Sentences with phrase «emerging field of synthetic biology»

We met some fascinating people in 2008, people who left their original work for the emerging field of synthetic biology, who climb through forests, who serve as mentors, and one who (as part of his job) revels in controversy.
In 2006, the National Science Foundation established the first federally funded engineering research center (ERC) to advance the emerging field of synthetic biology.
This is what some say about the emerging field of synthetic biology.
A leader in the emerging field of synthetic biology, Amyris is well known for developing a strain of yeast for large - scale manufacture of a precursor to the antimalarial drug artemisinin, for which the Asian plant source is in short supply.
Although his PhD from Harvard was in chemistry, he is interested in using our understanding of metabolism and the emerging field of synthetic biology for the benefit of humanity.
Davidson College is bustling this week with educators in the fields of biology, chemistry, computer science and mathematics who are attending GCAT 2010, a first - ever workshop on the emerging field of synthetic biology.
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues has called for enhanced federal oversight in the emerging field of synthetic biology, which involves the design and construction of laboratory - made biological parts.
On May 20th of this year, researchers at the J.C. Venter Institute announced the creation of a bacterial cell controlled by a synthesized genome, a significant milestone in the emerging field of synthetic biology.
Inside the work of the United States Presidential Bioethics Commission In December of 2010, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues concluded their investigation into the ethical and governance issues surrounding the emerging field of synthetic biology.
WASHINGTON — The emerging field of synthetic biology will allow researchers to create biological systems that do not occur naturally as well as to re-engineer existing biological systems to perform novel and beneficial tasks.
President Obama's bioethics commission has recommended that, for now, there is no need for a moratorium or special oversight in the emerging field of synthetic biology — research, much of it commercial, aimed at custom - designing fully functioning microorganisms.
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