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== Contact Information ==


I'm Andrew Hessel.
email: ahessel (at) gmail (dot) com (preferred contact method)<br>
I am one of the ambassadors with the iGEM program, working with Randy Rettberg.
phone: 443.844.1309 or 780.868.3169<br>
Skype: search for "Andrew Hessel", ahessel (at) gmail (dot) com <br>
factsheet: see [http://openwetware.org/images/a/a5/ANDREW_HESSEL_BIOGRAPHY.pdf PDF]<br>
website: http://andrewhessel.com


[[Image:Ahessel-cal06.jpg]]
== About Me ==


== iGEM Ambassador Information ==
I am a catalyst for open source synthetic biology.  I advocate that cells are living computers and DNA is a programming language. I want to see life programmed and used to solve global challenges so that humanity can achieve a sustainable relationship within the biosphere.
Randy has created the iGEM ambassador program to help support the growing number of iGEM teams.  While there's no fixed job description, our goal is to assist the participating groups in any way we can, keep information flowing, and help behind the scenes.


My immediate goals are to:
[http://about.me/andrewhessel About.me]
[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/4b0/290 LinkedIn profile]
[http://www.facebook.com/ahessel Facebook]


* absorb the current iGEM philosophies and goals
== Educational Work ==
* master the wiki (it's fun!)
* review previous iGEM teams and projects
* determine which teams I will be responsible for and contact with them
* improve documentation
* improve the registry
* help streamline backend workflow
* think about ways to grow and enhance everything iGEM related!


=== Contact Information ===
'''Singularity University'''


Electronic communication is best.  Call anytime.  Here's how to reach me:
I co-chair the Biotechnology and Bioinformatics track at the Singularity University, located at the NASA Research campus.  The mission of Singularity University is to prepare leaders for accelerating technological change.  See http://singularityu.org for more information.


email : ahessel (at) gmail (dot) com
== Advancing Personalized Medicine ==


IM: sailingandrew@hotmail.com or google chat.
'''Pink Army Cooperative (open source biotech)'''


home: 416.848.1725
I am a co-founder, along with Jayson Tymko and John Carlson, of the world's first cooperative biotechnology company, the Pink Army Cooperative.


cell: 416.834.8310
We're out to fundamentally change the way medicines are developed. We're building a development system able to make drugs for just one person at a time.  This simplifies the science, manufacturing, testing, interpretation, risk, and liability -- all saving money and years of effort.  When we get it right, we then scaling the system to treat more people.


=== Personal Blurb ===
We are not a cancer research group.  We're a socially-owned and backed biotechnology company out to make personalized therapeutics very, very fast.


My interest in synthetic biology stems from work I did in the early 1990's.  I studied the genomes of and collated the available sequence information for various Salmonella species, creating genomic maps.  But I wanted to do more than just decipher genomes.  I wanted to create them, yet there was no practical way to ''write'' DNA code.  I've had an eye on developments leading to this ever since.
We're currently in the member acquisition phase, recruiting 2500 members to purchase a $20 share (this is equity, not a donation) and thus provide capital for the first R&D push.  Until this trigger point, all member capital is being banked.  No salaries or expenses are paid.  This is a truly member-owned, non-profit biotechnology company, something very different in the world of pharmaceuticals.


The technology for writing DNA is growing more reliable and affordable every day.  As genetic work shifts to being synthesized ''de novo'' we can expect to the appearance of a different sort of biology, and a different biological scientist.  iGEM is important because it plants the seeds for this new field. And that's very cool.
For more information, check out the [http://pinkarmy.org Pink Army website].


=== Comments on the Registry ===
== 2012 Activities ==
(Initial thoughts...  Comments welcome!)


