Contents 1 Ethics 1.1 Public Health 1.1.1 PEALS 1.1.2 Agriculture 1.1.3 Scientists 1.1.4 The Public 1.2 Environmental Safety 1.3 Pros and Cons 1.4 The Future 1.5 Synthetic Biology and Architecture 1.6 References

Ethics

Public Health

Synthetic biology is a rapidly emerging field, but it is still in a very early stage of its development. Therefore, it is vital to encourage debate with relevant stock holders and the general public in order to investigate the ethics that arise from this research.

PEALS

On the 1st of August, our team had a discussion with the executive director, Professor Janice McLaughlin from Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences (PEALS) Centre regarding ethics and biosafety. She helped us identify the relevant sock holders to our project and brought our attention to some topics that we may wish to explore further.

Agriculture

One of our project sub themes involves inserting L-forms in to plants, visualising them and considering their benefits. These plants include crop plants, therefore this topic may raise concerns regarding agriculture and farming. Of course, we will not actually be releasing L-forms into the environment but we are interested in any opinions, ideas or concerns that an agriculture representative may have regarding our project.

Scientists

The Public

Environmental Safety

Pros and Cons

The Future

Synthetic Biology and Architecture

References