News
06/29/2010
The US Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues will hold its first meeting on July 8-9 in Washington, DC. The primary topic is synthetic biology.
05/05/2010
Call for entries! We want to encourage filmmakers to share their cinematic visions of a present or future society shaped by synthetic biology.
04/09/2010
The European Science Foundation has recently decided to fund five European synthetic biology projects for the next three years.
Safety and Ethical Aspects of Synthetic Biology
| About: | SYNBIOSAFE is a scientific project supported fully by the EC-FP6 programme. It was the first project in Europe to research the safety and ethical aspects of synthetic biology, aiming to proactively stimulate a debate on these issues. |
| Funding: | € 236,000 grant by the EC Programme on New and Emerging Science and Technology (NEST). |
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January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008. |
| Coordinator: | Dr. Markus Schmidt (Organisation for International Dialogue and Conflict Management, IDC, Austria) |
| Team: | Our team consists of experts in the fields of synthetic biology, biosafety, biosecurity, ethics, public perception, technology assessment and public awareness. More.. |
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| BOOK Synthetic Biology the technoscience and its societal consequences Schmidt, M.; Kelle, A.; Ganguli-Mitra, A.; de Vriend, H. (Eds.)
2009, VIII, 186 p., HardcoverISBN: 978-90-481-2677-4
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DVD - Documentary Film SYNBIOSAFE: Safety and Ethical Aspects of Synthetic Biology Markus Schmidt and Camillo Meinhart 2009, PAL, 38 minutes plus bonus material ISBN: 978-3-200-01623-1 |
Special Issue: Societal Aspects of Synthetic Biology In: Systems and Synthetic Biology Numbers 1-4 / December 2009 Guest Edited by Markus Schmidt |
| Follow-up activities by SYNBIOSAFE team members: |
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