'''Overall objective:'''
Please see http://andrewhessel.com


Make the iGEM registry logical, intuitive, and a useful resource to reseachers wanting to build GEMs or visitors wanting to explore the documentation, data, and tools.
== 2011 Speaking Engagements and Activities ==


'''Note:'''  These comments are not meant to address the data collected for parts, devices, or systems in the iGEM registry.  I have been reviewing the GO (gene ontology) site and considering how an ontology might be created for iGEM.  These comments address some relatively straightforward reorganizations of the current data and website.
Singularity University Executive Program, Dec 3-10


'''Registries in General:'''
Quantified Self Europe, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nov 26-27


A registry is only valuable if it organizes the material it contains.  The registry must be kept clean and organized, have useful and easy-to-understand assembly tools, and high quality documentation and data.
TEDxAmsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nov 25


The registry should:
Human Genetic Engineering Debate, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, Nov 23


* Organize data intuitively
TEDxBrussels, Brussels, Belgium, Nov 22
* Make it easy for users or guests to "play", designing parts, devices, and systems
* Automatically clean up designs that are not promoted to synthesis or assembly (orphan sweep)
* Flag items stalled in synthesis or assembly, or that have not been physically received
* Prompt part owners to provide test, measurement, and other scoring data for completed items


'''Site Visitors:'''
Good Morning Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, Nov 17


Most visitors are presumed to be curious, first-time visitors not well versed in the ideas or tools of synthetic biology.  (Is this true?)  General information about the registry, including:
Our Post Human Future, ISSB, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada Nov 15


* What is this synthetic biology stuff?
Techonomy 2011, Tucson, Arizona, Nov 13-14
* What is the registry about?
* What can it be used for?


is very important to seed interest and support for iGEM and SB.  The registry documentation should be clear and assume a minimum of biological knowledge.
AECON Board Briefing, Mountain View, CA, Nov 4-6


'''Login and Registration:'''
TEDxLosGatos, Los Gatos, CA Oct 26


After reading this introductory material, new users may want to expore the tools and data further.  Most users today may be part of an MIT-affiliated lab or an iGEM team but the site should not reinforce these constraints.  The registration page should collect the necessary information required to keep accurate construction records about the parts, systems, and devices the users create.  Physical, real-world address information is important for all users that wish to request synthesis or assemblies, since these will require shipping labels.  Guest accounts should not have the ability to promote projects beyond the design stage; only minimal guest user information, eg. a verified email address, would be collected.
Flow State Summit, Malibu, CA Oct 22


'''Parts, Devices, and Systems:'''
Intel, New York Comic Con, Oct 15-16


The abstraction hierarchy outlined in Parts, Devices, and Systems is important, yet the registry does not clearly subscribe to this architecture.  The icon menu at the top of the page lists various parts categories (eg. RBS) then confusingly jumps to composites, projects, or unrelated heading like "cell" or "plasmid".  More thought that goes into the organization of the registry and the icon bar.  Perhaps Parts, Designs, and Systems could be made more fundamental in how the data is presented to users.
Singularity University Executive Program, Oct 1-8


'''Parts (discrete, non-reducible components)'''
Oil Sands Leadership Initiative Innovation Days, Sept 28-29


''Categories:''
Alberta iGEM Regional Meeting, Edmonton, Canada Sept 23-25


a.  Designs only
ANBio Brazil Biosecurity Conference, Joinville, Brazil, Sept 19-22


b.  Designed and synthesized
Biosafety and Biosecurity International Conference, Amman, Jordan, Sept 13-16


c.  Designed, synthesized, and used in at least 1 assembly (RE sites work, etc)
Jesuit Center, Los Gatos, Sept 7


d.  Designed, synthesized, used in assembly, and tested/measured
Telluride Film Festival, Telluride, Colorado, Sept 1-6


e.  Intermediates stages (used for tracking purposes)
SALLS 2011, Stockholm, Sweden, August 24-26


''Comments''
Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden, August 19


#'Designs only' should be regularly swept (no need to delete permanently, just make them away).
HealthFOO, Cambridge, MA, July 15-17
#Designed and synthesized should be linked to a physical location of the part.  If no part can be found in the registry freezer, the record should be swept.
#Intermediates should be flagged if stalled.
#Parts that are synthesized but not assembled should be QC'd by the registry (test assembly).
# Wherever possible, test and measurement data should be recorded for the part.  Users should also be asked to score the part so that ranking data can be generated.


