Building a Genome from Scratch: Lessons Learned from Sc2.0

If anyone understands the challenges associated with powering a eukaryotic cell with a designer genome built from scratch, it’s Leslie Mitchell, a postdoc in Jef Boeke’s lab at NYU. Mitchell has been leading experimental design and technological development for the Synthetic Yeast Genome Project (Sc2.0) since 2012. In this role, she collaborates with Sc2.0 International… Continue reading Building a Genome from Scratch: Lessons Learned from Sc2.0

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GP-Write Ramps Up for 2017

Welcome to the official blog of GP-write! Through this blog, we will not only provide you with project updates, but will invite you to engage with us to consider all aspects of this Grand Challenge. What global challenges should this project address to advance humanity? What technological limitations do we need to overcome? Who owns… Continue reading GP-Write Ramps Up for 2017

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Update on the Upcoming GP-write Meeting in May

We are pleased with the great showing of interest and support for our upcoming meeting on May 9-10th, at the New York Genome Center. With mounting enthusiasm for the meeting now on the horizon, we are posting an update with the most recent developments. The agenda is now online, and includes scientific talks, discussions about roadmaps… Continue reading Update on the Upcoming GP-write Meeting in May

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A Grand Challenge for Genome Engineering from Columbia’s Department of Systems Biology

“In June 2016, a consortium of synthetic biologists, industry leaders, ethicists, and others published a proposal in Science calling for a coordinated effort to synthesize large genomes, including a complete human genome in cell lines. The organizers of the project, called GP-write (for work in model organisms and plants) or sometimes HGP-write (for work in… Continue reading A Grand Challenge for Genome Engineering from Columbia’s Department of Systems Biology

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Photos from the May, 2016 Meeting

Photos from the May, 2016 Meeting at Harvard Medical School, Boston. Photos by David Sun Kong, Ph.D., MIT Lincoln Laboratory View Meeting Summary here.    

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