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SUMMARY:Synthetic Biology -  Dr. Jim Haseloff - Department of Plant Scienc
 es\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20160127T140000Z
DTEND:20160127T150000Z
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CONTACT:David Greaves
DESCRIPTION:The new field of Synthetic Biology is based upon\nthe adoption
  of (i) engineering principles of\nabstraction and modularity\, (ii) compu
 tational\ntools from Systems Biology and (iii) new genetic\nengineering te
 chniques and components - for\nthe rational design and assembly of new\nbi
 ological systems. It is a practical subject\,\nconcerned with the construc
 tion of new living\nartifacts. The new interdisciplinary field is being\np
 ropelled by the need for improved plant and\nmicrobial feedstocks\, bioene
 rgy sources\, and\nnew catalysts for bioprocessing. Synthetic\nBiology is 
 seeing a rising tide of new scientific\nactivities\, research funding and 
 commercial\ninvestment.
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Computer Laboratory
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