Synthetic Biology:Documents

Go to http://syntheticbiology.org/   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.

Please add other publications in the area of Synthetic Biology here.

Papers

 * Synthetic Biology: Navigating the Challenges Ahead by Arjun Bhutkar in The Journal of Biolaw & Business vol.8, no.2, 2005.
 * Special issue on synthetic biology in Nature
 * [[Media:Levskaya_2005.pdf|Engineering Escherichia coli to see light]] by A. Levskaya, A.A. Chevalier, J.J. Tabor, Z.B. Simpson, L.A. Lavery, M.Levy, E.A. Davidson, A.Scouras, A.D. Ellington, E.M. Marcotte, and C.A. Voigt
 * Refactoring bacteriophage T7 by Leon Chan, Sriram Kosuri and Drew Endy
 * Engineering novel life commentary by Tom Knight
 * Engineering life through Synthetic Biology by Paras Chopra and Akhil Kamma. In Silico Biol. 6, 0038 (2006).
 * Public will fear biological accidents, not just attacks by Markus Schmidt in Nature, 2006, vol. 441, no. 7097 (Correspondence)

Theses

 * BioJADE: A Design and Simulation Tool for Synthetic Biological Systems by Jonathan Goler
 * Fluorescence assay for polymerase arrival rates by Austin Che

Technical reports

 * Idempotent Vector Design for Standard Assembly of BioBricks by Tom Knight
 * DARPA BioComp Plasmid Distribution 1.00 of Standard Biobrick Components by Tom Knight
 * BioBricks++: Simplifying Assembly of Standard DNA Components by Austin Che
 * A New Biobrick Assembly Strategy Designed for Facile Protein Engineering by Ira Phillips and Pam Silver

Reports

 * Synthetic Biology: Applying Engineering to Biology Report of a NEST High-Level Expert Group. Published by the European Commission 2005

White papers

 * From Understanding to Action: Community-Based Options for Improving Safety and Security in Synthetic Biology by Stephen M. Maurer, Keith V. Lucas & Starr Terrell, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley

Presentations

 * Pamela Silver's lecture & Lisa Geller's discussion on Synthetic Biology (mp3 file)
 * Laurie Zoloth's recent lecture on ethics & Synthetic Biology.
 * Paul Rabinow's recent lecture on security & Synthetic Biology.
 * The Next Step in Bioevolution: Engineering the Microbial World by Austin Che
 * A set of presentation slides and video from various talks by Drew Endy, many of which focus on the engineering of biology.

Thesis proposals

 * Engineering the Interface Between Cellular Chassis and Integrated Biological Systems by Barry Canton
 * Design and Evolution of Engineered Biological Systems by Jason Kelly

Posters

 * Design and Evolution of Engineered Biological Systems by Jason Kelly, Josh Michener and Drew Endy
 * Engineered Post-Translational Logic (PTL) by Samantha Sutton, Sara Neves, Lauren Leung and Drew Endy
 * Engineering the Interface Between Cellular Chassis and Integrated Biological Systems by Barry Canton and Drew Endy
 * Engineering transcription-based digital logic devices by Reshma Shetty and Tom Knight
 * BioBricks++: Mindless Module Manipulation by Monkeys by Austin Che

Working drafts

 * Draft 1: Regulatory Schemes in Biological Networks to Produce Desired Response and Stability. The genetic inverter: A computational case study
 * Draft 2: Recombineering: Homologous Recombination-Mediated DNA Engineering in E. coli
 * Draft 3: Electrical Models for Genetic Regulatory Elements
 * Draft 4: Plasmid Engineering (pdf) (doc)

Comics

 * Adventures in Synthetic Biology with background.

Other compilations

 * Recent Synthetic Biology papers: PubMed, Cite-U-Like
 * Project fact sheets of 4 European synthetic biology projects
 * MIT DSpace Synthetic Biology Archive
 * by date
 * by author
 * Ron Weiss' work on Programming Cells