Tue September 16, 2014
Drew Endy presents The iGEM Revolution
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Drew Endy presents
The iGEM Revolution
iGEM stands for “International Genetically Engineered Machine."
Thousands of student bioengineers from all over the world create new life forms and race them every year at the iGEM Jamboree in Boston. It has been going on for ten years (2,500 competitors this year, from 32 countries) and gives a peerless window into the global grassroots synthetic-biology revolution, yet the phenomenon has been almost completely overlooked by the media.
IGEM began with college undergraduates and recently expanded to include high school teams. For their genetic creations they draw on, and contribute to, a repository of 2,000 genetic components called BioBricks. The organisms (mostly microbes) they create range from frivolous (doing a stadium-style “wave”) to beneficial (detecting and eliminating water pollutants) to ingenious (increasing plant root structure to fix carbon while ensuring that no exotic genes can escape). "Teams are also challenged to actively consider and address the safety, security and environmental implications of their work."
Drew Endy, a professor of Bioengineering at Stanford, was one of the creators of iGEM and is co-founder and president of the BioBricks Foundation. He is a strong proponent of “open source” biotech and public discussion of the techniques, benefits, and potential hazards of synthetic biology.
Seminar hosted by Stewart Brand
http://www.longnow.org/people/board/sb1/
Tuesday September 16, 02014
Doors open 7:00pm, talk at 7:30pm lasting ~1.5 hours
Advance Tickets Recommended - Tickets are $15
http://longnow.org/seminars/02014/sep/16/igem-revolution/
Long Now Members get complimentary tickets
https://longnow.org/membership/
Live Audio Stream of the Seminar for Long Now Members
http://longnow.org/live/
SFJAZZ Center
201 Franklin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
http://www.sfjazz.org/visit/directions
There will be a reception at South Restaurant in SFJAZZ Center following the Seminar
Drew Endy Image
http://media.longnow.org/files/2/salt-020140916-endy.jpg
Long Now Seminar Podcasts
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/salt-seminars-about-long-term/id186908455
About the Series:
The Seminars About Long-term Thinking were started in 02003 to build a coherent, compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking, to help nudge civilization toward Long Now's goal of making long-term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and rare.
show less
The iGEM Revolution
iGEM stands for “International Genetically Engineered Machine."
Thousands of student bioengineers from all over the world create new life forms and race them every year at the iGEM Jamboree in Boston. It has been going on for ten years (2,500 competitors this year, from 32 countries) and gives a peerless window into the global grassroots synthetic-biology revolution, yet the phenomenon has been almost completely overlooked by the media.
IGEM began with college undergraduates and recently expanded to include high school teams. For their genetic creations they draw on, and contribute to, a repository of 2,000 genetic components called BioBricks. The organisms (mostly microbes) they create range from frivolous (doing a stadium-style “wave”) to beneficial (detecting and eliminating water pollutants) to ingenious (increasing plant root structure to fix carbon while ensuring that no exotic genes can escape). "Teams are also challenged to actively consider and address the safety, security and environmental implications of their work."
Drew Endy, a professor of Bioengineering at Stanford, was one of the creators of iGEM and is co-founder and president of the BioBricks Foundation. He is a strong proponent of “open source” biotech and public discussion of the techniques, benefits, and potential hazards of synthetic biology.
Seminar hosted by Stewart Brand
http://www.longnow.org/people/board/sb1/
Tuesday September 16, 02014
Doors open 7:00pm, talk at 7:30pm lasting ~1.5 hours
Advance Tickets Recommended - Tickets are $15
http://longnow.org/seminars/02014/sep/16/igem-revolution/
Long Now Members get complimentary tickets
https://longnow.org/membership/
Live Audio Stream of the Seminar for Long Now Members
http://longnow.org/live/
SFJAZZ Center
201 Franklin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
http://www.sfjazz.org/visit/directions
There will be a reception at South Restaurant in SFJAZZ Center following the Seminar
Drew Endy Image
http://media.longnow.org/files/2/salt-020140916-endy.jpg
Long Now Seminar Podcasts
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/salt-seminars-about-long-term/id186908455
About the Series:
The Seminars About Long-term Thinking were started in 02003 to build a coherent, compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking, to help nudge civilization toward Long Now's goal of making long-term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and rare.
