July 11, 2013

preview of the world’s largest scientific meeting on synthetic biology

Close to 1000 researchers in synthetic biology descended on Imperial College London for the 6^th international meeting of BIOBRICKS, the synthetic biology meeting. It is the first time the meeting has taken place outside the US and Imperial was asked to host the event as one of the two leading synthetic biology centres in Europe.

The SMC invited some of the leading experts attending to meet with UK journalists on the eve of their meeting to give journalists a preview of their discussions and answer questions about advances in this field. 

Speakers: 

Dr Jane Calvert – Reader in Science & Technology Studies, University of Edinburgh

Professor James J Collins – Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Director of the Center for Synthetic Biology at Boston University

Professor Drew Endy – BioBricks Foundation Board President and Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Engineering, Stanford University

Professor Paul Freemont – Department of Life Sciences, Co-director of EPSRC Centre for Synthetic Biology & Innovation, Imperial College London

Professor Richard Kitney – Professor of BioMedical Systems Engineering and Co-director of the EPSRC Centre for Synthetic Biology & Innovation, Imperial College London

Professor Susan Rosser – Institute of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology, University of Glasgow