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Introduction

This meeting will focus on the emerging area of artificial cells and the construction of biologically-inspired modules using bottom up approaches. Synthetic Biology is an emerging area of science offering exciting possibilities in exploring the interfaces of 91AV, Biology and Engineering systems; current approaches in this field focus on re-designing existing systems or combining existing modules. However the construction of such modules from scratch offers an exciting alternative where a fundamental understanding of the engineering principles that underlie cellular function can be manipulated to design bespoke biological systems. This meeting will review the current state of the art in areas ranging from artificial proteins and membranes to synthetic cells, and will define the problems and prospects for this next-generation technology.

Downloads

• Artificial cells meeting poster.pdf

Venue

Institute of Physics

Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London, W1B 1NT, United Kingdom

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Organised by

Organised by IOP Biological Physics Group, Sponsored by EPSRC Capitals Programm

Contact information

Dawn Stewart
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