Synthetic Biology:News

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7/8/04: Writing DNA: First Synthetic Biology Conference Held at MIT 7/8/04: Experts worry that synthetic biology may spawn biohackers and Slashdot article. 6/15/04: Conference kicks off synthetic bio revolution 6/11/04: BioBricks to help reverse-engineer life 4/26/04: Synthetic Life: article in Scientific American and discussion on Slashdot. 1/9/04: Microbes made to order: Science, 303(5655):158-161, January 2004. 7/9/03: The First Synthetic Biology Conference will take place June 2004 at MIT. 4/29/03: Story on Slashdot on Digital DNA circuits with link to BioBricks. 4/15/03: Planning and assembly of parts from IAP is beginning. 2/28/03: All parts have been shipped. 2/15/03: The IAP class is finished! The designs are being reviewed and sequences will be shipped soon. 2/13/03: MIT News article about IAP class 11/20/02: We are holding an IAP class on engineering blinkers. 11/01/02: We have the sequence for Mesoplasma florum!

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