Synthetic Biology

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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.

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Community news

• IET Synthetic Biology launches it's first issue, showcasing work from iGEM 2006
• PNAS paper on engineering RNA devices (aka, total RNA dominance v1.0).
• SB3.0 proceedings posted. Download here.
• Synthetic Biology 3.0 underway in Zurich.
• The BioBricks Foundation kicks off its first membership drive.
• "Rebuilding microbial genomes" has been published by Rob Holt's group!
• First q-bio Conference on Cellular Information Processing is being held on the campus of St. John's College in Santa Fe NM August 8-11, 2007.
• A Symposium on Synthetic Biology is being held at BU on Friday May 11th, 2007.
• Registration for iGEM 2007 closes April 30.
• A workshop in synthetic biology is being held in China on April 16-17, 2007.
• Arti Rai & James Boyle of Duke Law discuss tensions between intellectual property rights and public domain in synthetic biology
• Bio-era releases Genome Synthesis and Design Futures report. (free pdf - reg req'd)
• Synthetic Biology workshop, 27-8 Aug 2007, Chalmers Biocenter, Göteborg University, Sweden
• NCCUSA Biotechnology and National Security declaration.
• US HSPD-18. Guidance on openness and international transparency in biodefense work still needed.
• 02/07/07 PNAS paper, Synthetic ecology, A model system for cooperation
• BP announces support for Energy Biosciences Institute

Community news archive

Discussions Applications Abstraction hierarchy Semantic web ontology Error detection & correction in replicating machines Publishing Standardization Synthetic Society SB2.0 proposed biosecurity resolutions If you'd like to contribute, join OpenWetWare!	Resources Mailing lists Conferences LBL's Synthetic Biology Lecture Series archive Documents Graduate Programs Faculty Positions Online tools Press articles Recent Synthetic Biology papers: PubMed, Cite-U-Like Related links
Initiatives The BioBricks Foundation OpenWetWare Registry of Standard Biological Parts Synthetic Genomics Study	Projects Collaborative Projects BioBricks (help wanted!) Team Synthetic on Rosetta@Home (add your cycles) Engineering the Host/System Interface Rebuilding T7 SortoStat TABASCO
Outreach Information About us FAQ Competitions iGEM (wiki) 2004 Synthetic Biology Competition Courses 20.109 or BE.109 (MIT) BE.180 (MIT) Synbio 2007 or Implications and Applications of Synthetic Biology (UC Berkeley) MIT IAP 2003 and IAP 2004 projects	Contributors See the list of members. Labs Collins Lab Ellington Lab Endy Lab Keasling Lab Knight Lab Silver Lab iGEM teams on OpenWetWare If you'd like to contribute, join OpenWetWare!

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