Sentences with phrase «in synthetic biology research»

The JCVI / SGI team has a long and successful history in synthetic biology research.

In the UK, for example, social scientists have been participating in synthetic biology research programmes from the outset.

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Life sciences VC and early - stage investor with focus and expertise in research tools and synthetic biology.

Finally, GFI works with grant - making institutions, corporations, and governments to mobilize resources for research in synthetic and plant biology and tissue engineering.

She has a decade of academic research experience in synthetic biology, recombinant protein expression, and development of genetic engineering tools.

It was into this well - established interdisciplinary environment that Eriko Takano arrived in 2012 to lead synthetic biology research at the MIB.

The latest research in Science Signaling, covering cell signaling and regulation, synthetic biology, and drug discovery.

DARPA itself has been one of the largest public funders of synthetic biology research in the U.S. in recent years, upping its spending on synthetic biology projects to more than $ 100 million in 2014 from nothing in 2010, according to one analysis.

ICL recently launched a new Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology, which runs a final - year undergraduate course and a Master's of Research degree in syntheticSynthetic Biology, which runs a final - year undergraduate course and a Master's of Research degree in syntheticsynthetic biology.

In August the National Science Foundation affirmed the promise of synthetic biology with a $ 16 million grant to establish the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (SynBERC), a collaboration among such institutions as Harvard University, MIT, the University of California at San Francisco, and the University of California at synthetic biology with a $ 16 million grant to establish the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (SynBERC), a collaboration among such institutions as Harvard University, MIT, the University of California at San Francisco, and the University of California at Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center (SynBERC), a collaboration among such institutions as Harvard University, MIT, the University of California at San Francisco, and the University of California at Berkeley.

«Search for scholarships and research labs and tell people that you are interested in applying either your biological knowledge to the mathematical techniques or the computational mathematical techniques to their biology projects and that you want to give a synthetic biology flavor,» Krasnogor advises.

«Based on published NSF research priorities for FY [fiscal year]» 09, funding for synthetic biology may increase in the future.»

Peng Yin, a systems biologist at Harvard University, who was not involved in the new research, says he is impressed by the work and calls it «an important advance for molecular programming, dynamic DNA nanotechnology and in vitro synthetic biology.»

In 2006, the National Science Foundation established the first federally funded engineering research center (ERC) to advance the emerging field of synthetic biology.

The three broad «focus areas» laid out in this week's announcement include technology to support service members (including prosthetics and neurological therapies) and synthetic biology research such as the Living Foundries program.

James Collins, a professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University who was not associated with this research, says, «Efforts in synthetic biology to create complex gene circuits are often hindered by unanticipated or uncharacterized interactions between submodules of the circuits.

The nascent field of synthetic biology sits squarely upon a solid scientific foundation built by decades of research in biotechnology and genetic engineering.

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, for example, recently counted more than 220 companies, government laboratories, research institutions, universities, and policy centers involved in synthetic biology in the United States, with California, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas hosting the majority of these.

They argue the research must stop until enforceable regulations specific to synthetic biology are in place, and they insist that all alternatives to synthetic biology be considered before an experiment can advance.

The rapid pace of research and commercialization in the field of synthetic biology makes it important to begin this work now.»

«We involved experts in the ecological research and synthetic biology communities to help identify priority research areas — and we believe the report can be a roadmap to guide the necessary work.

It is difficult to predict how economic forecasts will translate into jobs for scientists, and up to now, a lot of the research and development in synthetic biology has taken place away from the big companies.

The 1 - year MRes program in systems and synthetic biology at Imperial College London offers a stronger research focus, supporting students in the life sciences, engineering, and physical sciences for collaborative work.

Dr. Kubicek studied synthetic organic chemistry for his undergraduate degree at the Vienna University of Technology and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and received his Ph.D. in in molecular biology at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology in Vienna.

The new research recently published by scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) in the journal Soft Matter carefully examines the relationships between self - motile and passive or inert agents to determine possibility of creating fully synthetic systems by looking into examples of biology interacting with mechanical mechanisms.

