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* 2005 iGEM [http://parts2.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Jamboree] gets underway, 5 November 2005 ([http://web.mit.edu/ MIT], [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/igem.html News]) | * 2005 iGEM [http://parts2.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Jamboree] gets underway, 5 November 2005 ([http://web.mit.edu/ MIT], [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/igem.html News]) | ||
* Freemand Dyson's talk on the [http://www.metanexus.net/metanexus_online/show_article.asp?9361 Future of Evolution]. | |||
* Mitsuhiro Itaya's group reports in PNAS on [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0503868102v1 combining two genomes in one cell]. | * Mitsuhiro Itaya's group reports in PNAS on [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0503868102v1 combining two genomes in one cell]. | ||
* Laurie Zoloth's recent [http://progressive.playstream.com/nakfi/progressive/life%20engineering/zoloth/zoloth.html lecture] on ethics & Synthetic Biology. | * Laurie Zoloth's recent [http://progressive.playstream.com/nakfi/progressive/life%20engineering/zoloth/zoloth.html lecture] on ethics & Synthetic Biology. | ||
Revision as of 10:54, 7 November 2005
Synthetic Biology refers to
A) the design and construction of new biological parts, devices, and systems.
B) the re-design of existing, natural biological systems for useful purposes.
Community news
- 2005 iGEM Jamboree gets underway, 5 November 2005 (MIT, News)
- Freemand Dyson's talk on the Future of Evolution.
- Mitsuhiro Itaya's group reports in PNAS on combining two genomes in one cell.
- Laurie Zoloth's recent lecture on ethics & Synthetic Biology.
- Paul Rabinow's recent lecture on security & Synthetic Biology.
- The Institute of Biological Engineering's annual meeting (March 10-12, 2006, Univ. of Arizona) will include a Synthetic Biology session and a student paper contest on bioethics!
- Two new public mailing lists have been established to help serve the Synthetic Biology community.
- A new journal Synthetic and Systems Biology has been launched.
- The Synthetic Biology site has undergone major revisions. Post your feedback on the talk page.
- A Synthetic Biology publishing archive has been set up on 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: MIT, CSIS and Venter Institute. Synthetic Genomics Study
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