Synthetic Biology: a new ‘Age of Wonder’?
Tuesday 25th September 2012
Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, CB3 0WA
Registration deadline: Wednesday 12th September
You are warmly invited to the inaugural Cambridge BioDesign TechEvent, a one day meeting on Synthetic Biology science and technology.
http://www.cambridgebiodesign.org/tech
Speakers include:
- Tom Knight, Founder of Ginkgo Bioworks, ‘Father of Synthetic Biology’
- Claes Gustafsson, Founder & Chief Commercial Officer, DNA 2.0
- Jim Haseloff, Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
- Phil Holliger, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge
- James Brown, Computational Science Group, Microsoft Research
- Tom Ellis, Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Imperial College, London
- Michelle Oyen, Mechanics and Materials Division, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
- David Radford, Microbial Biology, University of Edinburgh
Synthetic Biology has obvious implications for the next generation of biotechnologies, with applications across medicine, energy, manufacturing and agriculture. Recognition of Synthetic Biology’s importance to the UK economy has gained new momentum with the announcement of £6.5 million funding for feasibility studies by the Technology Strategy Board to enable the UK to realise a substantial portion of the global Synthetic Biology industry, projected to reach $10bn by 2016. The Cambridge BioDesign TechEvent will provide opportunities to find out what both academic and industrial leaders of the field are thinking, to discuss novel applications of Synthetic Biology and to develop partnerships across academia and industry.
Accommodation is available at Downing College for Monday 24th September ahead of an early start on Tuesday.
Please register via the event website at:
http://www.cambridgebiodesign.org/tech/contact-form/index.php