'''Devices (combinations of 2 or more parts):'''
TED Global, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 11-14


''Categories:''
DARPA Living Foundries, Arlington, VA, June 28


a. Designs only
Synthetic Biology 5.0, Stanford University, June 15-17


b.  Designed and assembled
Autodesk IDEAS, San Francisco, May 22-24


c.  Designed, assembled, and tested/measured
Medical Synthetics: An Introduction to Synthetic Biology for Medical Professionals, SU Futuremed Program, Mountain View, May 10-15


d.  Intermediates
Intentional Selection: A Look Into Our Biological Future, Museum of Tomorrow Visioning, CRIA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 29


''Comments''
Preparing Abu Dhabi for Exponential Change, ATIC-SU Meeting, Fairmont Bab Al Bahr, Abu Dhabi, April 19-20


#In process categories should be reviewed regularly.
Flow State University Founders Circle, Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, April 13-14
#Designs and intermediates should be swept or reviewed regularly, as necessary.
#Test and measurement data should include scoring system for ranking
#Devices made but not tested should generate email prompts to the owner of record or subsequent users for accurate record keeping.


'''Systems (combinations of 2 or more devices)'''
Patient, Heal Thyself, TEDxUSC, Los Angeles, April 12
''Similar to Device categories''


Singularity University Executive Program, NASA Ames, April 1-8


'''Misc. stylistic comments:'''
Here be Dragons: Governing a Technologically Uncertain Future (Synthetic Biology), Google Inc., Washington DC, February 3-4


* The 'About the registry' page needs to be updated
Open Source and Regulation, Engineering Life and Ethical Practices (Course, with Laura Dress), Emory University, February 2
* The page headers are inconsistent in the different menus
 
* The references, glossary, FAQ and Links all need revision or enhancement
== 2010 Speaking Engagements and Activities ==
* Why is parts2.mit.edu and parts.mit.edu both maintained? The assembly tool in parts.mit.edu has an error message -- not ideal since this is the primary site
 
* The registration page should be updated and expanded to collect more data
Hardware, Software, Wetware, Singularity University Executive Program (4 day), NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, December 9-12
 
Personalized Medicine and Cancer as Information Technology, Biotech Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, December 8
 
Engineering a More Secure Future, United Nations Bioweapons Commission, ISU, Geneva, Switzerland, December 7
 
It's Always Raining in Blade Runner, Danny DeVito/Rob McElhenney Technology Salon, Los Angeles, November 20
 
Singularity University-FIAP Program, Sao Paolo, Brazil, November 9-15
 
iGEM Track Judge, New Applications, MIT, Boston, MA, November 6-8
 
Biology as an Information Technology, MILCOM 2010, San Jose, CA, November 1
 
NASA-Synbio Meeting, NASA Ames, Moffett Field, CA, October 30-31
 
Life, Programmable, Singularity University Fall Executive Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, October 13-22
 
Understanding Exponential Trends in Life Science, Swedish American Life Science Summit 2010, Stockholm, Sweden September 29-30
 
Open Source Genetics, IN|10 Interactive Exchange, Toronto, Ontario, September 13-14
 
Building Bridges to Biotechnology, AAAS-FBI Joint Meeting, Boston, October 31-September 1
 
Building Bridges (Extended edition), Stockholm School of Economics, Executive MBA program, Stockholm, Sweden, August 20
 
Building Bridges: Health in a Digital Age, Leading Health Care keynote, Stockholm, Sweden, August 18
 
Pink Army Cooperative, A drug company for everyone, Open Science Summit 2010, Berkeley, July 29-31
 
Intelligent Design: An introduction to synthetic biology, IDEO, Palo Alto, July 29
 
FBI-DIYbio Meeting, St. Regis Hotel, Washington DC, July 22
 
Singularity University Graduate Studies Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, June - August
 
Altered Carbon: Programming, processing, and economics.  Humanity+ Summit, Harvard University, June 12-13
 
