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CATEGORIES:Trinity College Science Society (TCSS)
SUMMARY:From the Nuts and Bolts of Synthetic Biology to En
 gineering New Genomes - Dr Tom Ellis
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20121113T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20121113T193000
UID:TALK40812AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/40812
DESCRIPTION:Synthetic biology seeks to understand and derive v
 alue from biology via its re-design and synthesis 
 using engineering principles. Despite its early st
 age\, synthetic biology has already shown great po
 tential to make both scientific breakthroughs and 
 yield applications. Within synthetic biology are e
 merging areas that include re-wiring of gene regul
 ation for novel cellular functions\, new methods f
 or DNA synthesis and assembly\, rational DNA part 
 design and the use of mathematical modelling and s
 oftware tools to inform biological design. The one
  area of synthetic biology that has had the greate
 st impact on the public's imagination so far has b
 een genome engineering\, via the complete synthesi
 s and operation of a cellular genome in 2010 by Cr
 aig Venter and others. While this work provided a 
 landmark moment for the subject\, we are still far
  away from understanding how to rationally go from
  a set of DNA parts to designer genomes. In this t
 alk Dr Ellis will discuss his lab’s efforts to tie
 -together parts-based synthetic biology in yeast a
 nd genome engineering of yeast towards the end goa
 l of writing custom genomes for specific applicati
 ons.
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Theatre
CONTACT:James Scott-Brown
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