Grey Thumb looks to be having a cool talk on Monday convenenient to Friamistas in the Boston area:
Grey Thumb Meeting Reminder Featuring a talk by Jason Kelly When: 7:00pm September 10, 2007 Where: The Asgard Irish Pub & Restaurant (350 Mass. Ave, Central Square, Cambridge) Who: All are welcome Artificial Real Life Synthetic biology aims to make biological systems as readily engineerable as electronic circuits... and there's a long way to go. Jason Kelly will provide an introduction to the field through examples of current research and try to offer some ways that you can plug in. From at-home biology experiments to development of much needed CAD tools for biological systems, we could use the help! some topics we'll cover: - refactoring genomes - how to make bacteria smell like bananas - Registry of Standard Biological Parts at MIT - bacteria-based photography systems - International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition Jason Kelly is a PhD student in Biological engineering at MIT, where he also received a BS in Chemical Engineering & Bio. He co-founded OpenWetWare.org to try to convince academic biologists to treat their work more like an open source project, and really intends to leave MIT some day. About Grey Thumb: Grey Thumb is a group of scientists, engineers, hackers, artists, and hobbyists in the Boston metro area with a strong interest in artificial life, artificial intelligence, biology, complex systems, and other related topics. http://www.greythumb.org Note: Parking is available for $3 (with validation) in the garage behind The Asgard on Green St. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
