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What exactly is synthetic biology? How does a field rooted in the natural world align with the term 'synthetic'?
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Synthetic Biology Australasia is thrilled to report on the successful second annual workshop of CSIRO’s Advanced Engineering Biology Future Science Platform (AEB FSP), held on May 14-15, 2024, at Cloudland in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.
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Discover the visions and missions of SBA's new executive team. Their backgrounds, dedication to synthetic biology's advancement, and strategic frameworks aim to enhance growth, innovation, and collaboration throughout Australia and NZ
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Being an Ambassador, Cindy aims to educate industry leaders, the workforce and students on the Synthetic Biology industry. Here is how you can explore opportunities by iGEM in Australia and New Zealand
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Number 8 Bio’s Dr Tom Williams and Dr Alex Carpenter on how synthetic biology is solving global challenges.
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Join SBA-Sydney on our first event of 2023! The event will be held in person at the UNSW Founders Event Space just a short hop from the centre of Sydney.
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Recap of Brisbane's SBA Seminar 2023: Sustainable Food & High-Value Chemicals. Inspiring speakers Claudia Vickers & Madeline Smith shared their groundbreaking research on animal-free dairy, precision fermentation, & microorganisms.
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The Centre of Excellence for Synthetic Biology (CoESB) conference brought together 230 attendees from all over Australia for four days of exciting science and networking in synthetic biology.
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The topic for synbio panel discussion was "From Lab Bench to Industry," with speakers from a variety of companies working in the synthetic biology field in Australia.
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SBA volunteered for Science Week and our booth had an interactive zooxanthellae genetic engineering poster/game, which was created by volunteers from the SBA, JAMS and CoESB.
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The SBA-Sydney is calling for expression of interest for a new node leader.
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We kick start August with our first SBA-SINERGY joint event - a Webinar on bringing synthetic biology technology from lab to the market with a focus on the landscapes in Australia andSingapore.
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Australian scientists are part of a consortium building the world’s first synthetic yeast genome. We could use designer genomes to design microbes to do things that would be industrially or environmentally useful.
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Dr Craig Cormick is, amongst many things, a science communicator. He has a broad background in both the theory and the practice of working with social attitudes to new technologies, and methods of community engagement.
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Colin Scott is a Principal Research Scientist working at CSIRO, Canberra. He also runs the CSIRO Biocatalysis and Synthetic Biology Team and he’s a Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform Domain Leader (Chemicals & Fibres).
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A Macquarie PhD student believes he’s come up with a way to turn coffee waste into biodegradable plastic coffee cups. He’s developed a method to turn coffee grounds into lactic acid, which can then be used to produce biodegradable plastics, and is now refining the process as he finishes his PhD.
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