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01/24/2012 - 01/24/2012 | Frankfurt

Synthetic DNA - Writing with the letters of life

Pioneers of the field - i.a. Roel Bovenberg (DSM), John Glass (J Craig Venter Institute), Emily LeProust (Agilent), Philippe Marlière (Heurisko), Chris Voigt (MIT), Ralf Wagner (Life Technologies), and Eckhard Wimmer (Stony Brook) - will present latest technological advances as well as the fascinating projects and perspectives.

Genes and complete gene clusters, even artificial chromosomes and viral and bacterial genomes can be sythesized today. The potential for biological research, biomedicine, and biotechnology appears to be boundless: tedious procedures of genetic engineering are becoming obsolete and the rational design of biosynthetic pathways for the production of valuable natural products is tremendously facilitated. Moreover, the de novo construction of complete micro-organisms - already technically feasible - should come within reach if there weren't the lack of knowledge of the functioning of cellular systems.

The full programme will be available in October on http://www.dechema.de/dna.

Information on participating / attending:
The programme and additional information will be updated asap

Date:

01/24/2012 - 01/24/2012

Event venue:

DECHEMA-Haus
Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25
60486 Frankfurt
Hessen
Germany

Target group:

Scientists and scholars

Relevance:

international

Subject areas:

Biology, Chemistry

Types of events:

Conference / symposium / (annual) conference

Entry:

09/05/2011

Sender/author:

Dr. Kathrin Rübberdt

Department:

Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

Event is free:

no

Language of the text:

English

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event36449


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