Wednesday, September 28, 2011

A very interesting presentation on standardisation in syntheticbiology.

Imagine a world where:

Each company made its own incompatible nut, bold and screw?
Every town had its own way to measure time.
Every internet provider used different protocols for the ‘TCP/IP’ stack, email, web etc.
and so on

Standards are vital for the normal functioning of society

The presentation can be found here : www.dsrc.rpi.edu/presentations/RPITalk_2.pptx

Mimicking cells with transistors

Analog — rather than digital — circuits could enable models of biological systems that are more efficient, more accurate and easier to build.

Scientists have replaced all of the DNA in the arm of a yeast chromosome with computer-designed, synthetically produced DNA that is structurally distinct from its original DNA to produce a healthy yeast cell.

Read more : http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121639&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click

Here you can find the workshop book of the :

An introduction to Syntethic Biology posted on youtube by The university of Bristol