Biology: Faster, Better, Cheaper, University of Alabama, Huntsville, May 20
 
X Prize Foundation, Life Science Prize Final Development, May 13-17
 
MoMo (Mobile Monday) Amsterdam, March 28
 
Alberta SuperDesigner Workshop, Red Deer, March 25-26
 
TEDx Edmonton, March 13
 
X Prize Foundation, Life Science Prize Visioning, March 10
 
Singularity University Executive Program (Winter), February 26 - March 7
 
Sustainable Communities Working Group, Calgary, January 27-28
 
OSLI Communications Workshop, Calgary, January 18
 
== 2009 Activities ==
 
TEDxSV, "The End of Cancer", Standford University, December 12
 
Alberta Association of Colleges and Technical Institutes, "Driving Innovation", Banff, Alberta December 10
H+ Summit, Irvine, California, December 5-6
 
Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Speakers Series, Energy & Environmental Engineering, University of Calgary, November 19, 2009
 
Singularity University Executive Program, November 6-15, 2009
 
The Drive to Innovate, Conoco-Phillips, Calgary, November 3, 2009
 
iGEM 2009, MIT, Cambridge, MA October 30 - November 2, 2009 (attending only)
 
BIL:PIL, Building a Drug Development Pipeline for Personalized, Open Source Therapies for Breast Cancer. San Diego, October 30, 2009
 
TEDMED, San Diego, Oct 27-30, 2009 (attend)
 
SENS4, Cambridge, UK, September 3-7, 2009
 
Swedish-American Life Science Summit, Bionetworking Sessions, Stockholm, Sweden August 19-21, 2009
 
Singularity University, Introduction to synthetic biology and applications, July 20-21, 2009
 
iGEM Ontario Regional, University of Waterloo, May 29, 2009
 
SciBarCamp 2009, Toronto, May 8-9, 2009
 
Oil Sands Leadership Initiative keynote and meeting, Calgary, April 15-16, 2009
 
== 2008 Talks, Conferences, Posters ==
 
Convergence 08, Panel Debate, Talk, November 15-16, 2008
 
iGEM Jamboree, MIT, Cambridge, MA, November 7-9, 2008 (Chairing iGEM Canada session)
 
Singularity Summit 2008, San Jose, CA, October 25, 2008 (attending)
 
UofC Engineering, Calgary, Sept 24, 2008 (Engineering Biology)
 
SciFoo, Mountain View, CA, August 8-10, 2008
 
BioBarCamp, Palo Alto, CA, August 6-7, 2008
 
Science Cafe, Telus World of Science and Alberta Ingenuity, Edmonton, May 6, 2008
 
Sanofi Aventis BioTalent Challenge Keynote, Calgary, April 23, 2008
 
Sanofi Aventis BioTalent Challenge Keynote, Edmonton, April 16, 2008
 
Civil Society Synthetic Biology Teach-In, Washington DC, April 14, 2008 [http://openwetware.org/images/8/88/CSSB_April_14_2008.pdf PDF] 
 
TEC Edmonton, Open Source Therapeutics, round 2, March 31, 2008
 
TEC Edmonton, Open Source Therapeutics, March 19, 2008
 
[http://openwetware.org/wiki/Image:CSB_March_11_2008.pdf Overview of iGEM program, Edmonton Catholic School Board, March 18, 2008]
 
Open Source Therapeutics.  UofA [http://digitalbiology.org Digital Biology Meeting], March 17, 2008
 
[http://www.nationalpost.com/related_links/story.html?id=407775 National Post Article on SciBarCamp by David Sachs].
 
Synbio Debate w/ Jim Thomas, [http://www.etcgroup.org ETC group]; open source therapeutics [http://scibarcamp.org scibarcamp], Toronto, May 14-16, 2008
 
[http://openwetware.org/images/1/1b/AIA_2008_Green_Paper_Hessel_Carlson.pdf Synthetic Biology and Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Implications for Alberta, Green Paper and Talk, Banff, March 5-6, 2008]
 
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Overview of Synthetic Biology, February 2008.
 
