Thought some of you folks might be interested in this:
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Hello,
A quick three part email providing updates on several important
synthetic biology activities happening now.
*** 1. BBF working groups ***
The BioBricks Foundation (BBF) is launching four working groups.
The first group is "SB4.0" If you want to organize a special topic
discussion or session at the Fourth International Conference on
Synthetic Biology (October 2008), sign up for this group.
The second group is "Technical." If you want to wrestle Tom Knight,
working to define exactly what the heck a BioBrick standard biological
part is, then please join this group.
The third group is "Legal." If you want to sue everybody then please
don't join this group. But, if you want to help with figuring out the
specific legal scheme that will keep BioBrick parts free to study,
use, and modify, then join up here.
The fourth group is "Volunteers." If you want to help with the
workings, leadership, or activities of the BBF itself, or represent
the BBF at meetings around the world, then this is the group for you.
Somebody has to keep this thing running!
Each working group will bring people like you together to discuss and
work on issues important to the synthetic biology community. Note
that you can join more than one group. And, if you don't like what
you see, you can quit.
Join up by subscribing to one or more of the appropriate mailing lists
here:
http://openwetware.org/wiki/The_BioBricks_Foundation:MailingLists
In launching these groups, the BBF is hoping that a diverse community
from many countries, schools, companies, and organizations will
continue to come together as synthetic biology develops, so that the
technology of biology reaches its best constructive potential, and is
available for all to use.
*** 2. SB4.0 ***
The Fourth International Meeting on Synthetic Biology will take place
10-12 October 2008 at HKUST in Hong Kong. Given everything that is
happening, and how much there is still to do, SB4.0 is going to be an
amazing meeting. The organizers of the meeting, myself included,
can't pretend that we understand everything that should be presented
or discussed at the conference. Thus, we are asking for your help.
If you would like to suggest a topic for discussion, or organize a
breakout session, or can suggest whatever would work best for a
particular idea, please let me know. We are developing tremendous
resources in support of SB4.0 (including significant travel
assistance) and will work very hard to make all good ideas happen. If
you want to be part of a broader discussion on SB4.0 organization,
please join the working group (as per above). Conference website here:
http://syntheticbiology.org/Synthetic_Biology_4.0.html
*** 3. Legal and Technical Standard Workshop ***
The BBF had a great kickoff workshop at MIT last November, discussion
the legal scheme for BioBrick standard biological parts, and also
defining and launching an open technical standards process for
synthetic biology. Building on this success, the next workshop (and
our first west coast meeting) will take place on March 1 at UCSF in
San Francisco. If you want to attend or call into the meeting, please
register (for free) here:
http://openwetware.org/wiki/The_BioBricks_Foundation:Workshop2
*** BONUS ***
If you want to join the BBF as a member, that's free too. Sign up here:
http://openwetware.org/wiki/The_BioBricks_Foundation:Membership
Be great!
Drew
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Drew Endy
http://mit.edu/endy/
http://biobricks.org/
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