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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 you questions about what we do.
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Current members are associated with the [[Endy Lab]], [http://www.csail.mit.edu/index.php 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].
== Classes/Competitions ==


[[iGEM2005:Main Page|iGEM competitions site]] -- [[iGEM2005.MIT:Main Page|2005 iGEM MIT team]]
<h3>Community news</h3>
* [http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss2015/ International Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School], Taormina, Italy, 5 - 9 July 2015
* [http://synbiobeta.com/event/san-francisco-2014/ SynBioBeta SF 2014], San Francisco, November 13 - 15 2014
* First lab manual for SynBio published [http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9061#t=aboutBook Synthetic Biology: A Lab Manual]
* SynBioBeta [http://synbiobeta.com/event/synbiobeta-activate-singapore/ Activate! Singapore], Singapore, June 16th 2014
* [http://www.taosciences.it/ssbss2014/ International Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School], Taormina, Italy, 15 - 19 June 2014
* SynBioBeta [http://www.synbiobeta.com Conference London 2014] April 3rd.
* New [http://synbiobeta.com/courses Courses in Synthetic Biology] announced February 2014.


[http://rosalind.csail.mit.edu/r/parts/htdocs/SBC04/index.cgi 2004 Synthetic Biology Competition]
<small>[[Synthetic Biology:News | Community news archive]]</small>
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[http://web.mit.edu/synbio/www/iap/ IAP 2004 class]
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[http://http://rosalind.csail.mit.edu/projects/index.cgi IAP 2003 and IAP 2004 projects]
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== Projects ==
<h3>Discussions</h3>
[[The BioBricks Foundation]]
* [[Synthetic_Biology:Applications | Applications]]
* [[Synthetic Biology:Abstraction hierarchy | Abstraction hierarchy]]
* [[Synthetic Biology:Semantic web ontology | Semantic web ontology]]
* [[Error Detection & Correction in Replicating Machines | Error detection & correction in replicating machines]]<br>
* [[Publishing Group|Publishing]]<br>
* [[Standardization]]<br>
* [[Synthetic Society]]
* [[Synthetic_Biology:ToolsWishlist | Software Tools Wishlist]]


[http://parts.mit.edu Registry of Standard Biological Parts]
* [[Synthetic Biology:SB2.0/Biosecurity resolutions | '''SB2.0 proposed biosecurity resolutions''']]
== Conferences ==
[http://web.mit.edu/synbio/release/conference/ The First International Meeting on Synthetic Biology]
== People ==
[[Jennifer Braff]]


[[Barry Canton]]
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[[Caitlin Conboy]]
<h3>Resources</h3>
* [[SynBio books]]
* [[Synthetic Biology:SB101|Synthetic Biology 101]]
* [[Synthetic Biology:DNA synthesis order reviews|Reviews of DNA synthesis companies]]
* [[Synthetic Biology:Press | Press articles]]
* Publications: [[Synthetic_Biology:Articles|citeulike]], [[Synthetic_Biology:Connotea|connotea]],  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&amp;term=%22synthetic%20biology%22&amp;DB=pubmed PubMed]
* [[Synthetic Biology:Documents | Documents]]
* [[Synthetic Biology:Conferences | Conferences]]
* [http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/archive.php?seriesid=1906978261 LBL's Synthetic Biology Lecture Series archive]
* [[Synthetic Biology:Mailing lists | Mailing lists]]
* [[Synthetic Biology:Graduate | Graduate Programs]]
* [[Synthetic Biology:All levels |Positions]]
* [[Synthetic Biology:Industry | Industry]]
* [[Synthetic_Biology:Tools|Online tools]]
* [[Synthetic Biology:Related links | Related links]]


[[Austin Che]]
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[[Drew Endy]]
<h3>Initiatives</h3>
* [[Main Page | OpenWetWare]]
* [[Synthetic Genomics Study]]
* [[Synthetic Biology:BioBricks | BioBricks]] (help wanted!)
* [[The BioBricks Foundation]]
* [http://partsregistry.org Registry of Standard Biological Parts]
* [http://synberc.org SynBERC]
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[[Jason Kelly]]
<h3>Projects</h3>
* [[SortoStat|Cell sorter SortoStat]]
* [[Synthetic Biology:Collaborative Projects|Collaborative Projects]]
* [[E. coli Automatic Directed Evolution Machine project|''E. coli'' Automatic Directed Evolution Machine (E.ADEM) project]]
* [[Engineering the Host/System Interface]]
* [[Minimal Cell Project (MCP)]]
* [[Rebuilding T7]]
* [[Synthetic E. coli genome project]]
* [[Synthetic Mycoplasma genome project]]
* [[Synthetic yeast genome project]]
* [[Rosetta | Team Synthetic on Rosetta@Home]] (add your cycles)


[[Tom Knight]]
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[[Reshma Shetty]]
<h3>iGEM & Outreach</h3>
*iGEM Competition
**[http://igem.org/Main_Page iGEM home page]
**[http://partsregistry.org Registry of Standard Biological Parts]
**[http://igem.org/Previous_iGEM_Competitions Prior iGEM competitions]


[[Samantha Sutton]]
*Information
**[[Synthetic Biology:Who we are | About us]]
**[[Synthetic Biology:FAQ | FAQ]]


== News ==
*Courses
*7/8/04: [http://web.mit.edu/be/news/synth_bio.htm Writing DNA]: [http://web.mit.edu/synbio/release/conference/ First Synthetic Biology Conference] Held at MIT  
** "Synthetic Biology for Computer Programmers" [http://www.synb.org a one day course]
*7/8/04: [http://www.eet.com/at/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=22102744 Experts worry] that synthetic biology may spawn biohackers and [http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/08/1356258&mode=nested&tid=126&tid=128&tid=134&tid=191 Slashdot article].
**[[20.109]] or [[BE.109]] (MIT)
*6/15/04: [http://www.eetonline.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=FQH5BD5RXUVD4QSNDBCSKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=21800320&_requestid=105148 Conference kicks off synthetic bio revolution]
**[[BE.180]] (MIT)
*6/11/04: BioBricks to help reverse-engineer life
**[[Synbio 2007]] or [[Keasling:_Synthetic_Biology_Class|Implications and Applications of Synthetic Biology]] (UC Berkeley)<br>
*4/26/04: Synthetic Life: article in Scientific American and discussion on Slashdot.
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*1/9/04: Microbes made to order: Science, 303(5655):158-161, January 2004.
 
*7/9/03: The [http://web.mit.edu/synbio/release/conference/ First Synthetic Biology Conference] will take place June 2004 at MIT. Go to the conference page for more information.
<h3>Contributors</h3>
*4/29/03: [http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/29/1917216& Story on Slashdot] on Digital DNA circuits with link to BioBricks.
*[[iGEM|iGEM teams on OpenWetWare]]
*4/15/03: Planning and assembly of parts from IAP is beginning.
*Labs
*2/28/03: All parts have been shipped.
** [[Church Lab]]
*2/15/03: The IAP class is finished! See the group projects. The designs are being reviewed and sequences will be shipped soon.
** [[Collins Lab]]
*2/13/03: MIT News [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2003/blinkers.html article] about IAP class
** [[Ellington Lab]]
*11/20/02: Check out our IAP class on engineering blinkers.
** [[Endy Lab]]
*11/01/02: We have the sequence for [[Mesoplasma florum]]!
** [[Forster Lab]]
** [[Keasling Lab]]
** [[Knight Lab]]
** [[Silver Lab]]
** [[Venter Lab]]
*[[Synthetic Biology:People| People]]
 
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