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Cambridge iGEM team win Gold Medal and Best Plant Synthetic Biology Prize at prestigious international competition

15 November 2016

A team of Cambridge students have been awarded a Gold Medal and Best Plant Synthetic Biology Prize for their entry into the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition 2016.

Sculpting evolution? A multidisciplinary workshop explores regulatory, legal and ethical perspectives of gene drive

14 November 2016

Gene drives are systems that enable genes to spread rapidly within entire populations. They are powerful tools that potentially allow society to engineer evolution but, like many other human actions, carry social, legal, ethical and environmental implications. An interdisciplinary workshop in Cambridge convened to discuss these implications in the UK context.

Readership in Synthetic Biology announced for Department of Engineering

9 November 2016

The Department of Engineering is to host a Readership in Synthetic Biology, the first senior synthetic biology position in Cambridge to be created with support from both Engineering and the School of Biological Sciences.

SRI activities showcased at Science Hackday PDX

26 October 2016

Science Makers and SynBio Fund projects were showcased at Science Hackday PDX, 7-8 Oct, an interdisciplinary event in Portland to create engagement with open tools and software.

Nuffield Council on Bioethics publishes Genome editing: an ethical review

30 September 2016

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has today published the first findings of its programme of work looking at the recent and potential impact of recent advances in genome editing such as the CRISPR-Cas9 system across many areas of biological research.

GOSH, that’s handy: open-science hardware

29 September 2016

A feature article from Tobias Wenzel and Robin Lamboll (both Department of Physics) on Global Open Science Hardware and its potential for research and innovation.

Synthetic Biology at Cambridge Science Festival gets a special mention at Cambridge BID Awards 2016

29 September 2016

The Plant and Life Sciences Marquee was a roaring success at Cambridge Science Festival, scooping a prize at the Cambridge BID awards Awards 2016. OpenPlant's synthetic biology stand was highly rated by the public mystery shoppers and got a special mention in their final report!

#100Kbio challenge aims to create 100,000 new bioengineers in 100 days!

20 September 2016

Amino Labs and The BioBuilder Educational Foundation challenge you to become a Virtual Bioengineer!

iGEM Update: Using low-cost, well-documented, open-source hardware for synthetic biology

26 August 2016

The Cambridge-JIC iGEM Team are exploring open source synthetic biology tools for chloroplast engineering in algae.

Could Open Research benefit Cambridge University researchers? An Open Technology Week event report

5 August 2016

The Office of Scholarly Communication report on their event as part of Open Technology Week, where 50 researchers can together to discuss Open Research ideas and moving beyond compliance with funders’ policies on Open Access and research data sharing.

Cambridge iGEM team win Gold Medal and Best Plant Synthetic Biology Prize at prestigious international competition

Sculpting evolution? A multidisciplinary workshop explores regulatory, legal and ethical perspectives of gene drive

Readership in Synthetic Biology announced for Department of Engineering

SRI activities showcased at Science Hackday PDX

Nuffield Council on Bioethics publishes Genome editing: an ethical review

GOSH, that’s handy: open-science hardware

Synthetic Biology at Cambridge Science Festival gets a special mention at Cambridge BID Awards 2016

#100Kbio challenge aims to create 100,000 new bioengineers in 100 days!

iGEM Update: Using low-cost, well-documented, open-source hardware for synthetic biology

Could Open Research benefit Cambridge University researchers? An Open Technology Week event report

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