International Symposium on Synthetic Biology, october 18-19, 2010, Orchard Hotel, Singapore
International Symposium on Synthetic Biology, october 18-19, 2010, Orchard Hotel, Singapore
The International Symposium on Synthetic Biology, to be held on Oct 18-19 in Singapore, aims to provide an interactive platform for discussion on the current status and future prospects of this emerging research areas.
Synthetic biology is defined as the engineering of biological components and systems that do not exist in nature and the re-engineering of existing biological elements; it is determined on the intentional design of artificial biological systems, rather than on the understanding of natural biology (European Commission, 2005).
Two direct applications from synthetic biology may include: 1) engineering microorganisms for production of specialty and commodity chemicals (drugs) and 2) engineering microorganisms for bioenergy production.
