SynBERC:Training group/2007 site visit

Discussion on SynBERC itself

• Wednesday afternoon

We need to give student feedback to NSF regarding SynBERC. This feedback falls into 4 categories listed below.

Strengths

• What is SynBERC good at?

Weaknesses

• What issues does SynBERC need to work on?

Opportunities

• Where could SynBERC make an impact?

Threats

• What problems can you foresee for SynBERC?

Discussion on standards

• Thursday morning

Given that we are all getting together, it would likely be useful to discuss standards in synthetic biology.

Parts

• Where should part-part junctions be located?

Devices

• Under what operating conditions should devices be characterized?
• What are the common signal carriers for
  • transcripion-based devices
  • translation-based devices
  • post-translational devices

Chassis

• What strains of E. coli should we use?
• What strains of yeast?
• What would an ideal chassis look like?