Notes 20100623 Building Life - Synthetic Biology
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Speaker: Dr. Trevor Charles
Contents |
Engineers and Biologists
- is an active teaching process for both groups
Topics
- synthetic genome, synthetic biology, genome engineering, implications
- booting up a cell
- the discipline
- followed by a panel discussion
Synthetic Biology
- design, engineer-- biological parts, redesign existing systems
- news this year: the 'synthetic cell'-- was actually a synthetic genome-- and at that, it was based on a known genome
- Dr. Venter's team actually ordered the genome as a DNA sequence manufactured commercially
Vs Biotechnology
- relies on naturally occurring organisms
- uses breeding methods, directed evolution
