Engineering Life

Engineering Life

Engineering Life

The Engineering Life group studies both the engineering of biology and the role of social scientists within this.

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The Engineering Life group focuses on the emerging field of synthetic biology, which promises to engineer the living world. We study both the engineering of biology and the role of social scientists within this.

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Engineering Life has contributed to a number of publications.
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14 - 15 December 2017
09:00 - 17:00

The end of synthetic biology? What futures?

The end of synthetic biology? What futures?’ was a workshop held at Dovecot Studios in central Edinburgh on Thursday 14th & Friday 15th December 2017.
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28 November 2017
09:00 - 17:00

History of DNA Synthesis and the Organism

The fourth in our series of experimental workshops was organised around a historical interest in the relations between biology and engineering.

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18 November 2016
09:00 - 17:00

Genetic resources in the age of the Nagoya Protocol

This interdisciplinary workshop brought together researchers in law, synthetic biology, social science and history to consider the relations between existing access and benefit sharing agreements and changing scientific practices resulting from the capacity for gene and whole genome synthesis.
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04 November 2016
09:00 - 17:00

Mapping Synthetic Biology Workflows

This workshop was the second in a series of small, interdisciplinary meetings connected to Engineering Life.