Grey Thumb looks to be having a cool talk on Monday convenenient to Friamistas
in the Boston area:
Grey Thumb Meeting Reminder
Featuring a talk by Jason Kelly
When: 7:00pm September 10, 2007
Where: The Asgard Irish Pub & Restaurant (350 Mass. Ave, Central Square,
Cambridge)
Who: All are welcome
Artificial Real Life
Synthetic biology aims to make biological systems as readily engineerable as
electronic circuits... and there's a long way to go.
Jason Kelly will provide an introduction to the field through examples of
current research and try to offer some ways that you can plug in.
From at-home biology experiments to development of much needed CAD tools for
biological systems, we could use the help!
some topics we'll cover:
- refactoring genomes
- how to make bacteria smell like bananas
- Registry of Standard Biological Parts at MIT
- bacteria-based photography systems
- International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition
Jason Kelly is a PhD student in Biological engineering at MIT, where he also
received a BS in Chemical Engineering & Bio. He co-founded OpenWetWare.org to
try to convince academic biologists to treat their work more like an open source
project, and really intends to leave MIT some day.
About Grey Thumb:
Grey Thumb is a group of scientists, engineers, hackers, artists, and hobbyists
in the Boston metro area with a strong interest in artificial life, artificial
intelligence, biology, complex systems, and other related topics.
http://www.greythumb.orgNote: Parking is available for $3 (with validation) in the garage behind The
Asgard on Green St.
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