== 2007 Talks and Posters ==
 
[http://openwetware.org/images/2/23/Ottawa_November_23.pdf iGEM and Synthetic Biology: Opportunities for Canada, University of Ottawa, November 23, 2007] <font size=1>audio by request</font>
 
[http://www.sembiosys.com SemBioSys Biotechnologies, Calgary, Alberta, October 26, 2007]
 
[http://openwetware.org/images/3/37/CCI_October_23.pdf Synthetic Biology, Risks, Rewards, and Opportunities, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, October 23] <font size=1>audio by request</font>
 
[http://openwetware.org/images/e/e9/SENS_2007_Hessel.pdf Synthetic Viruses Targeting Cancer, SENS 3, Cambridge UK, September 7][http://richardjschueler.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=57070 Video]
 
[http://openwetware.org/images/3/3c/UofL_July_19_2007.pdf Overview of synthetic biology, University of Lethbridge, July 19]
 
[http://openwetware.org/images/1/18/UofA_Department_Chairs_July_4_2007.pdf University of Alberta Department Chairs and Divisional Directors Meeting, July 4]
 
[http://openwetware.org/images/e/e0/Sb3_hessel_dambrowitz.pdf SB3.0 Poster -- iGEM: A case study for open source biological engineering]
 
[http://openwetware.org/images/d/d0/IGEM_Experiences_in_Canada.pdf MIT TTT Canada overview May 26] [http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-5522860354738265416&hl=en-CA Video]
 
[http://openwetware.org/images/1/1f/Google_Digital_Genetic_Engineering_May_3_2007.pdf Digital Genetic Engineering, Google, May 3] [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8615490726732890001 Video]
 
[http://openwetware.org/images/6/6e/2007_Alberta_Ingenuity.pdf Alberta Ingenuity, January 17/18]

Latest revision as of 10:57, 23 January 2012

Contact Information

email: ahessel (at) gmail (dot) com (preferred contact method)
phone: 443.844.1309 or 780.868.3169
Skype: search for "Andrew Hessel", ahessel (at) gmail (dot) com
factsheet: see PDF
website: http://andrewhessel.com

About Me

I am a catalyst for open source synthetic biology. I advocate that cells are living computers and DNA is a programming language. I want to see life programmed and used to solve global challenges so that humanity can achieve a sustainable relationship within the biosphere.

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Educational Work

Singularity University

I co-chair the Biotechnology and Bioinformatics track at the Singularity University, located at the NASA Research campus. The mission of Singularity University is to prepare leaders for accelerating technological change. See http://singularityu.org for more information.

Advancing Personalized Medicine

Pink Army Cooperative (open source biotech)

I am a co-founder, along with Jayson Tymko and John Carlson, of the world's first cooperative biotechnology company, the Pink Army Cooperative.

We're out to fundamentally change the way medicines are developed. We're building a development system able to make drugs for just one person at a time. This simplifies the science, manufacturing, testing, interpretation, risk, and liability -- all saving money and years of effort. When we get it right, we then scaling the system to treat more people.

We are not a cancer research group. We're a socially-owned and backed biotechnology company out to make personalized therapeutics very, very fast.

We're currently in the member acquisition phase, recruiting 2500 members to purchase a $20 share (this is equity, not a donation) and thus provide capital for the first R&D push. Until this trigger point, all member capital is being banked. No salaries or expenses are paid. This is a truly member-owned, non-profit biotechnology company, something very different in the world of pharmaceuticals.

For more information, check out the Pink Army website.

