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Young Frankenstein – cautionary tale or valuable lesson

Submitted by synbio on Fri, 07/27/2018 - 17:54
Frankenstein

A Sci-Screen event provided a light-hearted backdrop for Centre members to engage the audience of Edinburgh Skeptics in a more serious dialogue about science, its representation and its communication.

Building superbugs in the Meadows

Submitted by synbio on Mon, 06/04/2018 - 09:36

Centre members braved the erratic Edinburgh summer weather to build bugs with kids of all ages at the annual Meadows Festival.

Over 100 children came along during the event to design and build bugs with super powers that could help to save the planet.

Centre hosts future trends workshop

Submitted by synbio on Fri, 06/01/2018 - 11:54

A group of 50 leading synthetic biologists gathered at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (see image) in Edinburgh on May 16 and 17 to discuss ‘Future Trends in Synthetic Biology.’

Science as Muse

Submitted by synbio on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 16:34

What happens when a leading scientist visits a group of first year illustration students at the Edinburgh College of Art (ECA)? The birth of a new field where the scientist becomes the muse. 

Mammalian synthetic biology comes of age

Submitted by synbio on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 16:30

Mammalian synthetic biology will make a huge impact on medicine and healthcare if just a fraction of the many exciting projects discussed at the 5th Annual Mammalian Synthetic Biology Workshop in Boston (May 5 and 6) come to fruition.

SAW Trust inspires again

Submitted by synbio on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 16:08

The SAW Trust were back in Edinburgh on May 3 to deliver what was their third successful training day in science communication. 

Professor Susan Rosser awarded Royal Academy of Engineering’s Chair in Emerging Technologies

Submitted by synbio on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 08:54

Susan Rosser, Professor of Synthetic Biology, is the recipient of a prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering’s Chair in Emerging Technologies scheme.

International workshop to discuss unmet needs in ‘design-build-test’ for synbio

Submitted by synbio on Tue, 03/27/2018 - 15:24

In little over a decade, synthetic biology has evolved from demonstrating proof-of-concept gene circuits in bacteria to developing a new class of therapeutic devices (theranostics).

Tapping bacterial survival strategies for ocean navigation

Submitted by synbio on Tue, 03/27/2018 - 14:30

Funding to understand how bacteria swim to stay alive could lead to the development of bacterial ‘biosensors’ to help the U.S. Navy navigate at sea.

New user-friendly DNA assembly toolkit

Submitted by synbio on Tue, 03/27/2018 - 12:56

The development of a more versatile, simple and efficient DNA assembly kit will offer researchers unlimited ways of building complex molecular constructs by combining different DNA parts.