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SUMMARY:Biology is Technology: The Promise\, Peril\, and New Business of E
 ngineering Life - Rob Carlson
DTSTART:20090513T120000Z
DTEND:20090513T130000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Jim Haseloff
DESCRIPTION:Lunchtime talk: \n"Biology is Technology: The Promise\, Peril\
 , and New Business of Engineering Life"\nWednesday\, May 13th at 13:00 in 
 the Plant Sciences lecture theatre.\n\nRob Carlson is here as a visitor in
  the Department of Plant Sciences for this month - Rob is well known in th
 e Synthetic Biology field - as\, among other things\, originator of the "C
 arslon Curve" This is the biological equivalent of Moore's Law\, where imp
 rovements in underpinning technology are driving innovation and new opport
 unities for design and engineering.\nhttp://synthesis.cc/2008/07/dna-synth
 esis-learning-curve-thoughts-on-the-future-of-building-genes-and-organisms
 .html\n\nRob has just finished a new book where he surveys the opportuniti
 es and possible pitfalls for the future of biological engineering\, includ
 ing biofuels\, biotechnology and medicine. He'll will be giving a lunchtim
 e talk on this topic titled: "Biology is Technology: The Promise\, Peril\,
  and New Business of Engineering Life" on this Wednesday (May 13th at 13:0
 0 in the Plant Sciences lecture theatre).\n\nRob's website can be found at
  http://synthesis.cc/\n\nIf you like to meet Rob\, or get more details abo
 ut the talk please contact me at: jh295@cam.ac.uk.\n\nDr. Jim Haseloff\nDe
 partment of Plant Sciences\nUniversity of Cambridge\nhttp://www.plantsci.c
 am.ac.uk/Haseloff\nhttp://www.synbio.org.uk
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre\, Department of Plant Sciences\, Downing Site
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