In Europe, the Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity (CRI), for example, offers a 2 - year Interdisciplinary Approaches in Life Sciences master's program with a specific track in systems and synthetic biologIn Europe, the Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity (CRI), for example, offers a 2 - year Interdisciplinary Approaches in Life Sciences master's program with a specific track in systems and synthetic biologin Life Sciences master's program with a specific track in systems and synthetic biologin systems and synthetic biology.

And Fauci said that the government is moving quickly to bring synthetic biology under review by two existing panels that have done a good job of monitoring cutting - edge research in the past.

The approach combined experimental synthetic biology led by Mark Isalan, now Reader in Gene Network Engineering at the Department of Life Sciences of Imperial College London with computational modelling led by James Sharpe, ICREA Research Professor and head of the Multicellular Systems Biology lab at the CRG.

In one of the most elaborate feats of synthetic biology to date, a research team has engineered yeast with a medley of plant, bacterial, and rodent genes to turn sugar into thebaine, the key opiate precursor to morphine and other powerful painkilling drugs that have been harvested for thousands of years from poppy plants.

«This could lead to the development of new methods to improve the plant fertilization efficiency and open a new avenue for carbohydrate research in plant biology using synthetic chemistry approaches.»

His research has advanced our understanding of fundamental questions in plastid biochemistry and achieved important biotechnological and synthetic biology breakthroughs, including engineered insect resistance and the transfer of the entire metabolic pathway for artemisinic acid from a medicinal plant to a biomass crop.

In 2009, the Synthetic Biology Project began mapping the increased research in the field of synthetic biology, finding pockets of work being done in California, Massachusetts, the United Kingdom and GermanIn 2009, the Synthetic Biology Project began mapping the increased research in the field of synthetic biology, finding pockets of work being done in California, Massachusetts, the United Kingdom andSynthetic Biology Project began mapping the increased research in the field of synthetic biology, finding pockets of work being done in California, Massachusetts, the United Kingdom and Germanin the field of synthetic biology, finding pockets of work being done in California, Massachusetts, the United Kingdom andsynthetic biology, finding pockets of work being done in California, Massachusetts, the United Kingdom and Germanin California, Massachusetts, the United Kingdom and Germany.

In its Thursday - issued report, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues has given the go - ahead to research in the field of synthetic biology — technology which involves the creation of new organisms via the synthesis and manipulation of DNIn its Thursday - issued report, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues has given the go - ahead to research in the field of synthetic biology — technology which involves the creation of new organisms via the synthesis and manipulation of DNin the field of synthetic biology — technology which involves the creation of new organisms via the synthesis and manipulation of DNA.

Plant natural products from synthetic biology Dr. Vincent Martin is a Professor of Biology at Concordia University where he currently holds the Concordia University Research Chair in Microbial Engineering and Syntheticsynthetic biology Dr. Vincent Martin is a Professor of Biology at Concordia University where he currently holds the Concordia University Research Chair in Microbial Engineering and SyntheticSynthetic Biology.

Synthetic biology poses few risks because it is still in its early stages and there is no need to impose new restrictions on, or temporarily halt, this type of research, says a report being released Thursday by the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.

In 2012 he founded and is now Co-Director of the Concordia Centre for Applied Synthetic Biology, Canada's only research centre focused on synthetic biology, also home to The Genome Foundry, a unique technology platform that aspires to accelerate the design - build - test cycle of biological engSynthetic Biology, Canada's only research centre focused on synthetic biology, also home to The Genome Foundry, a unique technology platform that aspires to accelerate the design - build - test cycle of biological engsynthetic biology, also home to The Genome Foundry, a unique technology platform that aspires to accelerate the design - build - test cycle of biological engineering.

The Synthetic Biology Project found that the U.S. government has spent around $ 430 million on research related to synthetic biology since 2005, funded in large part by the Department oSynthetic Biology Project found that the U.S. government has spent around $ 430 million on research related to synthetic biology since 2005, funded in large part by the Department osynthetic biology since 2005, funded in large part by the Department of Energy.

