Bio Discussion Group
Details
On March 24th, 2016 the J. Craig Venture Institute announced they had successfully developed a free-living cell with the smallest possible genome. Unlike their first synthetic cells made in 2010 from a preexisting bacterial genome, this organism, affectionately named JCVI-syn3.0, is made entirely from scratch.
What does JCVI-syn3.0 mean for the future of genomics? Are we witnessing a new age of synthetic biology? Will we be able to match our ethical standards to our technological progress?
Join us on April 20th at 7:30PM in Ada's Technical Books for a discussion on going minimalist: tracking the hunt for the world's simplest cells.
Join us for our monthly discussion group in Capitol Hill. Facilitated by HiveBio member Max Showalter, the discussion group is the perfect place to learn more about HiveBio Community Lab, discuss a project that you have in mind, talk about an interesting development in bioscience, and meet like-minded citizen scientists. See you there!
For questions please email gshowalt@uw.edu