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Engineering the Future: An open public forum on synthetic biology

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6:00 PM (ET)

Toronto, Ontario

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 An open public forum around synthetic biology and its

potential impacts on society and the environment

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

6:00 pm

at

MaRS Discovery District

MaRS Centre, Auditorium (lower concourse)

101 College Street, Toronto  M5G 1L7

Panelists:

Trevor Charles, PhD - Professor and Associate Chair (Graduate Studies), Department of Biology, University of Waterloo

Daniel Gibson, PhD - Assistant Professor, Synthetic Biology and Bioenergy, J. Craig Venter Institute

Damon Terrill - Senior Vice President & General Counsel, International Legal and Regulatory Affairs, Integrated DNA Technologies

Gregor Wolbring, PhD - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary

 

Moderated by:

Vincent Martin, PhD - Canada Research Chair in Microbial Genomics and Engineering, Concordia University 

 

Registration is free, but space is limited!

Sponsored by:

Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI)

Integrated  DNA Technologies (IDT)

With support from:

GE3LS Alberta

 

Synthetic biology aims to design and build new biological parts and systems or to modify existing ones for useful purposes such as the creation of new fuels, ingredients for medicines, and oils for use in food and cosmetics.  It has been widely suggested that synthetic biology is redefining manufacturing and redefining life itself.

 

When
Where
MaRS Discovery District
MaRS Centre, Auditorium (lower concourse)
101 College Street
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7
Canada



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Hosted By

Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI); Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT)

This forum is presented by the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI), a not-for-profit organization that identifies, develops and funds genomics research, as well as raising the visibility of genomics and its impacts, in partnership with Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the larget supplier of custom nucleic acids in the United States, serving academic, government, and commercial researchers in biotechnology, clinical diagnostics, and pharmaceutical development.

For more information about OGI, click here:

http://www.ontariogenomics.ca

For more information about IDT, click here:

http://www.idtdna.com

 

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