Topics ranging from systems and synthetic biology, digital healthcare, cancer, genomics, immunology, biological engineering, microbiology, and cell biology will be covered, but anyone interested in interdisciplinary life sciences research and its applications should attend.

The European Research Area Network for the development and coordination of synthetic biology in Europe has released a new report outlining the challenges and opportunities for the technology over the next decade.

The JCVI teams are focused on a variety of genomic research areas including continued work in synthetic biology; sampling and analysis of the world's oceans, fresh water and soils to better understand the microbes living in these environments; and new analysis on the human genome in the hopes of discovering new insights into disease prevention and treatment.

The Synthetic Biology project recently received two grants from the National Science Foundation to support a Transatlantic Exploratory Workshop on the Implications of Cutting - Edge Biotechnologies for Sustainability Science and Policy, and research on the use of on - line prediction markets to explore emerging issues in syntheticSynthetic Biology project recently received two grants from the National Science Foundation to support a Transatlantic Exploratory Workshop on the Implications of Cutting - Edge Biotechnologies for Sustainability Science and Policy, and research on the use of on - line prediction markets to explore emerging issues in syntheticsynthetic biology.

The Synthetic Biology Project is participating in a new capacity - building initiative in the United Kingdom, where the government is spending more than $ 66 million to encourage synthetic biology research in theSynthetic Biology Project is participating in a new capacity - building initiative in the United Kingdom, where the government is spending more than $ 66 million to encourage synthetic biology research in thesynthetic biology research in the country.

The Synthetic Biology Project is working with the OpenPlant Synthetic Biology Research Centre in a new effort to encourage the responsible development of synthetic biology in the UnitedSynthetic Biology Project is working with the OpenPlant Synthetic Biology Research Centre in a new effort to encourage the responsible development of synthetic biology in the UnitedSynthetic Biology Research Centre in a new effort to encourage the responsible development of synthetic biology in the Unitedsynthetic biology in the United Kingdom.

The focus group results support the findings of a quantitative national poll conducted by Hart Research Associates in January 2013, which found just 23 percent of respondents reported they had heard a lot (6 percent) or some (17 percent) about synthetic biology.

This joint venture, funded by the European Research Council, EPSRC and NPL's Strategic Research Programme, is a rare blend of interdisciplinary research bringing together expertise in robotics, haptics and machine vision with synthetic and cell biology, protein design, and super - and high - resolution micResearch Council, EPSRC and NPL's Strategic Research Programme, is a rare blend of interdisciplinary research bringing together expertise in robotics, haptics and machine vision with synthetic and cell biology, protein design, and super - and high - resolution micResearch Programme, is a rare blend of interdisciplinary research bringing together expertise in robotics, haptics and machine vision with synthetic and cell biology, protein design, and super - and high - resolution micresearch bringing together expertise in robotics, haptics and machine vision with synthetic and cell biology, protein design, and super - and high - resolution microscopy.

The most recent poll, conducted in 2013 by Hart Research Associates, found three out of four respondents had heard little or nothing at all about synthetic biology.

A new analysis by the Synthetic Biology Project at the Wilson Center finds the Defense Department and its Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funds much of the U.S. government's research in synthetic biology, with less than 1 percent of total federal funding going to risk Synthetic Biology Project at the Wilson Center finds the Defense Department and its Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funds much of the U.S. government's research in synthetic biology, with less than 1 percent of total federal funding going to risk rResearch Projects Agency (DARPA) funds much of the U.S. government's research in synthetic biology, with less than 1 percent of total federal funding going to risk rresearch in synthetic biology, with less than 1 percent of total federal funding going to risk synthetic biology, with less than 1 percent of total federal funding going to risk researchresearch.

Recent research by the industry group SynBioBeta indicated that, so far in 2015, synthetic biology companies raised half a billion dollars — more than the total investments in 2013 and 2014 combined.

The research spending comes at a time of growing interest in synthetic biology, particularly surrounding the potential presented by new gene - editing techniques.

NIMBioS supports a range of scientific activities across the spectrum of synthetic research in mathematics and biology.