Field Reports on Design and Synthetic Biology, Part 1

Tuesday, October 5, 6:30pm

Studio-X, 180 Varick Street, Suite 1610

Synthetic biology is a new approach to designing biology. It involves a framework of standardized biological parts that can be composed to create new living systems not found in nature. Current and future applications include yeast engineered to produce an inexpensive anti-malaria drug and a seed designed to grow into a building.

This series of events brings together biologists, artists, sociologists, philosophers, and architects to share current work and discuss future possibilities for design, architecture, innovation, and danger in the century of biology.

In this session, representatives from Synthetic Aesthetics and DIYbio NYC will explore collaboration, work processes, and the potential for new biological technologies to transform our world.

Nurit Bar-Shai (Co-founder, Genspace, DIYbio NYC)
Russell Durrett (Co-founder, Genspace, DIYbio NYC)
Sung won Lim (Co-founder, Genspace, DIYbio NYC)
Pablo Schyfter (Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University)
Chris Woebken (Artist, DIYbio NYC)

Organized by David Benjamin and the Architecture Bio-Synthesis Project at Columbia GSAPP.
 

[Studio-X is a downtown studio for experimental design and research run by the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University.]