Team:Macquarie Australia/Conference

Conference

Amp up how amazing we've been at leading synth bio for Aus, then lead into conference... Macquarie University has been at the forefront of synthetic biology, specifically igem, within Australia. Since 2010, Macquarie University has been the first Australian institution to enter and compete in igem. Therefore since synthetic biology is still only an emerging field of science within Australia, it is appropriate that Macquarie University be the ones who host a synthetic biology conference.

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The Synthetic Biology and Bio-Engineering Workshop which will take place on the 15th November 2013. In this inaugural meeting, we will bring together some of Australia’s best synthetic biology and bio-engineering scientists who are making rapid progress in the design and manipulation of biological systems.

Synthetic Biology and Bio-Engineering are inherently interdisciplinary fields. Our goal is to provide an intimate meeting where participants from a broad range of research areas including the biological sciences, medical sciences and engineering fields will have ample opportunity for interaction. We hope this meeting will encourage creative discussions about how we can use new biological tools to begin to solve some of the grand challenges facing us today. Speakers will introduce and define Synthetic Biology, what it can be used for, and what new tools are being developed to make biology easier to engineer. Presentations will also be given from the ‘second wave’ of younger synthetic biologists who will showcase their achievements from the 2013 international Genetically Engineered Machine ‘iGEM’ competition.

Program Sessions

1. Synthetic Biology Explained
2. Ethics and Intellectual Property
3. Applications of Bio-engineering and Synthetic Biology
4. Updates from MQ and USyd iGEM teams