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* [[Synthetic_Biology:Graduate Graduate Program]] and [[Synthetic_Biology:Faculty Open Faculty Positions]] pages started. See ''Resources'' section below. | |||
* Special issue on synthetic biology in [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7067/index.html Nature] including the [http://www.nature.com/nature/comics/syntheticbiologycomic/index.html Adventures in Synthetic Biology] comic | * Special issue on synthetic biology in [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v438/n7067/index.html Nature] including the [http://www.nature.com/nature/comics/syntheticbiologycomic/index.html Adventures in Synthetic Biology] comic | ||
* EU Synthetic Biology funding [http://www.cordis.lu/nest/path_2005-2006.htm announcement] | * EU Synthetic Biology funding [http://www.cordis.lu/nest/path_2005-2006.htm announcement] |
Revision as of 20:41, 27 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
- Synthetic_Biology:Graduate Graduate Program and Synthetic_Biology:Faculty Open Faculty Positions pages started. See Resources section below.
- Special issue on synthetic biology in Nature including the Adventures in Synthetic Biology comic
- EU Synthetic Biology funding announcement
- Pamela Silver's lecture & Lisa Geller's discussion on Synthetic Biology (mp3 file)
- 2005 iGEM Jamboree gets underway, 5 November 2005 (MIT, News)
- Freeman 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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