Drew Endy presents
The iGEM Revolution
iGEM stands for “International Genetically Engineered Machine."
Thousands of student bioengineers from all over the world create new life forms and race them every year at the iGEM Jamboree in Boston. It has been going on for ten years (2,500 competitors this year, from 32 countries) and gives a peerless window into the global grassroots synthetic-biology revolution, yet the phenomenon has been almost completely overlooked by the media.
IGEM began with college undergraduates and recently expanded to include high school teams. For their genetic creations they draw on, and contribute to, a repository of 2,000 genetic components called BioBricks. The organisms (mostly microbes) they create range from frivolous (doing a stadium-style “wave”) to beneficial (detecting and eliminating water pollutants) to ingenious (increasing plant root structure to fix carbon while ensuring that no exotic genes can escape). "Teams are also challenged to actively consider and address the safety, security and environmental implications of their work."
Drew Endy, a professor of Bioengineering at Stanford, was one of the creators of iGEM and is co-founder and president of the BioBricks Foundation. He is a strong proponent of “open source” biotech and public discussion of the techniques, benefits, and potential hazards of synthetic biology.
Seminar hosted by Stewart Brand
http://www.longnow.org/people/board/sb1/
Tuesday September 16, 02014
Doors open 7:00pm, talk at 7:30pm lasting ~1.5 hours
Advance Tickets Recommended - Tickets are $15
http://longnow.org/seminars/02014/sep/16/igem-revolution/
Long Now Members get complimentary tickets
https://longnow.org/membership/
Live Audio Stream of the Seminar for Long Now Members
http://longnow.org/live/
SFJAZZ Center
201 Franklin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
http://www.sfjazz.org/visit/directions
There will be a reception at South Restaurant in SFJAZZ Center following the Seminar
Drew Endy Image
http://media.longnow.org/files/2/salt-020140916-endy.jpg
Long Now Seminar Podcasts
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/salt-seminars-about-long-term/id186908455
About the Series:
The Seminars About Long-term Thinking were started in 02003 to build a coherent, compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking, to help nudge civilization toward Long Now's goal of making long-term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and rare.
read more
The iGEM Revolution
iGEM stands for “International Genetically Engineered Machine."
Thousands of student bioengineers from all over the world create new life forms and race them every year at the iGEM Jamboree in Boston. It has been going on for ten years (2,500 competitors this year, from 32 countries) and gives a peerless window into the global grassroots synthetic-biology revolution, yet the phenomenon has been almost completely overlooked by the media.
IGEM began with college undergraduates and recently expanded to include high school teams. For their genetic creations they draw on, and contribute to, a repository of 2,000 genetic components called BioBricks. The organisms (mostly microbes) they create range from frivolous (doing a stadium-style “wave”) to beneficial (detecting and eliminating water pollutants) to ingenious (increasing plant root structure to fix carbon while ensuring that no exotic genes can escape). "Teams are also challenged to actively consider and address the safety, security and environmental implications of their work."
Drew Endy, a professor of Bioengineering at Stanford, was one of the creators of iGEM and is co-founder and president of the BioBricks Foundation. He is a strong proponent of “open source” biotech and public discussion of the techniques, benefits, and potential hazards of synthetic biology.
Seminar hosted by Stewart Brand
http://www.longnow.org/people/board/sb1/
Tuesday September 16, 02014
Doors open 7:00pm, talk at 7:30pm lasting ~1.5 hours
Advance Tickets Recommended - Tickets are $15
http://longnow.org/seminars/02014/sep/16/igem-revolution/
Long Now Members get complimentary tickets
https://longnow.org/membership/
Live Audio Stream of the Seminar for Long Now Members
http://longnow.org/live/
SFJAZZ Center
201 Franklin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
http://www.sfjazz.org/visit/directions
There will be a reception at South Restaurant in SFJAZZ Center following the Seminar
Drew Endy Image
http://media.longnow.org/files/2/salt-020140916-endy.jpg
Long Now Seminar Podcasts
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/salt-seminars-about-long-term/id186908455
About the Series:
The Seminars About Long-term Thinking were started in 02003 to build a coherent, compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking, to help nudge civilization toward Long Now's goal of making long-term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and rare.
show less
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201 Franklin Street (at Fell), San Francisco, CA 94102
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