Endy]] with commentary [http://www.nature.com/msb/journal/v1/n1/full/msb4100028.html Engineering novel life] by [[Tom Knight]]
• [http://rosalind.csail.mit.edu/r/parts/htdocs/SBC04/index.cgi 2004 Synthetic Biology Competition]<br>
 
• [http://polkadots.mit.edu/ 2004 IAP class]<br>
===Theses===
• [http://rosalind.csail.mit.edu/projects/index.cgi IAP 2003 and IAP 2004 projects]<br>
*[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7115 BioJADE: A Design and Simulation Tool for Synthetic Biological Systems] by Jonathan Goler
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*[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16618 Fluorescence assay for polymerase arrival rates] by [[Austin Che]]
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===Technical Reports===
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*Technical Report 0: [http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/21168 Idempotent Vector Design for Standard Assembly of BioBricks] by [[Tom Knight]]
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*Technical Report 1: [http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/21167 DARPA BioComp Plasmid Distribution 1.00 of Standard Biobrick Components] by [[Tom Knight]]
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<h3>Initiatives</h3>
===Presentations===
• [http://parts.mit.edu Registry of Standard Biological Parts]<br>
*A set of [http://web.mit.edu/endy/www/scraps/talks/ presentation slides] from various talks by [[Drew Endy]], many of which focus on the engineering of biology.
• [[The BioBricks Foundation]]<br>
 
• [[Synthetic Genomics Study]]<br>
===Thesis Proposals===
• [[Error Detection & Correction in Replicating Machines]]<br>
*[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/19813 Engineering the Interface Between Cellular Chassis and Integrated Biological Systems] by [[Barry Canton]]
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*[http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/21169 Design and Evolution of Engineered Biological Systems] by [[Jason Kelly]]
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===Working Drafts===
<h3>Projects</h3>
*Draft 1: [http://docs.syntheticbiology.org/LacOperator.doc Regulatory Schemes in Biological Networks to Produce Desired Response and Stability. The genetic inverter: A computational case study]
• [[Standard E. coli Strain for BioBricks]]<br>
*Draft 2: [http://docs.syntheticbiology.org/HomologRecomb.pdf Recombineering: Homologous Recombination-Mediated DNA Engineering in E. coli]
• [[Barcodes]]<br>
*Draft 3: [http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/~gjs/syntheticbiology/models.pdf Electrical Models for Genetic Regulatory Elements]
• [[BioBrick Parts for Plasmid Engineering]]<br>
*Draft 4: Plasmid Engineering [http://docs.syntheticbiology.org/PlasmidEngineering.pdf (pdf)] [http://docs.syntheticbiology.org/PlasmidEngineering.doc (doc)]
• [[SortoStat]]<br>
 
• [[Receiver Definition]]<br>
== Conferences ==
• [[Rebuilding T7]]<br>
*[http://conference.syntheticbiology.org/ The First International Meeting on Synthetic Biology]
• [[Engineering the Host/System Interface]]<br>
*Synthetic Biology 2.0 is scheduled for May 20-22, 2006 at UC Berkeley. 
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**Exact schedule and registration details still to be announced.
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* [http://www.icsb-2005.org/ Sixth International Conference on Systems Biology (ICSB 2005)]
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* [http://www.venterinstitute.org/gsac/programandspeakers.php Venter Institute Conference: Genomes, Medicine, and the Environment]
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== News ==
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<h3>Tutorials</h3>
• [[BioBricks construction tutorial]]<br>
• [[Standardized GFP quantification]]<br>
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<h3>Learn more</h3>
• [[SB:Documents | Documents]]<br>
• [[SB:Conferences | Conferences]]<br>
• [[SB:News | News]]<br>
• [[SB:Press | Press articles]]<br>
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<h3>Community News:</h3>
* A [https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/18185 Synthetic Biology community] has been set up on [https://dspace.mit.edu/ MIT's DSpace].
* A [https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/18185 Synthetic Biology community] has been set up on [https://dspace.mit.edu/ MIT's DSpace].
* MIT, the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Md., and the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. announce a new study of the societal implications of synthetic genomics.  Press releases: [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/syntheticbio.html MIT], [http://www.csis.org/press/pr05_23.pdf CSIS] and [http://www.venterinstitute.org/press/news/news_2005_06_28.php Venter Institute].
* MIT, the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Md., and the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. announce a new study of the societal implications of synthetic genomics.  Press releases: [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/syntheticbio.html MIT], [http://www.csis.org/press/pr05_23.pdf CSIS] and [http://www.venterinstitute.org/press/news/news_2005_06_28.php Venter Institute].
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* Check out [http://taqdot.org/ taqdot: News for the open source and synthetic biology community]
* Check out [http://taqdot.org/ taqdot: News for the open source and synthetic biology community]
* [http://codondevices.com/ Codon Devices] is founded to "pioneer the emerging field of synthetic biology."
* [http://codondevices.com/ Codon Devices] is founded to "pioneer the emerging field of synthetic biology."
* [[SB:News|Old news links]]
* MIT folks can add/remove themselves to the "synthbio" mailing list [https://ca.mit.edu/moira/index.jhtml here].
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Synthetic biology refers to
1. the design and fabrication of biological components and systems that do not already exist in the natural world
2. the re-design and fabrication of existing biological systems.

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This site is sponsored & maintained by members of the MIT Synthetic Biology Working Group.


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