UCSF Scientists Present at Synthetic Biology 3.0 Conference

Zurich, Switzerland, was the home this past June of the third international synthetic biology conference. Synthetic biology is defined by the conference organizers as "a new and rapidly emerging discipline that aims at the (re-)design and construction of (new) biological systems. Its interdisciplinary nature between science and engineering, as well as the many potential applications, amongst others, in the health, material, and energy sectors, make it particularly exciting." Three UCSF researchers were among those invited to present at this year's conference. Their presentations now are available for viewing online. Caleb J. Bashor, a graduate student in the lab of Wendell Lim, PhD, presented "Exploiting Scaffold Proteins to Generate Diverse I/O Dynamics in MAPK Pathways," by Bashor, Noah Helman, PhD, Shude Yan, PhD, and Lim. Jeff Tabor, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Christopher Voigt, PhD, gave a presentation entitled "A Massively Parallel Biological Edge Detector." Hana El-Samad, PhD, presented "Formal Tools for Model-Based Systems and Synthetic Biology." Related Links: Exploiting Scaffold Proteins to Generate Diverse I/O Dynamics in MAPK Pathways Caleb J. Bashor Faster download | Higher quality A Massively Parallel Biological Edge Detector Jeff Tabor, PhD Faster download | Higher quality Formal Tools for Model-Based Systems and Synthetic Biology Hana El-Samad, PhD Faster download | Higher quality Voigt Makes Synthetic Biology Come Alive UCSF Science Café, June 15, 2007 UCSF Researchers Engineer Cells to Change Shape and Movement UCSF Today, May 22, 2007 Synthetic Biology: Divining and Designing New Biological "Components" UCSF Today, August 8, 2006 "Synthetic Biology" Yields Bacteria That Take Pictures and Target Tumors UCSF Today, June 30, 2006 Scientists Ponder Human Impacts of Synthetic Biology UCSF Today, May 26, 2006 Synthetic Biology 3.0 Conference Zurich, Switzerland, June 24-26, 2007 Lim Lab Voigt Lab