Plant Synthetic Biology 101

Plant Synthetic Biology 101

Recorded November 2018

About This Webinar

Synthetic biology is an emerging discipline that seeks to apply engineering principles to biology. But what does this actually mean? How does it differ from what has come before? And what challenges are presented by pursuing synthetic biology approaches in plants?

In this webinar, we’ll explore these questions and cover concepts that underpin synthetic biology, including standardization, modularity, orthogonality, automation, and the design-build-test-learn cycle. We’ll also hear our panelists’ perspectives on what it all means and what the future holds for plant synthetic biology.

SPEAKERS

Arjun Khakar: A Grand Challenges postdoctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota

Aileen Mastouri: Program Director at Joyn Bio

Brynne Stanton: Head of Metabolic Engineering at Joyn Bio

June Medford: Professor, Biology Department at Colorado State University

Andrew Hanson: C.V. Griffin Sr. Eminent Scholar in the Horticultural Sciences Department at the University of Florida

MODERATOR

Steve Burgess: A Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

This webinar is free is freely available thanks to the support of the American Society of Plant Biologists

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