9th Functional Genomics meeting:

Synthetic Biology

Aug 27-28, 2007

RunAn, Chalmers, Göteborg, SWEDEN

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Synthetic Biology is the design and construction of new biological entities such as enzymes, genetic circuits, and cells or the redesign of existing biological systems. Synthetic biology builds on the advances in molecular, cell, and systems biology and seeks to transform biology in the same way that synthesis transformed chemistry and integrated circuit design transformed computing. The element that distinguishes synthetic biology from traditional molecular and cellular biology is the focus on the design and construction of core components (parts of enzymes, genetic circuits, metabolic pathways, etc.) that can be modeled, understood, and tuned to meet specific performance criteria, and the assembly of these smaller parts and devices into larger integrated systems that solve specific porblems. Just as engineers now design integrated circuits based on the known physical properties of materials and then fabricate functioning circuits and entire processors (with relatively high reliability), synthetic biologists will soon design and build engineered biological systems.

CONTACT DETAILS

Functional Genomics Organising Committee
Chalmers Biocenter
Phone: + 46-31 772 8633, catharina.hiort@chalmers.se

Organisers: Chalmers Biocenter, the Lundberg Laboratory at Göteborg University, and the National Research School of Genomics and Bioinformatics

CONTACT DETAILS

Functional Genomics Organising Committee
Chalmers Biocenter
Phone: + 46-31 772 8633, catharina.hiort@chalmers.se

Organizers: Chalmers Biocenter, the Lundberg Laboratory at Göteborg University, and the National Research School of Genomics and Bioinformatics