2012 Activities

Please see http://andrewhessel.com

2011 Speaking Engagements and Activities

Singularity University Executive Program, Dec 3-10

Quantified Self Europe, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nov 26-27

TEDxAmsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nov 25

Human Genetic Engineering Debate, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, Nov 23

TEDxBrussels, Brussels, Belgium, Nov 22

Good Morning Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, Nov 17

Our Post Human Future, ISSB, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada Nov 15

Techonomy 2011, Tucson, Arizona, Nov 13-14

AECON Board Briefing, Mountain View, CA, Nov 4-6

TEDxLosGatos, Los Gatos, CA Oct 26

Flow State Summit, Malibu, CA Oct 22

Intel, New York Comic Con, Oct 15-16

Singularity University Executive Program, Oct 1-8

Oil Sands Leadership Initiative Innovation Days, Sept 28-29

Alberta iGEM Regional Meeting, Edmonton, Canada Sept 23-25

ANBio Brazil Biosecurity Conference, Joinville, Brazil, Sept 19-22

Biosafety and Biosecurity International Conference, Amman, Jordan, Sept 13-16

Jesuit Center, Los Gatos, Sept 7

Telluride Film Festival, Telluride, Colorado, Sept 1-6

SALLS 2011, Stockholm, Sweden, August 24-26

Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden, August 19

HealthFOO, Cambridge, MA, July 15-17

TED Global, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 11-14

DARPA Living Foundries, Arlington, VA, June 28

Synthetic Biology 5.0, Stanford University, June 15-17

Autodesk IDEAS, San Francisco, May 22-24

Medical Synthetics: An Introduction to Synthetic Biology for Medical Professionals, SU Futuremed Program, Mountain View, May 10-15

Intentional Selection: A Look Into Our Biological Future, Museum of Tomorrow Visioning, CRIA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 29

Preparing Abu Dhabi for Exponential Change, ATIC-SU Meeting, Fairmont Bab Al Bahr, Abu Dhabi, April 19-20

Flow State University Founders Circle, Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, April 13-14

Patient, Heal Thyself, TEDxUSC, Los Angeles, April 12

Singularity University Executive Program, NASA Ames, April 1-8

Here be Dragons: Governing a Technologically Uncertain Future (Synthetic Biology), Google Inc., Washington DC, February 3-4

Open Source and Regulation, Engineering Life and Ethical Practices (Course, with Laura Dress), Emory University, February 2

2010 Speaking Engagements and Activities

Hardware, Software, Wetware, Singularity University Executive Program (4 day), NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, December 9-12

Personalized Medicine and Cancer as Information Technology, Biotech Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, December 8

Engineering a More Secure Future, United Nations Bioweapons Commission, ISU, Geneva, Switzerland, December 7

It's Always Raining in Blade Runner, Danny DeVito/Rob McElhenney Technology Salon, Los Angeles, November 20

Singularity University-FIAP Program, Sao Paolo, Brazil, November 9-15

iGEM Track Judge, New Applications, MIT, Boston, MA, November 6-8

Biology as an Information Technology, MILCOM 2010, San Jose, CA, November 1

NASA-Synbio Meeting, NASA Ames, Moffett Field, CA, October 30-31

Life, Programmable, Singularity University Fall Executive Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, October 13-22

Understanding Exponential Trends in Life Science, Swedish American Life Science Summit 2010, Stockholm, Sweden September 29-30

Open Source Genetics, IN|10 Interactive Exchange, Toronto, Ontario, September 13-14

Building Bridges to Biotechnology, AAAS-FBI Joint Meeting, Boston, October 31-September 1

Building Bridges (Extended edition), Stockholm School of Economics, Executive MBA program, Stockholm, Sweden, August 20

Building Bridges: Health in a Digital Age, Leading Health Care keynote, Stockholm, Sweden, August 18

Pink Army Cooperative, A drug company for everyone, Open Science Summit 2010, Berkeley, July 29-31

Intelligent Design: An introduction to synthetic biology, IDEO, Palo Alto, July 29

FBI-DIYbio Meeting, St. Regis Hotel, Washington DC, July 22

Singularity University Graduate Studies Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, June - August

Altered Carbon: Programming, processing, and economics. Humanity+ Summit, Harvard University, June 12-13

