Network Activities

Our members have organised and participated in the following activities:

SynBioNT coordinated events

• OR53 Bioinformatics, Systems and Synthetic Biology stream, September 2011

• Synthetic Biology Dialogue Workshop, February 2011

• SynBioNT Public Engagement Event, March 2010

• Challenges in Top-Down, Bottom-Up, Computational and ELSI Approaches in Synthetic Biology, March 2010

• IMPACT! Exhibition, March 2010

• ChellNet Meeting, December 2009

• Synthetic Biology and Computer Science: Challenges and Opportunities, October 2009

• Plant Bioinformatics, Systems and Synthetic Biology Summer School, July 2009

• SynBioNT Kick Off Workshop, March 2009

Grants Writing Sand-Pits

• The CHELL: A Bottom-Up approach to in vitro and in silico Minimal Life-like Constructs
• The Logistics of Small Things - A Crossdisciplinary Feasibility Account

Supporting the European Conference on Synthetic Biology

Natalio Krasnogor, Alfonso Valencia, and Victor de Lorenzo were instrumental setting up this conference series:

• ECSB I
• ECSB II (talks)

Societal Aspects of Synthetic Biology

A seminar series on societal issues raised by synthetic biology with a program of public engagement activities, science communication training for network members and media engagement activities was developed:

• SynBioNT Public Engagement Event (talks)
• 2010 ELSI Report by Prof. P. Martin and Dr. A. Balmer