Biology: Faster, Better, Cheaper, University of Alabama, Huntsville, May 20

X Prize Foundation, Life Science Prize Final Development, May 13-17

MoMo (Mobile Monday) Amsterdam, March 28

Alberta SuperDesigner Workshop, Red Deer, March 25-26

TEDx Edmonton, March 13

X Prize Foundation, Life Science Prize Visioning, March 10

Singularity University Executive Program (Winter), February 26 - March 7

Sustainable Communities Working Group, Calgary, January 27-28

OSLI Communications Workshop, Calgary, January 18

2009 Activities

TEDxSV, "The End of Cancer", Standford University, December 12

Alberta Association of Colleges and Technical Institutes, "Driving Innovation", Banff, Alberta December 10 H+ Summit, Irvine, California, December 5-6

Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Speakers Series, Energy & Environmental Engineering, University of Calgary, November 19, 2009

Singularity University Executive Program, November 6-15, 2009

The Drive to Innovate, Conoco-Phillips, Calgary, November 3, 2009

iGEM 2009, MIT, Cambridge, MA October 30 - November 2, 2009 (attending only)

BIL:PIL, Building a Drug Development Pipeline for Personalized, Open Source Therapies for Breast Cancer. San Diego, October 30, 2009

TEDMED, San Diego, Oct 27-30, 2009 (attend)

SENS4, Cambridge, UK, September 3-7, 2009

Swedish-American Life Science Summit, Bionetworking Sessions, Stockholm, Sweden August 19-21, 2009

Singularity University, Introduction to synthetic biology and applications, July 20-21, 2009

iGEM Ontario Regional, University of Waterloo, May 29, 2009

SciBarCamp 2009, Toronto, May 8-9, 2009

Oil Sands Leadership Initiative keynote and meeting, Calgary, April 15-16, 2009

2008 Talks, Conferences, Posters

Convergence 08, Panel Debate, Talk, November 15-16, 2008

iGEM Jamboree, MIT, Cambridge, MA, November 7-9, 2008 (Chairing iGEM Canada session)

Singularity Summit 2008, San Jose, CA, October 25, 2008 (attending)

UofC Engineering, Calgary, Sept 24, 2008 (Engineering Biology)

SciFoo, Mountain View, CA, August 8-10, 2008

BioBarCamp, Palo Alto, CA, August 6-7, 2008

Science Cafe, Telus World of Science and Alberta Ingenuity, Edmonton, May 6, 2008

Sanofi Aventis BioTalent Challenge Keynote, Calgary, April 23, 2008

Sanofi Aventis BioTalent Challenge Keynote, Edmonton, April 16, 2008

Civil Society Synthetic Biology Teach-In, Washington DC, April 14, 2008 PDF

TEC Edmonton, Open Source Therapeutics, round 2, March 31, 2008

TEC Edmonton, Open Source Therapeutics, March 19, 2008

Overview of iGEM program, Edmonton Catholic School Board, March 18, 2008

Open Source Therapeutics. UofA Digital Biology Meeting, March 17, 2008

National Post Article on SciBarCamp by David Sachs.

Synbio Debate w/ Jim Thomas, ETC group; open source therapeutics scibarcamp, Toronto, May 14-16, 2008

Synthetic Biology and Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Implications for Alberta, Green Paper and Talk, Banff, March 5-6, 2008

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Overview of Synthetic Biology, February 2008.

2007 Talks and Posters

iGEM and Synthetic Biology: Opportunities for Canada, University of Ottawa, November 23, 2007 audio by request

SemBioSys Biotechnologies, Calgary, Alberta, October 26, 2007

Synthetic Biology, Risks, Rewards, and Opportunities, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, October 23 audio by request

Synthetic Viruses Targeting Cancer, SENS 3, Cambridge UK, September 7Video

Overview of synthetic biology, University of Lethbridge, July 19

University of Alberta Department Chairs and Divisional Directors Meeting, July 4

SB3.0 Poster -- iGEM: A case study for open source biological engineering

MIT TTT Canada overview May 26 Video

Digital Genetic Engineering, Google, May 3 Video

Alberta Ingenuity, January 17/18

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